Expat Corner - VietNam News

Traditional souvenir villages make for the perfect day trip

It's been more than three weeks since my eye surgery and I was chomping at the bit to go on a road trip out of town. I had turned down a chance for a long weekend trip so I really needed a day out of the city.

Market madness in Ha Noi

Being the insomniac I am, I woke at 3am at what most would say is a crazy hour to have your eyes open, but I wanted to see a part of the city that doesn't adhere to a conventional working day.

Artist finds music, love and laughter on Con Dao

For English-Italian artist and curator Richard William di San Marzano, the first time he heard cai luong was an epiphany.

Cuc Phuong National Park offers escape from humdrum city life

The sound of birdsong disturbs the silence. That's right, complete silence. Such a welcome break from the buzz of Ha Noi. No motorbikes, no horns, no market vendors yelling, no drilling. Just complete and utter silence.

S Africa viable trade partner

South Africa celebrates its national day, Freedom Day on April 27 with the theme for 2013 being "Mobilising Society Towards Consolidating our Democracy and Freedom", Viet Nam News presents an article by ambassador Kgomotso Ruth Magau.

VN and Brazil: poles apart

As a Brazilian who lived for a year in the beautiful city of Hue, in central Viet Nam, I was quite surprised some months after my return home to see a popular Brazilian TV show announcing that its 40th anniversary would be celebrated with a special episode about Viet Nam.

Leave your comfort zone on the road to personal growth

Life as an expat can be unbelievably comfortable. Many of us are incredibly fortunate in that our standard of living in Viet Nam is higher than in the places we left behind.

Gong-ho for Central culture

Fascinated by the centuries-old gong music of ethnic minority communities in Viet Nam, Vincenzo Della Ratta, an Italian researcher, has travelled to the Central Highlands of Viet Nam to learn about the local gong culture, on which he will write his doctoral thesis.

Travel with a clean conscience

Vast green peaks surrounded us, thinly veiled by mist. As a cool breeze swept over us, we took in the fact that we were the only hikers on the deserted path.

East meets West over breakfast

Among the classy restaurants, cafes and speciality supermarkets of downtown HCM City's Le Thanh Ton Street a family run chicken noodle restaurant survives among the fierce competition.

Learn how to use herbs to detox your body

Join a session about traditional medicine on Saturday to learn about the herbs, spices, roots, pulses and vegetables that can cleanse your body and balance your yin and yang, according to your own constitution.

Hightlight

Disabled speaker inspires audience

More than 2,500 people attended a talk by Nick Vujicic, an inspirational speaker without arms and legs, at the White Palace Conference Centre in HCM City's Tan Binh District yesterday.

Crane accident leads to major power cut

A two-hour power failure caused by an incident on the 500kV north-south transmission line hindered road traffic in many southern provinces and HCM City yesterday afternoon.

Spread of hand-foot-mouth disease concerns hospitals

Hand-Foot-Mouth disease (HFMD) is now at its peak, having infected a total of 796 children in HCM City in April, an increase of 127 per cent against the same period last year.

US steel producers make dumping claim

After welded steel pipes and steel wire garment hangers, now welded stainless pressure pipe from Viet Nam continue to face charges of dumping in the US.

Around the Markets		14-Mar-2013
price (VNĐ) per kilogramme
	Ha Noi
	Co.op Mart	Dong Xuan Market
Pork fillet	121,900	170,000
Beef fillet	332,000	350,000
Chicken Egg	35,000-52,000	35,500-45,000
Cucumber	14,500	18,000
Tomato	14,500	25,000
Pumpkin	12,500	15,000
Broccoli	30,500	26,000
Cabbage	7,500	17,000
Perfume rice	17,200	24,000-35,000
Potato	13,000	20,000
Onion	26,000	40,000-60,000
Garlic	38,000	40,000-70,000
	HCM City
	Co.opMart	Tan Dinh Market
Pork fillet	72,000-122,000	85,000-120,000
Beef fillet	280,000	270,000
Chicken Egg	23,500	23,000
Cucumber	13,500	15,000
Tomato	10,700	15,000
Pumpkin	9,900	13,000
Broccoli	24,500	25,000
Cabbage	9,900	15,000
Perfume rice	17,380(Jasmine rice)	19,500
Potato	21,000	25,000
Onion	18,500	25,000
Garlic	65,000	70,000

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