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Sanitation workers in the southern beach town of Vung Tau have been cleaning up Bai Truoc, or Front Beach, which has been flooded with hundreds of tons of water hyacinth. Water hyacinth 15-20 cm thick but also plastic waste had piled up along the popular beach on a 20-km stretch, …

Despite repeated failures, Long, 57, returned to Ho Chi Minh City to sell salted coffee. Surpassing 1,000 cups in sales each day, he has defied the odds, forging a success story.     Salty success: Saigon café sells 1,000 cups a day Salty success: The café that sold 1,000 cups …

Vietnam’s coastline stretches for thousands of kilometers and features captivating underwater experiences at its four premier diving sites. The rich marine biodiversity of Vietnam’s offshore waters makes them an ideal destination for scuba diving enthusiasts. The diving community in Vietnam is known for being friendly and enthusiastic, and the country …

Diners and staff at a restaurant in China’s Hubei Province went flying in the air when they tried to hold down a canopy in a gale earlier this week. A video posted on video-sharing app Douyin showed strong winds on June 11 sweeping away the restaurant’s canopy cover, with many …

Economic experts have suggested that the Malaysian government consider relaxing the strict requirements of its 10-year visa program to boost government revenue. Economist Carmelo Ferlito said tighter restrictions would lead to fewer applications for the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) program, which would lead to fewer positive spillover effects on …

The Kazakhstan government has approved a visa waiver agreement between Kazakhstan and Vietnam. The decision is included in a decree issued on Tuesday and took effect immediately. The agreement states that Kazkhstani citizens and Vietnamese citizens holding passports that are valid for at least six months will be exempt from …

Customs officers at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi have intercepted five passengers flying in from Poland with illegal foreign currency worth an equivalent of US$620,000. When they passed through security checks on June 13, officers found $352,000 and EUR245,900 ($269,000) hidden in their luggage, Cong An Nhan Dan newspaper …

Popular beach tourist cities such as Ha Long, Da Nang, Phan Thiet and Sam Son are expected to be overrun by holiday crowds this summer as hotel occupancy rates have already reached over 80%. Data from travel platform Mustgo, which partners with 2,000 hotels across the country, shows hotel occupancy …

The Malaysian government has submitted a nomination for Malaysian breakfast culture to be inscribed in the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list. Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan, deputy minister of Malaysia’s Tourism, Arts and Culture, said the nomination highlighted the country’s iconic breakfast food such as nasi lemak (fragrant rice cooked in …

Hanoi has topped a list as the world’s trending city for solo travel while Ho Chi Minh City ranked sixth, according to a report by U.K.-based adventure travel company Explore Worldwide. By analyzing Google search data from the last two years, the company has determined the places that are seeing …