The Sun Never Sets

It would be a waste to stay inside during a Northern European white night, the writers tell each other. They have come to attend the International Writers’ Conference being held in the old quarter of Stockholm. Alright. Gaggles of writers surge out of the hotel, cross Kungsgatan or King Street to Drottninggatan or Queen Street, then walk along the latter to get to the Royal Palace.

Pedalling to Việt Nam’s heart

In what consider a miracle story, police in HCM City has found the thief and recover a bicycle for a tourist from Lithuania.

King of the road, king of the sidewalk

Much has been said and written about the travails of crossing the street in Việt Nam. Hotels hand out tip sheets to nervous tourists about navigating the endless swarms of seemingly unstoppable motorbikes clogging the streets, tour guides provide contradictory advice (one school of thought has it that it’s best to catch the eye of the motorcyclist bearing down on you in order to make him stop, another rejects this as nonsense). 

Nice attack: What French think

At least 84 people were killed on Thursday night when a large truck ploughed through a Bastille Day crowd in Nice, France, in what President Francois Hollande called a "terror act" and many other world leaders have condemned. Several French, Vietnamese-French people who are living and working both here in Việt Nam and in France share with Việt Nam News their feelings and opinions of the attack.

Residence registration process creates ‘group' of urban poor Dang Nguyen Anh, director of the Institute of Sociology, spoke to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper about how challenges posed by household registration books affect migrants.

Closing gender gap will boost growth: World Bank Women in the developing world have made strides in education, but still lag far behind men in opportunities, a gender gap that is hampering growth, the World Bank said in a report on Sunday.

Israeli film week debuts in Ha Noi Broken Wings, the winner of prestigious prizes at the Academy Film Awards in Israel, will be shown at Hanoi Cinematheque tonight as part of the capital's Israeli Film Week.