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My motorbike crashed when it hit a dog running freely down a Ho Chi Minh City street one early morning, and I had to get several stitches in my face.
March 18, 2024 | 04:51 pm PT
Over 1 million cats are killed for consumption in Vietnam every year, according to animal welfare organizations.
March 16, 2024 | 05:30 pm PT
Many families invest up to VND15 billion (US$606,700) to send their children overseas for education, only to find them struggling to secure employment upon their return.
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March 15, 2024 | 03:18 pm PT
As the year of the Dragon approached, my grandfather's 91-year journey on this Earth came to an end, leaving me and my family to mourn and reminisce with sadness on a life of love and hard work.
March 15, 2024 | 03:16 pm PT
Many foreigners, when participating in traffic in Vietnam, also become careless in a manner akin to "when in Rome, do as the Romans do."
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March 13, 2024 | 03:24 pm PT
Last month the media reported some Vietnamese renowned artists were moved into the Thi Nghe Elderly Care Center in HCMC's Binh Thanh District. This was great news for me as a fan.
March 13, 2024 | 03:15 pm PT
Following some serious accidents in Vietnam recently, many have blamed drivers' poor awareness; I think it's a problem that needs both technical and awareness adjustments.
March 11, 2024 | 03:24 pm PT
I love pondering this moral question about whether or not it's immoral to eat dogs. So far, I have yet to see even a single compelling argument as to why eating dogs is morally worse than eating any other animal.
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March 10, 2024 | 08:31 pm PT
The unwritten Vietnamese rule has become that pedestrians need to raise their hand to seek permission to cross the crowded streets, and then motorists can decide if they'll allow it.
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March 8, 2024 | 04:46 pm PT
The bricks on the kitchen wall of Hien's house were covered with slash marks. Every time her husband beat her severely, she would mark the wall with a knife. There were over 70 marks in 30 years of marriage.
March 8, 2024 | 05:51 am PT
My good morning turned sour when I encountered a man who spit indiscriminately while driving.
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March 7, 2024 | 06:09 pm PT
For people born in the 70s like me, it was not uncommon for a family of 4-5 to live in a collective apartment of just 18 m2 through decades.
March 7, 2024 | 03:14 pm PT
Last night, as I was lying in bed checking my Facebook Messenger before going to sleep, my account was suddenly logged out. After several failed attempts to enter my password, I thought I had been hacked.
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March 5, 2024 | 08:34 pm PT
Last Friday, Tuan finished his work early and rushed to Tan Son Nhat Airport to catch a flight from HCMC to Singapore.
March 5, 2024 | 03:29 pm PT
My family has a couple in their 30s. They have a 10-year-old son who is in 4th grade, their only child, and they have left him in the care of his maternal grandparents since he was young.
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March 4, 2024 | 10:22 pm PT