Vietnamese international outbound travel boom
The Middle and Affluent Class (referred to as MAC) in Vietnam is the fastest-growing in Southeast Asia and with that growth comes a thirst for houses, luxury goods, and, naturally, international travel
House building in Vietnam
Sunday, July 15, 2018, 11:13The big boss is there every day (wearing a Hawaiian shirt, thick sunglasses and a Yankees baseball hat) to check
Fortunately, things haven’t changed much in Vietnam
Sunday, July 08, 2018, 15:41The scene was ccompletely raw and authentic – very few foreign tourists – some Russians living and working mostly in Vung Tau, plus a smattering of French, mainly in Ho Chi Minh City
English language skills are a necessary evil in Vietnam
Sunday, July 01, 2018, 16:32One of their biggest challenges is to decide whether they would buy meat to eat or an English-language textbook with the pittance they earned selling the cow dung
Turning 60 in Vietnam
Friday, June 29, 2018, 20:12I’ll be 60 years old on June 30th. So now I’m struggling to work out if I’m middle-aged, which means utterly nothing or a senior citizen, which gets you lots of goodies in Australia
Producing European wine in Vietnam
Sunday, June 24, 2018, 16:54After a decades-long struggle the same story has unfolded in Vietnam on 'vang,' the Vietnamese translation for grape-based wines that we’re accustomed to drinking in Western countries
Praising the Samaritans in Vietnam
Monday, June 18, 2018, 16:05So it is with pleasure that I would like to mention a rather lovely lady with a heart of gold who’s been working with disabled and handicapped kids including youngsters with mental difficulties due to such things as Agent Orange and other causes
Visionary food and travel journalist Anthony Bourdain, who loved Vietnam, will be missed
Sunday, June 17, 2018, 10:23Anthony Bourdain started his “No Reservations” show in 2005 and jumped on Vietnam in just the 4th episode, then kept coming back for more
Tuong Lai Xanh VN (Hoian River Clean-Up)
Monday, June 11, 2018, 09:20Even this year, there have been protests over factories threatening the local environment via air, water and land pollution as well
Solving the plastics crisis in Vietnam, Asia
Wednesday, June 06, 2018, 10:48A 2015 study identified China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Thailand as the top six sources of marine plastic
What’s the big hurry in Vietnam?
Sunday, June 03, 2018, 18:03Even in provincial areas locals are on the 'go' making a living, getting ahead
SwimVietnam: Teaching the Vietnamese to save the Vietnamese
Friday, June 01, 2018, 21:14Swim Vietnam is a charity organization based in Hoi An which tackles the problem of drowning in Vietnam
How to protect yourself from theft and robbery in Vietnam?
Tuesday, May 29, 2018, 14:33Do not show your money, some expats say
How much plastic is being used in Vietnam?
Friday, May 25, 2018, 19:19‘Straws in every drink and double bagging’ is how one expat in Ho Chi Minh City described Vietnam’s plastic problem
More on the whining expats in Vietnam
Friday, May 25, 2018, 15:07It began with the usual Social Media Whiners (SMW) who kill time in Internet groups bitching about everything
