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Giving gold as wedding gift but viewing it as a loan

Giving gold as wedding gift but viewing it as a loan

If people gift gold to newly married couples and expect to get gifts of equal value years later, how is it different from keeping the gold for themselves?
Actress Midu dons 2 Elie Saab gowns worth $45K in wedding to plastics heir

Actress Midu dons 2 Elie Saab gowns worth $45K in wedding to plastics heir

Actress Midu dazzles in $33.8K rose-themed custom gown for wedding photoshoot with plastics heir

Actress Midu dazzles in $33.8K rose-themed custom gown for wedding photoshoot with plastics heir

Actress Midu prepares 39 ao dai costing nearly $11,800 for wedding to plastics heir

Actress Midu prepares 39 ao dai costing nearly $11,800 for wedding to plastics heir

Midu ordered 39 ao dai (Vietnamese tunics), costing nearly VND300 million (US$11,786), for her Sunday wedding to businessman Tran Duy Minh Dat, heir to Duy Tan Plastics Manufacturing Corporation.
June 23, 2024 | 03:00 pm PT
Actress Midu marries heir to plastics tycoon

Actress Midu marries heir to plastics tycoon

Vietnamese actress Midu and businessman Tran Duy Minh Dat celebrated their wedding on Sunday morning.
June 22, 2024 | 10:03 pm PT
Getting gold as wedding gift: Blessing or burden?

Getting gold as wedding gift: Blessing or burden?

Having to return the favor after receiving gold as a wedding gift is a financial burden for many young married couples.
June 16, 2024 | 03:06 pm PT
Wedding costs $5.9K but cash gifts only amount to $2.8K

Wedding costs $5.9K but cash gifts only amount to $2.8K

A wedding may end up in financial losses but that is not important as it was meant to be a celebratory event, not a business, readers shared.
June 13, 2024 | 03:01 pm PT
Wedding incurred a loss as family of 4 gave only $40 as gift

Wedding incurred a loss as family of 4 gave only $40 as gift

Parents need to buy plane and bus tickets for kids older than 10, but they do not gift more money when they bring their children to weddings, my friend complained.
June 11, 2024 | 03:43 pm PT
When cycling trips led to romance, marriage

When cycling trips led to romance, marriage

Learning Nguyen Thi Hong Hanh was the only woman in a group cycling from HCMC to Cambodia, Yan Nguyen was so impressed he reached out to her immediately.
June 9, 2024 | 12:29 am PT
My mother-in-law ceases contact with me after my wedding

My mother-in-law ceases contact with me after my wedding

A year has passed since our wedding, and during this time, my husband’s mother hasn’t reached out to me, only contacting my husband when necessary.
June 4, 2024 | 06:27 pm PT
Wedding, funeral gift money costs more than monthly food expenses

Wedding, funeral gift money costs more than monthly food expenses

My uncle, 80, has to skim on eating and work constantly in the fields to afford the gift money that is customarily expected at local funerals and weddings.
June 4, 2024 | 03:00 pm PT
Left-back Nguyen Phong Hong Duy refutes claims of leaving Vietnam national team for wedding

Left-back Nguyen Phong Hong Duy refutes claims of leaving Vietnam national team for wedding

Left-back Nguyen Phong Hong Duy has denied claims that he opted out of the Vietnam national team call-up for upcoming matches in June to prepare for his wedding with fiancée Pham Kieu Oanh.
May 29, 2024 | 11:22 pm PT
My husband leaves my brother’s wedding early after being criticized for his laziness

My husband leaves my brother’s wedding early after being criticized for his laziness

My husband took a taxi back to the city after my family criticized him for not helping to prepare for my brother’s wedding ceremony in my hometown.
May 26, 2024 | 02:59 pm PT
Bank QR codes on wedding invitations imply a ‘debt repayment’ expectation

Bank QR codes on wedding invitations imply a ‘debt repayment’ expectation

Printing banking information’s QR code on wedding invitations pressures guests to feel obligated to give cash gifts, a move seen as tactless and not aligned with traditional Vietnamese values.
February 4, 2024 | 03:00 pm PT
When I get wedding invite with QR code, I don't attend or send money

When I get wedding invite with QR code, I don't attend or send money

Using "technology" as a facade to convey the expectation of monetary gifts, even in absence, is not appropriate.
January 28, 2024 | 11:20 pm PT
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