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A physiognomist criticized My Tam’s facial features, pointing out her drooping eyelids, a hawk-like nose, and thin lips, and ominously predicted that with such features, she would struggle to maintain a marriage. This grim assessment prompted Tam to undergo plastic surgery. Four months ago, the 35-year-old Hanoi resident invested VND100 …

The State Bank of Vietnam is concerned about gold speculation and smuggling and wants the government to monitor the market. It has called on the Ministries of Industry and Trade, Public Security and Finance to look for violations in the trading of gold and gold bullion. It wants them to …

Old Vietnamese people used to say that “wealthy people in the countryside are never as rich as idle people in a big city,” but this is no longer true. In HCMC, a couple’s combined monthly income of nearly VND25 million (US$1,018) is considered aspirational in the countryside. However, life in …