Traditional markets or high-end shopping centers for Vietnam?

A story by Stivi Cooke who is an Australian expat who has lived in Hoi An Ancient Town, located in central Vietnam, for six years.

Ho Chi Minh City wants to raise museum admission to improve quality

The proposed entrance fees make no distinction between foreign and local visitors

Apple to open subsidiary in Vietnam: newswire

​​Concern over quality threatens export of Vietnamese pork

Despite being the world’s sixth-largest producer of pork, Vietnam exports just 20,000 tons per year

Vietnam Party chief orders clarification of trade deputy minister’s assets

​​Kindness in wake of disastrous floods in northern Vietnam

Residents in the northern Vietnamese provinces of Lai Chau and Ha Giang are trying their best to help one another rebuild their lives after floods took a heavy toll on the two localities last month.

​​Garbage fills sewer entrances in Ho Chi Minh City (photos)

Many sewers along the streets in Ho Chi Minh City have their entrances blocked by garbage on a regular basis, negatively impacting urban esthetics and the environment while helping cause serious flooding.

​​Vietnamese twenty-something draws striking portraits of World Cup stars

A young Vietnamese has constantly kept his pencil busy during the ongoing 2018 FIFA World Cup, drawing more than a dozen charismatic portraits of his favorite stars at football’s biggest competition.

​​Following locals who pick Hanoi’s iconic fruit at night

Locals who pick up sau, a typical fruit of Hanoi, for sale to earn a living will not start their daily ‘harvest’ until the sun goes down.

​​Hanoi lotus ponds filled with selfie-lovers as summer comes

Despite the sweltering weather in Hanoi these days, many young people still flock to lotus ponds surrounding the capital city’s iconic Ho Tay (West Lake) to pose for Instgram-ready photos with a sea of blooming flowers.