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Urban workers leave home before dawn to secure parking spots at work

Urban workers leave home before dawn to secure parking spots at work

A shortage of parking spaces in Vietnam's major cities is forcing office workers to leave home unusually early to secure a spot near work, while others face costly parking fees or lengthy walks from their cars.
Companies increasingly require employees to use up annual leave

Companies increasingly require employees to use up annual leave

Vietnamese businesses in France fear ruin as riots disrupt livelihoods

Vietnamese businesses in France fear ruin as riots disrupt livelihoods

Inside Hanoi jeweler's 80-year-old mansion, home to 30 descendants

Inside Hanoi jeweler's 80-year-old mansion, home to 30 descendants

An 80-year-old mansion built by a prominent jeweler in Hanoi's Old Quarter has retained much of its original architecture and furnishings while remaining home to nearly 30 family descendants.
October 21, 2026 | 03:00 am PT
Managers bear the burden of fixing employees' AI-generated errors

Managers bear the burden of fixing employees' AI-generated errors

Thuy Dung, a manager at a Hanoi-based media company, receives 40 reports a day from her staff, and has to stay up late checking for errors.
October 21, 2026 | 03:00 am PT
Why viewers can't stop watching AI-generated short dramas

Why viewers can't stop watching AI-generated short dramas

Despite apparently knowing that the characters are not real, plots are clichéd, and storylines are absurd, many people still watch short films generated by AI.
October 20, 2026 | 02:34 am PT
Chinese man reunites with mother after 37 years believing he was abandoned

Chinese man reunites with mother after 37 years believing he was abandoned

A 38-year-old man in China’s Sichuan Province reunited with his biological mother following DNA testing after spending 37 years believing his parents had abandoned him.
October 19, 2026 | 04:40 am PT
International graduates in Australia struggle to find jobs matching their qualifications

International graduates in Australia struggle to find jobs matching their qualifications

After graduating with a finance degree from a Melbourne university in 2025, Nhi spent months searching for work as a financial analyst, only to remain in the retail job she had taken up to support herself during her studies.
October 19, 2026 | 01:53 am PT
Why Hanoi’s senior day care centers are filling up fast

Why Hanoi’s senior day care centers are filling up fast

Public daytime eldercare centers in Hanoi are already overwhelmed by surging demand just months into a pilot program, with long waiting lists of seniors hoping to secure a spot.
October 15, 2026 | 03:23 am PT
Struggling taxi driver wins praise for honoring repayment promise after Lexus crash

Struggling taxi driver wins praise for honoring repayment promise after Lexus crash

A Lexus owner was surprised when the ride-hailing driver who hit his car kept his promise to pay for the repairs in installments despite his modest income.
October 15, 2026 | 02:53 am PT
Vietnamese woman turns California backyard into a slice of the Mekong Delta

Vietnamese woman turns California backyard into a slice of the Mekong Delta

To ease her mother’s homesickness, Ngoc Loan, 37, changed a 2,000-square-meter plot of land in Northern California into a Mekong Delta-style fruit and vegetable garden, complete with an outdoor kitchen.
October 15, 2026 | 04:31 am PT
Hanoi may relocate milkwood trees over complaints about strong scent

Hanoi may relocate milkwood trees over complaints about strong scent

Hanoi is reviewing the density of milkwood trees in some residential areas and considering relocating some following complaints that their flowers’ overpowering scent is disrupting daily life.
October 15, 2026 | 02:53 am PT
71-year-old former marine engineer becomes Singapore university's oldest graduate

71-year-old former marine engineer becomes Singapore university's oldest graduate

Wong Yee Keong, 71, a father of two and grandfather of three, has become the Singapore University of Social Sciences' oldest graduate this year, fulfilling a dream he once thought impossible.
October 14, 2026 | 08:57 pm PT
From employee to daughter-in-law: Vietnamese woman marries Korean boss's son

From employee to daughter-in-law: Vietnamese woman marries Korean boss's son

After working under her Korean boss since joining the company in Hai Phong City, Pham Anh Tho trusted her implicitly and agreed to marry her son after just three months of dating him.
October 14, 2026 | 01:39 am PT
Russian woman gives up city life to care for mother-in-law in rural Vietnam

Russian woman gives up city life to care for mother-in-law in rural Vietnam

Elena, 29, left behind a comfortable life in Russia and moved with her husband and two children to northern Bac Ninh Province to care for his mother, who has dementia.
October 14, 2026 | 12:34 am PT
Vietnamese woman builds new life with American husband on 300-year-old Pennsylvania estate

Vietnamese woman builds new life with American husband on 300-year-old Pennsylvania estate

On her first morning at her husband’s home in Pennsylvania, Tran Thi Hien Luong stepped outside to find dew-covered grass, wild deer and rabbits grazing near the clear waters of Mill Creek.
October 11, 2026 | 11:17 pm PT
HCMC flood-control project turns roadside homes into ‘basements’

HCMC flood-control project turns roadside homes into ‘basements’

A flood-control project on HCMC’s Dang Thuy Tram Street has raised the road by up to 1.5 meters, leaving homes and businesses below street level and vulnerable to rainwater.
October 11, 2026 | 08:25 pm PT
Caught between duty and debt: the hidden toll on family breadwinners

Caught between duty and debt: the hidden toll on family breadwinners

Near midnight, Hoang’s phone rang. Seeing his younger brother’s name on the screen, the 42-year-old hesitated, then turned the phone face down, already knowing what the call would be about.
October 12, 2026 | 04:12 am PT
Vietnamese trainees in Germany fight to move beyond ‘cheap labor’ image

Vietnamese trainees in Germany fight to move beyond ‘cheap labor’ image

After enduring low pay, discrimination and work outside their training, some young Vietnamese in Germany are using language skills, legal knowledge and confidence to gain greater control over their careers.
October 9, 2026 | 02:35 am PT
A love story across continents ends in a packed Vietnamese village wedding

A love story across continents ends in a packed Vietnamese village wedding

Bride Phuong Thao expecting fewer than 40 foreign guests ended up welcoming 65 as friends and relatives of her Irish groom flew in from around the world for their traditional Vietnamese wedding in Hanoi.
October 9, 2026 | 02:08 am PT
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