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  Authorities see crisis as opportunity to enhance Vietnam ’s tourism reputation Lanta Tour’s Russian tourists at the Bamboo Village Resort in Binh Thuan Province’s Mui Ne resort area....

  Japanese conductor Tetsuji Honna and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra perform at a concert in Hanoi last year A dearth of good teachers and learning materials in the Vietnamese language are stumbling blocks in the development...

  Family and co-workers of slain journalist reject police conclusions, saying there are too many loose ends in the case Nguyen Thi Kim Nga, 75, the mother of murdered journalist Le Hoang Hung, is afraid she might die before the case gets to trial with police apparently...

Choi Hana during a trip to northern Vietnam. A South Korean woman is establishing herself as one of the best foreign students of the Vietnamese language by getting a thesis published and translating Vietnamese novels into Korean. Choi Hana is expected to publish next year her master thesis on Vietnamese and South Korean...

    The biggest holiday of the year is passing by without any hint of festivity for an ethnic group living in a northern village. Local reports say large numbers of uneducated children are a factor that puts most families in the village close to starvation every day. Mo Ba village of Dao...

  The Ba Chua Kho Temple in the northern province of Bac Ninh becomes busy with visitors returning to pay back their debt to Ba Chua Kho. Truong Quoc Thang and his wife lead busy lives but they are very mindful of their need to repay debts on time, especially...

  Consumer demand for holiday goods and transportation will grow 10 percent from last year, according to a government forecast that urged authorities to monitor and stabilize prices. Asia’s fastest inflation is the last thing on Tran Hang’s mind as she jostles fellow shoppers...

  Property projects under construction seen from a high-rise building in downtown Ho Chi Minh City Many companies in Vietnam were dealt a harsh blow by the real estate market slump last year. Singapore property developer Keppel Land, though not completely untouched,...

  Affluence and status-mongering could distort the meaning and purpose of a venerable custom A ceremony held to celebrate longevity for both parents in Hanoi “Kinh gia, gia de tuoi cho” – Respect the elders and you will live for as long as they do, goes a well-known...

  A bunch of young Hanoi cyclists have apparently mainstreamed the phrase “pain in the ass” by naming their club Ê Mông, literally meaning “buttock pain.” Buttock Pain was founded in 2008 after a group of cycling lovers met on the web site...