Lifestyle

Plans for Int’l Museum Day
16/05/2009 05:00
A number of activities to mark International Museum day (May 18) in Vietnam were introduced at a press conference in Hanoi May 16. HCMC War Remnants is one among a few museums that can attract a large number of tourists every day. A number of...
LIFESTYLE IN BRIEF 17/5
16/05/2009 05:00
Ba Chua Xu festival kicks off in An Giang; Cultural exchange in Vientiane marks President Ho’s birthday; Reader’s club for children debuts in Hanoi Ba Chua Xu festival kicks off in An Giang Tens of thousands of visitors flocked to the Nui Sam trade...
To the old country
16/05/2009 05:00
One man has recreated a typical rural farmer’s home in the heart of Hanoi to try and help preserve what we know about Vietnam’s agrarian culture. A French photographer carefully arranges an ancient tea-set and a bamboo pipe on a bed and starts to...
Satisfy the animal
16/05/2009 05:00
Hugh Jackman (Wolverine) is famous for his angry, conflicted Wolverine character in the X-men movies Wolverine gives us our action fix but is short on drama. Jimmy Creed and his brother Victor are...
Music from the Melting Pot
16/05/2009 05:00
Ozomatli poses at a press conference in HCMC last Monday A Grammy award-winning from Los Angeles rocked audiences last week with a blend of music styles that transcends cultural and social boundaries....
Foreign chick-lit sweeping Vietnam off its feet
16/05/2009 05:00
Vietnamese bookstores are stocking up these days on translated versions of English-language chick-lit â“ a type of genre fiction targeting young women in their 20s and 30s. The stories often feature single, working females who like to shop till they...
Addicted to shopping
16/05/2009 05:00
Pop icon Dam Vinh Hung admits shopping really has become an addiction Among local artists, singer Dam Vinh Hung (who is nickname Mr. Dam) is one of the craziest about shopping. On tours, he spends...