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Architects protest demolition of French villas, Vietnamese houses
About 3,000 valuable old houses and villas could be demolished in Ho Chi Minh City, but architects and historians have said that many of these historic structures should be restored.
‘Rapunzel' masters The Voice Kid
With an amazing, innocent, and pure voice like an angel, a nine-year-old girl from Danang has won the third season of The Voice Kid Vietnam.
Vietnam puppets take on popular tales
A troupe from the Vietnam Puppetry Theatre is in the French cities of Lyon and Le Revest-les-Eaux to perform with water puppetry the classic fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen.
Smuggled counterfeit goods seen increasing ahead of Tet
As Lunar New Year (Tet) is coming up in four months, smuggling rings are moving their imported goods to the domestic market in preparation for New Year consumption.
CBRE: Vietnam to benefit from TPP
As the least developed of the Trans-Pacific Partnership member nations, Vietnam is most likely to become the biggest beneficiary of the agreement with an increase in GDP, FDI and exports of manufactured goods, lower cost of imports, and higher productivity due to more external competition, a global property consultancy has claimed.
Number of foreign visitors to Vietnam increases
Foreign visitors will continue to increase by this year end and beyond partly due to the positive visa policy, said an official of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).
Vietnam's startup ecosystem begins to go past ‘Flappy'
Since the phenomenal success of game app "Flappy Bird," Vietnam's startup ecosystem has gained considerable momentum in the last two years and it is on the radar of many foreign venture capital funds.
Expat finds diving paradise
Tourists visiting the old city of Hoi An in central province of Quang Nam rarely miss a chance to explore the Cham Islands with their terrestrial and aquatic marine ecosystem.
‘Singapore Invites' with photo contest
The Singapore Tourism Board has launched an online photo contest called "Singapore Invites".
Dong Cao highland, a charmingly windy escape from hectic Hanoi
I heard my friends raving about a peaceful land not far from Hanoi, with green grass, blue skies, wind blowing and clouds up in the sky.