The snowstorm that switched on a nation

Football stopped Việt Nam in its tracks several times in the last week or so as 90 million men, women, children - and babies in arms - soaked up the achievements of their nation's young football team.

When in Rome, one should do as the Romans do

Daniel Hauer, an American English teacher in Hà Nội and a Youtuber with over 1 million subscribers, provoked outrage across the country last week for writing rude words about General Võ Nguyên Giáp. He was summoned to the Ministry of Information and Communications on Tuesday afternoon.

Going away to celebrate a Tết homecoming

Tết (Lunar New Year) will always be a time for Vietnamese families to get together, pay obeisance to ancestors, the Kitchen Gods and other deities, cook special dishes, wear new clothes, present gifts, visit friends and relatives. But now many families have chosen to travel outward, to other places in the country and beyond, giving the festival a completely different flavour.

Cheers for beautiful women stating ugly truths

People may disagree with a decision to award a singer, actor or beauty queen. But it is not acceptable that this subjectivity descends into shameful, discriminatory criticism, stained with racist overtones.

No need to get upset about Tết

Many are too picky in preparation for Tết so they push themselves into hard work and their family members are accidentally swept into tiredness.

Fortune tellers deal in uncertainty

In the first days of New Year, many people prepare a wish list and check their futures. What does the future hold for me, my family, my love, my career?

Enough of the celebrity sob stories already

 Television channels in the country have met the audience’s craving appetite for celebrity scandals with a number of shows delving into the private lives of famous people.

All in the name of love for Tiếng Việt

Over the few past weeks, linguist Bùi Hiền has become an internet sensation, not just in Việt Nam, after his paper suggesting a new way of recording the Vietnamese language rocked the worldwide web, touching the nerves of almost all the people who speak Vietnamese.

Dangerous spas need stricter management

As interest in beauty treatments has grown, shoddy spas have cropped up seeking quick profits, resulting in operating table deaths and post-surgery complications that leave scars and deformities.

Happy firms, uneasy consumer: an imbalance

As a consumer and a mother, I am always willing to pay extra for higher quality goods, particularly when it comes to food, because the health of my family, especially children, is involved.

Youth sow hi-tech seeds for a better future

Developing high-tech agriculture is an important task and also the inevitable trend of Việt Nam’s socio-economic development strategies in the context of deeper international integration

Working at home: we can make it work

A proposal by a National Assembly deputy that some civil servants and other State cadres be allowed to work from home, saving office overheads, has generated a lively, timely debate.  

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