Guide to Vietnamese Weddings - Part 4 (Final)

A Cross-cultural Comedy: My Unconventional Vietnamese Wedding Final in a series of short articles documenting one foreigner's first-hand account of current and past Vietnamese Wedding customs and traditions.Guide...

Guide to Vietnamese Weddings - Part 3

"Một, Hai, Ba, YO!", It's a Toast You'll Come to Know!Third in a series of short articles documenting one foreigner's first-hand account of current and past Vietnamese Wedding customs and traditions. What to...

Guide to Vietnamese Weddings - Part 2

Inviting a ReceptionWhat to expect on arrival at a Vietnamese Wedding reception. Second in a series of short articles documenting one foreigner's first-hand account of current and past Vietnamese Wedding customs and...

Guide to Vietnamese Weddings - Part 1

Negotiating an engagement.First in a series of short articles documenting one foreigner's first-hand account of current and past Vietnamese Wedding practices, customs and traditions.Vietnamese Weddings are unlike...

Vietnam Swine Flu: U.S. Invasion?

5 Swine Flu cases confirmed in VietnamJune 05, 2009, as at 5pm local time (GMT+7) today, Vietnamese authorities reported another new case of Swine Flu (A/H1N1) virus. A 41-year old Vietnamese-American woman from...

H1N1 Vaccine a Reality or a money making opportunity?

H1N1 is the new Pandemic of our recent years with a Phase 5 alert according with the World Health Organization and we can see new cases all around the world every day in the news. Companies like Replikins, Novavax, Medicago, VaxInnate, NanoBio, Vaxart, Pulmatrix, and Purdue...

Raising Baby Bilingual

At just 3 1/2 years old, Saigon Sam has been an ongoing, linguistic experiment all his short life. His circumstances and situation continually raise a lot of interest among foreigners and Vietnamese alike here in...

What to Never/Always do when you visit Vietnam

Traveling to Vietnam as a tourist is not the same as living here. You need to get "up to speed" quickly with the way things actually happen in Vietnam. The companion article Living in Vietnam explains some "Why's",...

French and Asian cuisine fusion fest

The Hotel Majestic Saigon, together with Le Cordon Bleu International, will host a food fest themed “Flavor Fusions” at Serenade Restaurant (7th floor) & Prima Ballroom (5th floor) of the hotel on June 8, 9...

Delicious Food Award

This was from Vietnamese Delicious Food Award was announced at the Rex Hotel in HCMC’s District 1. more pictures will be uploaded as soon as they arrive.

Doggish Kind

The quadruped canine, be it the street dog or any fancy dog, hangs around and responds to your affectionate call when you throw a piece of bread or bone towards it. With the instinct not to be distrustful, it licks your shoes with all the love, affection and indebtedness....

Ozomatli performed in Vietnam

Over 2,000 people could not help but dance to the hot and diverse music of the multi Grammy Award winning band Ozomatli who played for over an hour at the Lan Anh Club in HCMC’s District 10 on Wednesday night. Minh, a 19 year old student, told the Daily that he could not...

The hidden charm of Phan Thiet

My recent trip to Phan Thiet City and especially the Sea Links Golf and Country Club made me discover the hidden charm of Vietnam. There is not far from Saigon . In recent years, Phan Thiet City, specifically the Mui Ne Beach district, has been transformed into a resort...

HOTEL STAFF DO IT FOR KIDS

Staff from Renaissance Riverside Hotel Saigon visited Long Hoa Orphanage School in District 7 for the mid-autumn festival. Around 500 kids from the school and surrounding areas were delighted by the appearance of two Vietnamese legends - Chi Hang and Chu Cuoi. The staff were...

who will find 3,4 million dollars

At the end of 2007 publisher Raider Publishing releases without excessive media advertising book "4" by Luc Aurray which soon because of controversially became known by media and readers. In book author describes...

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