Life & Love

Nguyen Minh Ngoc, 25, meticulously plans her weekly menu, shops for groceries accordingly, and portions them for each day. It takes her 15 minutes every morning to prepare lunch for work. Her typical meal includes chicken filets, fish, pork, and fresh vegetables. Ngoc said the habit, which she took up …

Nachi Nguyen, a Vietnamese manga (Japanese comic) lover and comic artist, has won the silver prize at the Japan International Manga Awards with her work “Dieu nhay cua vu tru” (The Dancing Universe). Nachi’s work stood out from 587 other artists from around the world even though it was just …

The owner of a cat meat restaurant notorious for slaughtering up to 300 cats monthly in the northern province of Thai Nguyen has apologized and permanently closed his business. A cat behind a fence. Illustration photo by Freepik Pham Quoc Doanh, the 37-year-old eatery’s owner, expressed deep remorse for his …

A Malaysian couple’s honeymoon plans to Turkey were halted when they were denied boarding at Kuala Lumpur International Airport because of a water-damaged passport. A couple standing at an airport. Illustration photo by Freepik Muhammad Fikry Azman, who is employed as a cleaner in Singapore, recently shared his experience in …

YG Entertainment announced Friday that the four members of Blackpink are not renewing their individual contracts with the company. K-pop group Blackpink. Photo from Blackpink’s Twitter However, the company reassured that the group’s activity contract, which had been renewed on Dec. 6, remains intact, as The Straits Times reports. “We …

I asked my older sister to talk to the neighbors to see how they would react, but she did not do it. I went to the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai for my brother-in-law’s funeral a month ago and got bitten by a dog belonging to my sister’s neighbors. …

The family and friends of South Korean actor Lee Sun Kyun, known for his role in the Oscar-winning film “Parasite,” gathered to send the actor to cremation on Friday. South Korean actor Lee Sun Kyun. Photo from Lee’s management agency’s Instagram Reports from TV Daily indicate that Lee’s cremation occurred …

Vietnamese student Le Viet Hoang has been sentenced to an 11-month jail term in Singapore for stealing electronics worth over SG$41,000 (US$31,100) from a statutory board and Apple. A man using a MacBook Air M2. Illustration photo by Tuan Hung The Straits Times reported that the 22-year-old Hoang, who served …

The management of Doan Thien An, Miss Grand Vietnam 2022, refuted claims that she was prohibited from taking university exams due to excessive absences. Miss Grand Vietnam 2022 Doan Thien An. Photo from An’s Instagram An alleged list of students ineligible for this year’s semester exams at Greenwich University Vietnam, …

Vietnam received 12.6 million international visitors this year, up 3.4 times against the previous year but only around 70% of pre-pandemic times. South Korea remained the largest source of tourists (3.6 million), followed by mainland China (1.7 million), Taiwan (851,000), the U.S. (717,000), and Japan (589,000), acording to a report …