Vietnam’s Mid-Autumn Moon Festival Bánh Trung Thu (“Moon Cakes”) Are Mid-Autumn Moon Festival “Moon Cakes” Vietnam’s Christmas “Fruit Cakes”? I think maybe so. Everyone gets one (or many) Bánh Trung Thu as gifts for the holiday. And so many are never unboxed. Instead, special friends pass them along as special holiday gifts to other special friends? Now, certainly [Read on …]
August 17, 2012 Experts support recognition of same sex marriage Many experts and NA deputies have shown their supports for the recognition of same sex marriage in Vietnam. Le Quang Binh, Director of Institute for Studies of Society, Economics and Environment (ISEE) said that Vietnam has about 1.65 million gay, lesbian and bisexual citizens [Read on …]
Vietnam ranks ‘worst’ in wildlife crime Tiger farms and its citizens’ high demand for rhino horn as a supposed cure-all helped put it at the top of a WWF list Last Modified: 23 Jul 2012 06:05 Vietnam is the worst country for wildlife crime, says a report on how well 23 Asian and African countries [Read on …]
Vietnam’s First Gay Pride March – Hanoi, August 5, 2012 ARTS-ENTERTAINMENT Last update 02/08/2012 3:00:00 CH (GMT+7) The first festival of homosexuals in Vietnam VietNamNet Bridge – From August 3 to 5, many events will be held for homosexuals, bisexuals and transsexuals in Hanoi. This is the first large-scaled festival for homosexuals, bisexuals and transsexuals [Read on …]
Miss Vietnam 2012 contest to eliminate award for best Q&A Last Updated: Monday, July 23, 2012 05:00:00 This year’s Miss Vietnam contest will not grant an award to the contestant with the best responses in the Q&A session. Senior journalist Le Xuan Son, head of the contest organization and acting editor-in-chief of the pageant’s host [Read on …]
When I arrived in Vietnam for the first time twelve years ago, there was no visible sign to the outsider of gay life in Vietnam. Where is Gay Saigon? Vietnamese gay men and lesbian women completely hid themselves within their families, their required marriages, and in pursuit of their work to support a basic survival [Read on …]
Opinions divided in Vietnam on lowering of women’s marriage age Last Updated: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 Vietnamese experts are divided over the Ministry of Justice’s proposal to change the legal marriageable age for women, with critics saying the ministry has yet to study the issue carefully. A report on VnExpress Tuesday said the ministry [Read on …]
Same-sex wedding sparks support for gay marriage Last Updated: Friday, June 08, 2012 08:30:00 The wedding of a gay couple in the Mekong Delta has prompted the gay community and human rights activists to become more outspoken against anti-gay discrimination Nguyen Hoang Bao Quoc and Truong Van Hen have more or less gone [Read on …]