We must thank our healthcare workers

The corruption of some 70 people cannot and shall not break the back of our health sector. We must hold on to our faith, for we shall overcome this challenge.

Đồng Nai Biosphere Reserve must not be spoilt

Local residents and environmentalists have been spreading the news that UNESCO Việt Nam has opposed an official letter from the Đồng Nai People's Committee consulting on a contractor's proposal to build a 40km highway with a bridge across the core zone of the Đồng Nai Biosphere Reserve.

Plastic surgery: the look and the outlook

Amidst all the travails of the global pandemic that are said to have pushed people to a deeper outlook on life, I was surprised at a recent discovery: More and more millennials and generation Zs are getting into plastic surgery, ignoring or going beyond the “beauty is skin deep” adage.

Youth at the crossroads of life

May is a month of extreme feelings every year: it's farewell to friends, teachers, and school. Students get their summer break and will not see their friends for about 10 weeks, and then they switch to a higher class or a new phase of their lives. Some say goodbye to their adolescence to find a job to support themselves or find a spot at higher education institutions. 

The rise of the savvy Gen Z investor

The latest kids on the demographic block, Generation Z (1997 onwards), have had a lot happen in a short amount of time. This shapes their approach to life.

The power of music

Last week, a new music video There’s No One at All by Sơn Tùng MTP, a pop star, was ordered to be removed from YouTube and destroyed. The artist, popular among youth, was also fined VNĐ70 million for the video's controversial "suicidal content".

Capital finds relief in history

In the past few weeks, the dismantling of an old factory built by the French in the early 20th century on Trần Phú Street in the capital's Ba Đình District has caused controversy.

Hà Nội charms as 'city of flowers'

Hà Nội has the typical weather of the north of Việt Nam with four pronounced seasons, which nurture seasonal plants and flowers all year round

A simple act for a cleaner, greener city

It is past the first full moon after Tết (Lunar New Year festival) and the amount of discarded peach blossom branches has become a problem for the city's sanitary workers.

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