Việt Nam News

Over the past fortnight district authorities have worked hard to free up pavements to return them to whom they belong – pedestrians — as well as improve the city’s beauty.

If a travel agent offered you a tour where you would pay him for picking up trash, you’d be excused for thinking he’d lost his marbles. In fact, the mastermind behind such an offer was told by many that his idea was crazy.

As modern society tends to recognize intellectual values, money making abilities, sports and artistic aptitudes for personal development rather than housework or cooking skills, it has almost become an emerging trend that young women do not know how to use a kitchen properly.

Awareness of gender inequality has been around for some time, but the problem itself has been around for so long that the subtle ways in which it persists is not often recognised.

A Walk of Fame, Hollywood-style, along the Hoàn Kiếm (Returned Sword) Lake in Hà Nội.

No, I am not imagining things. Someone else has, and it is one of the proposals that the city is apparently considering as part of improving the environment and scenery around the historic, iconic lake, also known as the Lake of the Returned Sword.

The news that HCM City intends to build housing estates for low-income workers means my commute to office is set to get longer and more difficult. 

Owning a powerful bike is a passion of those who love speed. However, in big cities like Hà Nội and HCM City, where motorbikes and cars fill up every bit of road space in rush hour, such bikes are an annoyance.

 It seems to be a “tradition” that someone who helps an accident victim is treated as the first suspect. However, inflicting violence on such people in a knee-jerk manner is taking things too far. Nguyễn Hải Sơn, a resident of Thuận Thành District in Bắc Ninh Province, almost paid with his life for trying to save a life.

After all the public noise made following a recent lament by a 12^th grade student seriously burned in a chemistry lab accident at the Phan Đình Phùng High School in Hà Nội I hope the clear stream of our compassion and kindness does not lose its way into the dreary desert sand of dead, cold cynicism and heartlessness.

Parents and educators in HCM City are troubled by the fact that the lack of quality children’s albums is forcing children to sing songs originally meant for adults.

The first month of the new lunar year is often a time for Vietnamese to visit places of worship in order to wish for good fortune and prosperity.

This year, traditional festivals comprising violent activities and causing chaos are to be stopped or changed, according to authorities.

Vietlott, Việt Nam’s first matrix computerized lottery programme, has become a craze in the last two months, following news of players winning the special Jackpot prize, and attracting people from across the country in significant numbers.

Should we celebrate Tết at all? Amidst all the happy hustle and bustle associated with the approach of Tết (Lunar New Year), this topic is being revisited this year on social media with surprising fervour.

Typically lucky money is given in red, shiny envelopes with some Chinese characters printed on it, usually imported from China. In recent years, however, there has been a shift towards a wide range of made-in-Việt Nam, customised envelopes, the outcome of creative, entrepreneurial talents of Vietnamese youth.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) is preparing an amendment to the Labour Law that will cut the maternity benefits female workers are currently entitled to.

A hypothesis question at the end-of-term final history exam at Nguyễn Tất Thành  Secondary School in Hà Nội was an inspiration for students.

While many young people are becoming overwhelmed by and fed up with reality shows and competitions, Vietnamese senior citizens still have a limited choice of entertainment programs on television. Besides spending time with their family, doing taichi or joining elderly association, the elderly in Việt Nam spend most time at home and television is still the main means of entertainment for them.

Do you like using fragrances and make-up? The use of “improper” perfumes and sporting tattoos are just a few of the don’ts in a draft list of dos and don’ts released by municipal authorities recently.