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Baker turns heads with her hyper-realistic cakes

Baker turns heads with her hyper-realistic cakes

Nguyen Hong Dao, who hated her former job as an accountant, discovered her true calling while working part-time in a bakery.
​Yachts, the latest toys for affluent Vietnamese

​Yachts, the latest toys for affluent Vietnamese

Vietnamese adults and their manga obsession

Vietnamese adults and their manga obsession

Ants offer Saigonese pet enthusiast lesson in tolerance

Ants offer Saigonese pet enthusiast lesson in tolerance

Patience is the key quality needed to keep ants as pets, says Nguyen Tan Minh Nhut, who takes careful care of seven species of the crawlers.
January 7, 2022 | 02:00 am PT
Houseplant obsession: an expensive new hobby in Vietnam

Houseplant obsession: an expensive new hobby in Vietnam

The houseplant-enthusiast community in Vietnam has attracted thousands of followers in just a few years, with many boasting collections valued at billions of dong (VND1 billion = $43,340).
April 23, 2021 | 05:00 am PT
Saigon collector splurges on action figures

Saigon collector splurges on action figures

Saigonese Trinh Hoang Thinh, 30, shares his life-long passion for collecting high-end action figures.
November 25, 2020 | 08:40 pm PT
A timeless passion: Saigon collector boasts 1,000 clocks

A timeless passion: Saigon collector boasts 1,000 clocks

Le Chi Dung has been hunting old timepieces at various scrap markets to restore and hang in his Hoc Mon District abode in Saigon.
June 26, 2020 | 05:00 am PT
Meet Hanoi senior who swims in Red River every day

Meet Hanoi senior who swims in Red River every day

For nearly 80 years a 91-year-old man has been swimming 10 kilometers daily even in the Vietnamese capital’s cold winters.
May 23, 2019 | 04:00 am PT
‘Mr. Lizard’ in Saigon sells iguanas as a hobby

‘Mr. Lizard’ in Saigon sells iguanas as a hobby

On a 500 sq.m farm in Saigon, Duong Sieu Hoa breeds and sells iguanas as a hobby and a side-business.
October 22, 2018 | 12:10 am PT
A Saigon café gets all dolled up to serve customers

A Saigon café gets all dolled up to serve customers

A woman crazy about dolls shares her passion with a café that displays a large collection, to appreciate and/or buy.
September 11, 2018 | 06:46 pm PT
 
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