Life & Love

At 7 p.m. on a Friday in April, an IELTS center in HCMC’s Ba Thang Hai Street is packed with students coming in for evening classes. At the parking lot, many parents stopped their motorbikes to drop off their children, creating traffic congestion. Many children, in high school uniforms, could …

Filipino budget carrier Cebu Pacific announced it would resume regular flights between Manila and Hanoi from next month. The carrier said it plans to operate three weekly flights on the Manila-Hanoi route from May 2 as part efforts to revive its international flight network, Philstar newspaper reported. From January to …

When asked how many comics he currently owns, Nguyen Hoang Viet stayed silent for a moment before shaking his head and admitting he has “lost count.” Viet has a 30-square-meter room just for storing his comic books, but even that is not big enough for all of them, and so …

An GiangSeveral vouchers and free buffets will be offered at Tra Su Ecotourism Area from April 30 to May 3. An Giang Tourism Joint Stock Company (An Giang Tourimex) will offer several vouchers at Tra Su Ecotourism Area on Vietnam’s Reunification Day April 30 and International Labor Day May 1. …

‘Mère et enfant’ (Mother and child) by French-Vietnamese painter Le Thi Luu has been sold for €529,200 ($573,700) in an online auction by Sotheby’s. Though it was only valued at €80,000, it ended up getting the highest bid at the ‘Indochine’ auction earlier this week. The 35.8 x 27.5 cm …

At ISHCMC, learners are taught to be self-aware and confident in overcoming setbacks and tackling the challenges close to their hearts, while bettering themselves. More than 30 diploma subjects. One-to-eight faculty to student ratio. Over 200 experienced IB educators. These are some of the hallmarks that contribute to the 100 …

Vietnam lags well behind several Southeast Asian peers in terms of tourism recovery prospects, according to the Travel-ready index 2022 released this week by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Vietnam has a final score of 4.08 out of 10 in the index, putting it behind Malaysia (2.15), Singapore (2.45), Cambodia …

Many Vietnamese beauty queens have been pairing their clothes with different kinds of gloves to add glamor to their outfits. Model Tieu Vy wears a cutout dress paired with white gloves to elevate her look. According to several fashionistas, gloves are this season’s hottest accessories. It has become a new …

A Ho Chi Minh City-based travel company will launch a helicopter tour that allows tourists to view the metropolis from above with prices at VND4.08 million ($177.63) per person. The tour run by TST Tourist Company will begin on April 29. For a 40-minute journey, the helicopter will depart from …

Nguyen Hai Van used to think that her marriage to a South Korean architect was a “stairway to heaven” before discovering he was a grumpy farmer. When the girl from the northern Hai Duong Province graduated high school, her family encouraged her to marry a foreigner. She agreed because her …