January 18, 2012
A bunch of young Hanoi cyclists have apparently mainstreamed the phrase “pain in the ass” by naming their club à Mông, literally meaning “buttock pain.” Buttock Pain was founded in 2008 after a group of cycling lovers met on the web site ttvnol.com and organized a successful trip to Truc Lam Tay Thien Zen [...]
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July 30, 2011
I’ve spent a lot of time in Hanoi over the last 14 years, and have strong emotions about it, not of course all positive. Back in 1994, it was possible to walk around at 10 p.m. in the winter down the streets, which were basically empty of traffic, with a group of friends. There [...]
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July 3, 2011
Daring new day trip on offer in Ho Chi Minh City Paul Massad, owner of Push Climb gym, climbs a wall on a course he designed. Starting in July, the gym is offering climbing trips to destinations like Buu Long Park. It’s a perfect Sunday in Buu Long Park. The sun bounces brightly off [...]
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November 20, 2010
Retired police chief Howard Goldin following a wheelchair giveaway at the Chinese Cultural Center in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 5 Retired police chief Howard Goldin, 63, walked into the red dining room of the Hotel Majestic in Ho Chi Minh City, exhausted. A trio of Vietnamese women clad in bright green ao dai danced [...]
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January 31, 2010
Visitors look at rows of Chocolate Terracotta Warriors at a chocolate theme park in Beijing China’s online tourism market is booming as an increasingly wealthy middle class travels for pleasure and the use of credit cards and the Internet soars, analysts say. As millions of people pack their bags for Lunar New Year holidays, the [...]
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January 4, 2010
Bus drivers in Ho Chi Minh City are quitting in droves as street barriers lengthen their trips and decrease their pay. A bus bogged down by a street barrier in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1.LookAtVietnam – Bus drivers in Ho Chi Minh City are quitting in droves as street barriers lengthen their trips and [...]
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January 2, 2010
A bus bogged down by a street barrier in Ho Chi Minh Cityâs District 1. Bus drivers in Ho Chi Minh City are quitting in droves as street barriers lengthen their trips and decrease their pay. Drivers said their income depended on the number of trips a day and they complained that they now drove [...]
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November 28, 2009
LookAtVietnam – In contrast to a school history lesson, a group of youths in Hue City now offer an interesting way of studying the subject. Fun learning: Members of Truong An Tourist Club making a presentation before going on a history trip.On realising the fact that nowadays, students lack a knowledge of history, the Truong [...]
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November 23, 2009
The Hanoi People’s Committee has asked officials at all levels to restrict overseas business trips from now to the end of 2010 to save money. Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen The Thao. According to an urgent dispatch signed by Hanoi Chairman Nguyen The Thao, Hanoi officials are requested not to go abroad except in [...]
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November 14, 2009
A statue of Oc Eo Culture exhibited at a museum in Thoai Son District, An Giang Province in the Mekong Delta Seven decades and counting, an archaeological site continues to yield vestiges of one of Vietnamâs three most prominent ancient cultures. A definitive conclusion about Oc Eo being the capital of the ancient Funan kingdom [...]
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