Now one often wonders what to do in Saigon between meals when you’re not actually eating your way around town. One of my favorite activities between Saigon eating adventures is to get brain surgery. What!? Well actually, it’s not really brain surgery. It just kind of feels like it is. Actually, it’s called “hớt tóc”. [Read on …]
By Brad Lendon, CNN November 13, 2013 — Updated 1716 GMT (0116 HKT) (CNN) — Environmentalists in Vietnam were ebullient this week after remote cameras in a forest reserve snapped pictures of a live saola, one of the rarest large mammals on Earth. At most a few hundred — and as few as [Read on …]
Gay Marriage Debate Takes a Step Forward in Vietnam By Vu Trong Khanh and Nguyen Anh Thu HANOI – Gay and lesbian couples in Vietnam may soon be allowed to hold relationship ceremonies, as the country’s lawmakers begin a debate that gay-rights advocates and their allies hope could one day lead the country to permit [Read on …]
If you like bamboo big-time, you’ll love Saigon’s ÀỐ Show. Last week, my friend Rick called to let me know he had an extra free ticket to go see the ÀỐ Show at Saigon’s Opera House. Did I want to go? I knew nothing of the ÀỐ Show. But, amazingly, after all these [Read on …]
HCMC hotels to provide free condoms Published: 8 Mar 2013 Free condoms in all guest rooms will be provided by every hotel in Ho Chi Minh City in an attempt to reduce the spread of HIV in Vietnam’s largest city. The “100% condom programme”, recommended by the Ho Chi Minh City Aids Prevention Committee, will be [Read on …]
A Vision of Vietnam’s Internet Future? By Anh-Minh Do | Tech in Asia December 7, 2012 In dusty, cramped rooms across Vietnam, kids and adults log on to the web in internet shops. It’s a common sight on every other street in Vietnam, from major urban areas to the farthest-flung rural regions. Family businesses clear [Read on …]
Lawmakers want to revise law, as Vietnam faces execution dilemma As hundreds of executions have been pending since last year due to the absence of lethal injection drugs, lawmakers suggested Vietnam reinstate the firing squad. Speaking on Friday, National Assembly Vice Chairman Huynh Ngoc Son proposed the adjustment to the Law for Enforcement of Criminal Verdicts, [Read on …]
My Christmas Wish This holiday, my wish is that everyone will do what they can to help reduce the culture of violence in our society. Pray if you believe that will help. Talk to your children and work hard to diminish bullying in schools and to understand the harm that is done to children by [Read on …]