The young generations now feel more self-confident and find it easier to take on new jobs, and change careers. They have more conditions to experience different jobs and enjoy life, and this is something totally new to the older generations.
Twelve-year-old Nguyễn Thị Hoa Ly from Hà Nội’s Hà Đông District is upset as she feels lonely even at home.
Earlier this year my friends and I visited the mountainous town of Sa Pa with a group of Thai friends. It was the first time our foreign friends visited the town, so we hired a tour guide who could speak Thai to ensure they have the best experience there.
Experts, educators and parents now think it’s time to make personal finance a subject of study at schools.
Giving and receiving gifts has long been a tradition of the Vietnamese people, although in some cases, gifting can be stressful as people tend to overthink how best to reciprocate kindness.
March 2018 was a big month for LGBTQ visibility in Việt Nam. Singer Nguyễn Hương Giang was crowned Miss International Queen at the world’s largest and most prestigious pageant for transgender women. Then the drag queens who have recently started performing at regular drag nights in Tây Hồ made headlines around the world.
What do you want people to say about you?
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.
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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?
