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The “white rose” cake is once special snack of silk-stocking family in previous century A vacation in the historic town of Hoi An in Vietnam’s central region is not complete without a foodie fiesta. Among the many mouthwatering delicacies dished out in the town is the elegantly named white rose. Almost every...

  Four Vietnamese hotels have been listed among the top 500 in the world by the US Travel + Leisure magazine. Caravelle and Park Hyatt Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City, and Hilton Opera and Sofitel Legend Metropole in Hanoi were named in the listing published in the magazine’s January, 2011 edition. The ninth...

Tran Thi Chuc (L) being treated at a Phan Rang hospital A woman from the south central province of Ninh Thuan has accused a local police officer of beating her unconscious at the police station on Saturday.   Tran Thi Chuc, 38, had to be rushed to Ninh Thuan General Hospital for treatment.   Chuc said her family members...

  Vietnam’s inflation rate accelerated to the highest level in 22 months after currency devaluations stoked import costs and credit expansion spurred domestic demand. Prices increased 11.75 percent in December from a year earlier, compared with 11.09 percent in November, according to figures released Friday...

Workers at the Dung Quat shipyard owned by Vinashin, which amassed debts of US$4.4 billion after its ill-fated expansion attempt. Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group said it will complete a total of 64 ships this year as it strives to “regain its prestige and brand.” The group handed over 22 ships worth $241 million...

Le Bao Ngoc The Hanoi People’s Court on Monday sentenced to life imprisonment a former official of Agrigank, Vietnam’s leading lender, for borrowing more than US$410,000 from the bank’s customers and not paying it back.   According to the indictment, between December 2006 and July 2007, Le Bao Ngoc abused...

According to the police, Tran Thi Phung, 52, abused three-year old Ho Thi Thuy Ngan while bathing her on November 23. Police in the southern province of Binh Duong Monday sought to bring charges of “torturing people” against the owner of a private nursery for maltreating a three-year-old girl last month.   According...

  Central region offers pristine beaches and landscapes that never pall on the visitor Tranquil and beautiful My Khe Beach stretches languorously If a nation is endowed with a 3,200-kilometer coastline, it stands to reason that it has many beaches. Many. Beaches that have different...

Artist Duc Dau performs on Quang Trung war-drums at his house which is a living museum of all kinds of Vietnamese traditional musical instruments. Mention family bands and the Jacksons come to mind first, but not to those who know a “crazy” guy called Duc Dau, born Tran Trong Dau. Dau’s “Phu Dong Family...

A snapshot from the footage filming a police raid on Hanoi's New Century night club, which was posted online on December 15. Vietnamese police said Monday they have arrested two people suspected of posting online two clips filming a police raid on Hanoi’s most popular night club in 2007.   The clips, which were...