• Smells like Korean spirit

    10/10/2011 11:00

    The "Korean Wave" has officially hit Vietnam, where many young people have come to fetishise Korean dress, cosmetics and even food. Vietnamese singers mimic Korean artists The most obvious incarnations of this trend can be found...

  • Restructuring and resistance from interest groups

    09/10/2011 11:00

    Restructuring the Vietnamese economy has been discussed by Vietnamese policy makers and experts for a very long time but the restructuring process, which is scheduled to start in 2012, is not very clear. A slice of...

  • Historic house sold in Thanh Hoa Province

    09/10/2011 11:00

    A 100-year old house, recognised by Thanh Hoa Province as a "historical vestige", was recently sold, despite regulations. Deterioration The house belonged to the Le Dong family of Tan Ninh Commune, Thieu Son District. It was...

  • In photos: The rat catchers of Nghe An

    08/10/2011 11:00

    Farmers in Phu Hau Village in Nghe An Province have been catching rats to top up their earnings and protect their crops for years. In the morning, local officials in Phu Hau Village of Dien Tan Commune, Dien Chau District use a loudspeaker...

  • Buddhist students

    08/10/2011 11:00

    After the bell signals the lecture time, Buddhist students at the Vietnam Buddhism Institute in Soc Son district, Hanoi , hurriedly go to the lecture hall with books and laptops. At the Buddhist institute, students who are also Buddhist...

  • Should Vietnam develop genetically modified crop?

    08/10/2011 11:00

    While the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) says that genetically modified crop (GMC) can help improve crop productivity, many scientists warn of food safety and the dependency of Vietnam’s agricultural...

  • Medicine for gridlocks

    07/10/2011 11:00

    There is no official statistic of the loss caused by snarl-up in Vietnam’s big cities. However, it is cock-sure that the loss is extremely huge, and serious in various aspects and it damages Vietnam’s image. HCM...

  • Which group will come after Petrolimex?

    06/10/2011 11:00

    Looking over the entire economy of Vietnam, not only the petrol market but also many other fields of business lack transparence, for example electricity, securities, etc. Can the Ministry of Finance deal with these fields like...

  • Elderly people earn a living in Hanoi

    05/10/2011 11:00

    Everybody works to earn a living then when they reach a certain age they retire. However, some elderly people in the capital still have to work, despite old age and illness. They must work from very early in the morning until late at night...

  • Graffiti grows in HCM City

    05/10/2011 11:00

    Although graffiti has coloured the walls of large cities all over the world for the last decades, it is still an incipient trend in Ho Chi Minh City . Art or eye-sore?...