Spend a day in one of Saigon’s district parks and witness a hub of traditional Vietnamese social life! Get up at 5 am and be awed by the silence of a hundred locals gathered in the parks gently doing their tai chi exercises with colorful flags in hand; families quietly playing badminton or jogging (seemingly [Read on …]
Last Updated: Sunday, February 05, 2012 12:30:00 A recent study of primary school textbooks in Vietnam indicates a reinforcing of gender stereotypes that could weaken efforts to end gender discrimination in the education system. The study by Nguyen Thi Minh Tuyet, a lecturer of social sciences at the Hanoi-based Academy [Read on …]
When the French left Vietnam in 1954, they left behind incredibly delicious baguettes and some of the best coffee in the world. Vietnamese coffee is like no other. Strong, bitter, typically served with sweetened condensed milk. A real jolt of flavor! Vietnam is now one of the world’s largest exporters of coffee and Saigon and [Read on …]
The festival is the best epitomizes Vietnam’s cultural identity Meaning of Vietnamese New Year The festival which best epitomizes Vietnam’s cultural identity is Vietnamese New Year or Tet. “Tet” is the phonetic deformation of “Tiet”, a Sino Vietnamese term which means “Joint of a bamboo stern” and in a wider sense, the “beginning of a [Read on …]
Well, not so many anyway – and you’re not likely to meet them. About 70% of the population of Vietnam was born AFTER the Vietnam (American) War ended! That means nearly everyone you’ll encounter is in their 30’s or 20’s or younger! And since the “opening” of the economy (called “doi noi”) just 25 years ago, virtually [Read on …]
Without a doubt – when you visit Vietnam you are guaranteed to see some of the most spectacular tourist destinations in the world! Actually – it will be very difficult not to! From the moment you check into your 5-star hotel or drop your pack at the hostel, you and all other visitors will be [Read on …]
Rare Bust Unlikely to Dent Multi-Million Dollar Thai-Lao-Vietnam Dog Meat Trade August 15, 2011 Thai police in Thailand’s northeast borderlands have staged rare arrests of dog traffickers, who chucked cages stuffed full of dogs off their truck while eluding cops. In a series of raids against the dog meat traffickers, cops arrested [Read on …]