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Talking to your child about safe sex is easier said than done, but you should certainly practise free exchange of information on sex.

Economic development has made Vietnamese women much more independent than in the past. Now they are winning for themselves a more balanced role in society at large as well as within the family. More women are choosing to put themselves first and take a break without their families

For long, psychological consultation in schools in Việt Nam was disregarded.

One thousand Việt Nam đồng equals 0.035 euro and 0.045 US dollars, which is less than a five-cent coin. You can’t really buy anything with this in Europe or America.

But in Việt Nam, one thousand đồng can buy you something useful for your daily needs.

I am no wildlife expert, but I am an avid enthusiast.

Music streaming service Spotify sets a high objective for itself: change the way Vietnamese people listen to music.

Last weekend, my sister Linh took her kids to visit the Hòn Dáu Resort in Đồ Sơn. They had a good time till they walked into the resort’s garden of statues.

Do you know anyone who has never uttered a swear word? The answer is almost certainly no: swearing is almost as universal as speech itself. But many of us still believe that swearing is linked to bad behaviour.

In a country where organ and tissue donation is regarded as a relatively new concept, incentives play a humble role in encouraging people to take action.

It is not just normal, but a norm that it takes quite some time in Việt Nam for a new policy to “sink in” to the community after it takes effect.

Modern pilgrims have been using some modern means such as cable cars and elevators to reach holy sites at high places. We need them to be very environmentally and cultural conscious to minimise impacts on these sites.

Mahatma Gandhi famously said that eye for an eye would make the whole world go blind. In other words, two wrongs don’t make a right. That the world is yet to heed the wisdom of those words is self-evident, but our country has been an outstanding example of forgiving while not forgetting the atrocities heaped on us for years by colonial and imperial forces.

Lunar New Year has past, and we’re back to normal days of work and school. But one Tết issue remains: who gets to keep the lucky money, and for what purpose can it be used?

There is a lot of fire to the votive smoke that rises on every auspicious day in our country, and I guess, other places where this traditional ritual is observed.

The 1,000-year-old capital city, Ha Noi, has rapidly grown into one of the busiest and most crowded cities in the country and even in the region. Economic changes and continuous introduction of foreign culture over the past decades has brought about indispensable changes in the culture of the indigenous people as well.

There is no event in our country that does not involve flowers, and it is fitting that the biggest festival of them all sees some stupendous floral shows, the most prominent of them being the transformation of Nguyễn Huệ Street in HCM City for the Tết (Lunar New Year) Holiday.

When the Vietnamese celebrate Tết, they say ăn Tết, literally “eat the Lunar New Year”. During the festivities, which traditionally last a full month in Việt Nam, food is a primary focus.