Vietnam Beach: Cua Dai Beach, Hoi An

Third in this series of short descriptions about different beach destinations in Vietnam. Cua Dai Beach in central Vietnam is at the southern end of the same strip of sand which starts at ‘China Beach’ in...

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...

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.

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...

First footers shoulder a huge responsibility during Tet

I could not forget the excitement and anxiety when being asked to be the first footer to my friend's house on the occasion of traditional New Year festival last year. "During the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, the first visitor to visit one’s home and offer Tet greetings is...

Happy Ox-picious Lunar New Year - Chuc Mung Tet 2009

The Empire State Building is lit up in red and yellow to usher in the Year of the Ox, the lunar new year that is celebrated by Vietnamese, Chinese, and Korean people around the world.  The special lighting...

Thailand expects Vietnam tourists to return

Thai tourism officials said yesterday they expected the number of Vietnamese visitors to remain high, despite the recent temporary closure of the country's airport." Speaking at a press briefing in HCM City, Pichai Raktasinha, director of HCM City's Tourism Authority of...

Festival highlights Vietnamese tea

The second Tea Festival 2008 kicked off in Bao Loc town in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong on December 4."The event is a chance for tea producer in Lam Dong province to introduce ...

Vietnam Airlines resumes service to Bangkok

Vietnam Airlines (VNA) Saturday resumed its service to international Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok as the Thai airport recommenced full operations after a long shutdown due to antigovernment protesters." ...

Charity concert held in France to support Vietnamese storm victims

A charity concert has been held in Paris, France, to raise donations for Vietnamese victims of tropical storm Kammuri that hit Vietnam in August.The two-hour concert at the office of Association of Vietnamese nationals in France on November 22 drew the participation of French...

abird that can't fly

"As the Nobel Prize for Literature is set to be awarded to a French author next month, Vietnamese literary critics are speculating about why local writers have never received the honor."

Cuba and Vietnam increase bilateral relations

" NGUYEN Thi Doan, vice president of Vietnam, has presented Cuban Vice President José Ramón Machado Ventura with a donation of $300,000 and 300 tons of rice – worth $200,000 and previously agreed – on behalf...

‘John McCain was never tortured in my jail’, says Tran Trong Duyet

"John McCain was never tortured in my jail says Tran Trong Duyet."Now Tran Trong Duyet claims he has never tortured or mistreated PoWs, but John McCain says otherwise. Who are you to believe? Do you think John...

“Songbird” McCain got sex, drugs and cigs from his North Vietnamese capto...

John "Songbird" McCain and his followers are in feigned huff about "character".  Whilst John McCain may indeed be a character, he is more than lacking in character.His "heroic" time as a prisoner of war...

Giants among the Lilliputians

"CAMDEN, S.C. — While the political class was focused on the meaning of pigs wearing lipstick, a few fortunate South Carolinians were riveted by the meaning of valor. The occasion was a celebration of four of the state’s living recipients of the Medal of Honor—Charles...

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