Vietnam

Decked out in colorful murals created by Vietnamese illustrator Phu Anh Tran, metal coffee cups and wicker fixtures – some of which resemble the Vietnamese conical hat – Son of Saigon is Shaun Pham’s ode to his Vietnamese heritage. Chef and owner Pham’s menu pays tribute to his mom’s recipes…

published : 6 Oct 2021 at 19:35 Lanterns hang on a street in Vietnam's central ancient town of Hoi An, a Unesco heritage site, on June 25, 2015. (Reuters photo) HANOI: Vietnam is planning from December to reopen key tourist destinations to vaccinated visitors from countries deemed a low Covid-19…

Every morning after waking up, Hanoi resident Lan checks the Zalo messaging app for what other residents in her roughly 300-unit condominium are selling that day. Listings vary from fresh produce and meat to boxed lunches and homemade cakes. On one occasion, ten eggs were going for USD 2 and…

Society Pass is a data-driven loyalty program platform founded in Vietnam. It offers a crucial service to online retailers that operate in the country. In July, the firm filed a prospectus with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering on the Nasdaq. Society Pass plans to…

A Letter from God to Man, a new book by Thuy Tran, has been released by RoseDog Books. Thuy Tran lived through the Vietnam War. She witnessed many ghosts from her past coming home again in the aftermath of that war. She experienced sickness, loneliness, and, as a child, dealt…

In March 2020, just as the pandemic hit the U.S., Tway Nguyen decided to film something for TikTok. She made sausage and egg fried rice, chopping green onions, mincing garlic, and adding a finishing touch of fish sauce. She didn’t realize it then, but this would be the video that…

Kelantan MMEA deputy director Maritime Commander Khairun Dalilah Baharin with the detained Vietnamese fishermen at the Kelantan MMEA jetty in Tok Bali, October 1, 2021. — Bernama pic PASIR PUTEH, Oct 1 — Kelantan Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency’s (MMEA) Ops Kuda Laut has uncovered that Vietnamese fishermen started to recruit…

I noticed some previous rumours of an Asus x Noctua collaborative graphics card design last month, but the only info we had to go on was a string of text published in some EEC trade documents concerning a selection of new Asus products including the  'RTX3070-8G-NOCTUA'. The above text string…

A Chinese flag used for representatiom. (File photo/Reuters) China claims nearly all of the disputed South China Sea, though Taiwan, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam all claim parts of it. PTI Last Updated:October 01, 2021, 09:46 ISTFOLLOW US ON:China's aggressiveness and the coercive nature in the resource-rich Indo-Pacific region…

The Philippines is the worst place to live during the Covid-19 pandemic, the latest monthly ranking conducted by Bloomberg revealed. Bloomberg's Covid Resilience Ranking for this month showed that the country has a resilience score of 40.2. The Philippines placed 53rd, or last, among the countries ranked. "Southeast Asian economies…