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Foreigners embrace 'Becoming Chinese' lifestyle trend

Foreigners embrace 'Becoming Chinese' lifestyle trend

A growing number of foreign internet users are embracing a lifestyle trend dubbed "Becoming Chinese," where they adopt everyday habits commonly associated with Chinese culture.
Chinese man with three master’s degrees quits life of wealth to wash dishes for a living

Chinese man with three master’s degrees quits life of wealth to wash dishes for a living

From single by choice to married in a year: Vietnamese woman’s love story with Russian expat

From single by choice to married in a year: Vietnamese woman’s love story with Russian expat

Hanoi office workers turn company year-end parties into viral performances

Hanoi office workers turn company year-end parties into viral performances

Office workers in Hanoi spend thousands of U.S. dollars and rehearse for months to make their Lunar New Year party performances at work go viral online.
February 2, 2026 | 12:59 am PT
Singapore court rules 97-year-old businessman mentally fit to marry longtime partner despite son’s challenge

Singapore court rules 97-year-old businessman mentally fit to marry longtime partner despite son’s challenge

A Singapore court has ruled that a 97-year-old businessman is mentally capable of marrying his long-term extramarital partner, dismissing his son’s claim that cognitive decline left him unable to make such decisions.
February 1, 2026 | 08:26 pm PT
Woman returns 100-kg pig that leaped off truck to owner

Woman returns 100-kg pig that leaped off truck to owner

A woman walking on a village road in Lang Son Province on Jan. 24 noticed a pig jumping off a truck and wrangled it and returned it to the owner.
January 30, 2026 | 12:28 am PT
AFC U23 Asian Cup top scorer Nguyen Dinh Bac throws banquet for 1,800 supporters

AFC U23 Asian Cup top scorer Nguyen Dinh Bac throws banquet for 1,800 supporters

Vietnamese striker Nguyen Dinh Bac, the top scorer at the AFC U23 Asian Cup, and his family hosted a banquet on Wednesday in his hometown in central Nghe An province to thank them for their long-standing support.
January 28, 2026 | 02:57 am PT
Indonesian woman, 24, discovers she attended her 62-year-old husband’s earlier wedding when she was nine

Indonesian woman, 24, discovers she attended her 62-year-old husband’s earlier wedding when she was nine

A 24-year-old Indonesian woman has discovered that she attended her husband’s earlier wedding when she was a child, years before the two later married.
January 27, 2026 | 11:18 pm PT
Why Hanoi’s winter shocks foreigners from colder countries

Why Hanoi’s winter shocks foreigners from colder countries

A video of two New Zealand tourists shivering in the cold in Ha Giang Province in December made Carey laugh and admit he had himself once “underestimated Vietnam’s winter.”
January 26, 2026 | 03:18 am PT
Man returns bag containing $38,000 cash dropped on expressway to owner

Man returns bag containing $38,000 cash dropped on expressway to owner

A Vietnamese man has returned a bag containing VND1 billion (about US$38,000) in cash after finding it on an expressway in northern Vietnam.
January 26, 2026 | 06:50 am PT
Mother finds son trafficked to China after 3 decades of waiting

Mother finds son trafficked to China after 3 decades of waiting

Looking at the young man on her phone screen, whose eyes and mouth were identical to her husband’s in his youth, Minh instantly knew it was her son who had gone missing in 1994.
January 24, 2026 | 09:31 pm PT
Indian beggar revealed as millionaire with three houses and lending business

Indian beggar revealed as millionaire with three houses and lending business

A physically disabled man who appeared to survive on alms in Indore’s Sarafa Bazaar has been revealed to be a crorepati with multiple properties and a profitable informal lending business, officials said during an anti-begging campaign.
January 24, 2026 | 10:37 pm PT
Cluttered corridors fuel neighbor clashes in Hanoi apartment blocks

Cluttered corridors fuel neighbor clashes in Hanoi apartment blocks

Newly discharged from a hospital in Hanoi Wednesday, Nguyen Thi Hang did not go home to rest to avoid her violent neighbors and instead rented an apartment elsewhere.
January 20, 2026 | 11:17 pm PT
A 100-member family keeps its Tet photo tradition going for 22 years

A 100-member family keeps its Tet photo tradition going for 22 years

For more than two decades Lunar New Year has begun with a familiar scene for Nguyen Ngoc Sang’s family: with its 100 members posing together for a photo.
January 20, 2026 | 03:15 pm PT
Man digs cave under family home for 10 years after a fight with parents

Man digs cave under family home for 10 years after a fight with parents

Andres Canto began digging in his parents’ backyard with a pickaxe after being grounded, eventually turning a small pit into a fully equipped underground shelter over 10 years.
January 21, 2026 | 04:55 am PT
Unexpected dinner invitation from ex-husband leads to quiet turning point for divorced family

Unexpected dinner invitation from ex-husband leads to quiet turning point for divorced family

Melanie planned to make a quick stop at her ex-husband’s home to drop off prepared meals for their two school-age children before leaving, but his unexpected invitation to stay shifted the family’s atmosphere after the divorce.
January 21, 2026 | 04:42 am PT
Malaysian woman seeks court consent for husband to marry her close friend

Malaysian woman seeks court consent for husband to marry her close friend

Shuhadah Jaafar, of Terengganu, Malaysia, sought court approval for her husband to marry her best friend as a second wife after learning he had developed feelings for the woman.
January 18, 2026 | 08:31 pm PT
More passionate than England: Foreigners on Vietnam's love for football

More passionate than England: Foreigners on Vietnam's love for football

Seeing streets brought to a standstill and awash with Vietnam’s national flags, Englishman Paul Holland once panicked, thinking something unusual was happening.
January 16, 2026 | 10:13 pm PT
From father’s farewell to four new beginnings: brain-dead son’s final gift

From father’s farewell to four new beginnings: brain-dead son’s final gift

Dressed in a yellow hospital visitor’s jacket, the man steadies himself on crutches and enters the room where his son, unconscious after a traffic accident, is waiting for organ donation surgery.
January 16, 2026 | 12:56 am PT
Mekong Delta woman weighing 130 kg finds love she once thought impossible

Mekong Delta woman weighing 130 kg finds love she once thought impossible

Scarred by past breakups that she attributed to her 130-kilogram weight, Hoang Huong was wary of romance, convinced her appearance would always stand in the way.
January 11, 2026 | 05:52 am PT
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