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A Hanoian Renaissance Man has run Vietnam’s only ‘five-star’ pet hotel for 40 years
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The siren’s wail at the historic Metropole Hotel sent American folk singer Joan Baez and other guests scampering across a garden and into an underground bunker. Even through five feet of concrete, they could still hear the roar of American bombs raining on parts of Hanoi.
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They have lived together for 71 years but their love for each other remains as tender as it was during their first days of marriage.
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Designed to represent Vietnam’s national flower, the lotus, this 262-meter skyscraper is meant to characterize the beauty and growth of the city below.
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Vietnamese people are known to be very superstitious when it comes to the dead, especially dead relatives, but this may be taking things a bit too far…
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Casually dressed in a black T-shirt, jeans and suede loafers, a surprisingly relaxed Bobby Chinn walks through the site in Kumho Plaza that will, in a few short months, be his latest restaurant. The location on Hai Ba Trung in District 1 is still very much a concrete shell, dust from the construction activity hanging heavy in the air.
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The development of mobile internet services have made it easier for young people to use their mobile phones to access pornography and sex chats.
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While the Halloween holiday has encouraged many Western farmers to invest in growing giant pumpkins, farmers in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong are just getting their first glimpse of these enormous vegetables.
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Vietnam’s only centre offering ‘detoxing’ courses for online gamers will finish offering its courses, despite huge parental demand for their children to continue receiving treatment.
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Drinking with pretty escorts on boats or in secluded sections in fancy restaurants has become a new trend among the nouveau riche in the Mekong Delta.
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Vietnam is coming to terms with the dark side of greater global internet interaction as ‘sex chat’ becomes increasingly common.
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Keeping a metropolis the size and nature of HCM City operating is no easy task. Some of the jobs required to do this are decidedly less glamorous than others, but no less important in the big scheme of things.
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A Ha Nam Province village is known as the village of tall people since many of its residents tower above the average Vietnamese.
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The Brisbane-based street magician shares some tricks …
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Three new bat species have been discovered after an international team of scientists from the Hungarian Natural History Museum (HNHM) and Fauna & Flora International (FFI) embarked on a study in southern Indochina.
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A chick has been born with four feet & legs on a farm in Thang Binh District in the central province of Quang Nam.
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In Vietnam and several other Asian Buddhist nations, votive objects are burnt ceremonially during certain festivals to “send” them to dead ancestors in the afterworld.
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A wedding ceremony for 100 couples was held in Hanoi’s Thong Nhat Park on August 20. The 100 couples ran a race as part of the wedding, which was held by Travellive magazine. This is the third group wedding ceremony held in Hanoi so far.
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Many people have been flocking to the village of Van Dinh in My Loc commune in Phu My district in the central province of Binh Dinh to see the newly-delivered brown calf that has two heads and four eyes.
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Vietnamese are eaters with passion and cooks with boldness. Vietnamese cuisine can satisfy the stomach and can also be cravings of food lovers for something different and adventurous.
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