Life & Love

In the midst of an unprecedented crisis due to global sanctions, Vietnamese living in Russia have been grappling with inflation and loss of earnings. Tran Van Thao, a factory worker in Moscow, was “rattled” and “scared” when the ruble was trading at an all-time low of 150 to the dollar …

Bui Diem My got the nose job she’d been wanting at a plastic surgery clinic in HCMC right when she turned 18 years old. My, who had just turned 18, says she belongs to a family in which everyone’s nose is small and bulbous, and she was constantly self-conscious about …

Vietnamese models performed on a catwalk set up in the middle of Hoi An ancient town’s Hoai River during a fashion show last weekend.     Catwalk on water: Hoi An river becomes floating runway Minh Tú, Kim Duyên catwalk trên sông Hoài Vietnamese models grace the floating runway in …

Many four-to-five star resorts in famous beach tourist hotspots are reporting a surge in bookings during the summer travel season, with some fully booked for June and July. On two major booking websites Booking.com and Agoda, over half of high-end resorts in Phu Quoc, Nha Trang, Quy Nhon and Da …

Many four-to-five star resorts in famous beach tourist hotspots are reporting a surge in bookings during the summer travel season, with some fully booked for June and July. On two major booking websites Booking.com and Agoda, over half of high-end resorts in Phu Quoc, Nha Trang, Quy Nhon and Da …

Vietnam Airlines has become the first Vietnamese carrier to operate a direct service connecting Nha Trang beach town in Khanh Hoa Province with Singapore as tourism picks up. On Friday, the first flight carrying 160 passengers from Singapore landed at Cam Ranh International Airport, around 40 kilometers from Nha Trang, …

When Hope Ettore and her husband adopted Nguyen Le Hung 17 years ago, the boy’s tiny body had scabies and a large hemangioma covering nearly half of his face. Hung, whose new name is Samuel, is now a healthy 18-year-old with a regular face. “He just graduated high school and …

After being canceled last year because of Covid-19 lockdowns, the annual European-Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival will return in early June, showcasing diverse topics from 11 participating countries. Jointly organized by the European Union National Institutes for Cultures (EUNIC) and Vietnam National Documentary and Scientific Film Studio (DSF) since 2009, the …

‘Nguoi Thu Ba’ (The Third Person) only earned a mere VND1 billion (over $43,000) though it reportedly cost VND33 billion to make. The film, released in mid-May, drew attention as one of the Vietnamese film projects with the highest budgets this year. According to Box Office Vietnam, which analyzes cinema …

A 10,000-square-meter house bearing architectural features of the Muong ethnic group was built of disposal materials like used wood and railway sleepers. The house was built on the land of Le Hong Kien’s parents in Tan Son Village, northern Hoa Binh Province. The 10,000-square-meter property is called NaLa, which includes …