Diaries

“Xe Oms” have a heart too
07/09/2011 08:54
Ask any foreigner what their least favourite aspect of Vietnam is and the list will undoubtedly include Xe Om (motorbike taxi) drivers. They are annoying at best. Pushy, smelly, rude and downright dangerous at worst.
Don’t call me foreigner
31/08/2011 01:51
I came to Vietnam under a volunteer program run by the Australian government. I also worked on my master’s degree in development economics in Quang Tri Province, researching about the fallout of Agent Orange.
Learning Vietnamese for love with Vietnam
25/08/2011 08:34
I am an American living in Vietnam for a year and a half. I have learnt some Vietnamese and can understand basic conversation.
A holiday in Nha Trang
19/08/2011 02:49
Michael talks about his trip to Nha Trang, what he loves about the place as well as what needs to be improved
A weekend getaway with family
19/08/2011 02:26
Our family love to go out of town once in a while and last month we decided to go to an eco-friendly resort in Dong Nai. This hidden beauty is not very popular amongst tourists nor expats. Vuon Xoai or Mango Garden is just an hour of taxi-ride...
Life in Vietnam after 36 years unification
18/08/2011 05:04
Dear readers, Today, April 30, is a special day of Vietnam. Some call it “Reunification Day” as today marks the day when the north and south of Vietnam became one. Some call it “Liberation Day” because the country was set free from the...
Mrs Irina Bokova visited to Vietnam
18/08/2011 02:07
“Hanoi (Vietnam) impresses me a lot,” said Irina Bokova, General Director of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) during her first visit to Vietnam on the occasion of this country’s Great Celebration...
When public interest is equated with private greed of people
17/08/2011 08:10
A man uses his mobile phone in Lenin Park, Hanoi. Many parks across Vietnam have been taken legally or illegally for projects to build hotels and trade centers.
Low salary, state employees dare not to have baby
29/06/2011 11:49
Young state employees who earn modest salary are afraid of getting married and having baby.
Old man of the mountains
29/06/2011 11:44
Georges Condominas, a French ethnologist, spent nearly two years living with M’Nong Gar ethnic group in Sar Luk village in the Central Highlands in the 1950s and the results of his research are now on display at the Museum of Ethnology.