Life & Love

Businesses are focusing on investing in training, fostering, and developing human resources on the road to recovery in the new normal. Vietnam’s recovery after the pandemic is opening up favorable conditions and opportunities for economic progress, thus, creating momentum for businesses to thrive and expand internationally. However, for Vietnamese enterprises …

A Ho Chi Minh City travel firm will operate luxury sunset cruises on the Saigon River with prices of VND2,568 million ($110) per person. The first tour is expected to be launched on May 19 and tourists will be offered a preferential price of VND1.98 million on the first day. …

Rapper Den Vau’s latest music video, ‘Di Trong Mua He’ (Walk In The Summer), is generating opprobrium for unsportsmanlike and patriarchal spirit. The MV currently leads the trending chart on YouTube Vietnam with over 4.5 million views after two days. As is usual with the artist, the single has rhythmic …

Authorities in the central province of Quang Binh are offering free expedition tours to Son Doong, the world’s largest cave, to the two most outstanding athletes at SEA Games. Nguyen Ngoc Quy, director of the provincial Department of Tourism, said this was part of its efforts to promote Son Doong’s …

Lotte Hotel in Hanoi is the only Vietnamese representative to break into this year’s list of the world’s 25 best hotels as voted by Tripadvisor readers. The hotel ranked 13th on the list of the annual Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best Awards, determined based on the quality and …

Bao Nhi admits she joined the private online group chat ‘Sugar Luxury Saigon’ about a month ago to find men who could offer her money in exchange for companionship. Despite earning VND10-12 ($435-522) million per month at a cosmetic center, the 22-year-old single woman from HCMC lives paycheck to paycheck …

Le Phan Quang Hai of Hanoi says he has “no regrets” about quitting his job as a factory worker earlier this year to become a deliveryman. He in fact regards it as a wise career choice because he earns VND8-9 million ($348-392) a month and can work whenever he wants. …

American magazine Travel+Leisure has named Six Senses Ninh Van Bay in the south central province of Khanh Hoa among the world’s 12 best hotels for nature enthusiasts. Located on Ninh Van Bay, around 60 kilometers from Nha Trang, the resort is home to 62 villas surrounded by lush greenery and …

Business experts have proposed that the government lift coronavirus test requirements for foreign entrants and waive visas for travelers from the U.S. and Australia to boost tourism. In a proposal submitted to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh last week, experts from the government-run Private Economic Development Research Board said requesting …

Women amateur players in Hanoi demonstrate that football is a sport for everyone and is all about having fun on the field. After Nguyen Nhung arrived at the training pitch, it took her 10 minutes to realize that members of the women’s amateur football team she had just joined were …