Life & Love

Feeling isolated in the U.S. because of her mixed heritage, Sasha Mai relocated to Vietnam, where she finally began to feel she belonged. Mai celebrates the last night of the lunar year yachting on the Saigon River in January, 2023. Photo by VnExpress/Minh Tam Born to a father who served …

Miss Vietnam 2014 Ky Duyen, and supermodels Minh Trieu, Anh Thu and Vu Thu Phuong argued over their standing positions while shooting “The Face Vietnam 2023.” (From L) Vu Thu Phuong, Anh Thu, Minh Trieu, Ky Duyen, four coaches of “The Face Vietnam 2023.” Photo from The Face Vietnam’s Facebook …

Every evening over the past week, Hoa and her husband took their 10-year-old daughter to the department store, which is two kilometres away from their house, to enjoy “free air-conditioning.” Going to department stores to avoid the hot weather has become the 36-year-old woman’s family ritual. On sunny days, their …

We were each other’s first love. Our relationship lasted 10 years, even after all the pain I caused her during our many reconciliations over the years. Today I received a letter from my ex-girlfriend. We officially broke up four years ago as I was seeing another girl at the time. …

Duc Anh and his wife tried every solution they could think of. They installed a surveillance camera in their home and even resorted to beating their son. Still, they couldn’t prevent him from wasting away his life playing video games. Anh, a 38-year-old resident of Nam Tu Liem District in …

At 5 a.m. every day, Caren walks 300 meters from her rooming-house in Thao Dien Ward, HCMC, to her employers’ home to prepare breakfast and take their child girl to school. The 43-year-old Filipino woman has been working as a domestic helper in Vietnam for eight years. For the first …

Girl group Blackpink member Lisa, dubbed “the world’s most beautiful face” by TC Candler magazine, wore a crop top made by Vietnamese designer Cong Tri to a recent fan event. The Thai singer matched the designer’s red crop top with a black tube top, black wide leg pants and a …

People say raw egg whites contain many vitamins and minerals that can help eliminate oil residues on the skin and tighten pores. Is this true? (Thu, 26, Hanoi). There is currently no scientific evidence proving the safety and effectiveness of raw egg whites in skincare. In fact, raw egg whites …

A 15-year-old girl in China, died weighing 25 kilograms after going on a crash diet to win the heart of a boy. The girl, identified by the pseudonym Xiaoling, had been diagnosed with severe anorexia nervosa and passed away after more than 20 days in a deep coma, South China …

The Coca-Cola Company, a global implementation partner for The Ocean Cleanup, has launched a short film titled “River Tales” telling the story of their partnership in Vietnam. River Tales is a four-minute short documentary produced by Coca-Cola about The Ocean Cleanup’s Interceptor technology in the Mekong region, shining a light …