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Skimping on health insurance today may be a costly regret tomorrow “Before the motorbike accident I didn’t think health insurance was important to have. I thought of getting something cheap, maybe even taking local alternatives to save money. After seeing the bill at the hospital and ending up only paying a nominal fee, it goes to … Read more
Stand-in lovers and pretend relatives are among a colorful cast of fakers “I’ve met 25 sets of parents and have worn 50 wedding dresses,” proclaims Giang Anh,a 24-year-old medical student. “But I have never signed a marriage certificate.” Before you jump to conclusions, Anh is not a con woman out to swindle men, she’s a professional … Read more
Giant billboards, print and television were regarded as the top tiers of marketing, the best money could buy. However, with the advent of the internet, and social media titans such as Google, Facebook and YouTube over the last decade, this has changed considerably. The consumers are more connected to the internet than ever, 40 million … Read more
Follow our series on Vietnam’s LGBT community here or download the PDF of our June 2016 issue on “Pride” here. Though some progress has been made towards accepting LGBT people in modern Vietnamese society, there is still a wide divide between the two. Despite many campaigns to battle misinformation and promote awareness to the local … Read more
Follow our series on Vietnam’s LGBT community here or download the PDF of our June 2016 issue on “Pride” here. In recent years, Vietnam is slowly developing a reputation for being an unlikely haven for gays, lesbians and transgenders in Asia. While gays are persecuted and even jailed in many Asian countries even to this … Read more
Until recently the LGBT community in Vietnam was marginalized, but changes in attitude in the legal and public spheres are coming. From Vietnam’s first gay parade in Hanoi in 2012 to an openly transgender contestant on Vietnam Idol, the country is becoming more tolerant. Also, it doesn’t hurt that the population is young—more than half … Read more
Breaking down barriers, Jessica an finds success as a transgender model “I didn’t plan on creating a club or anything like that for transpeople. Nothing about what we do is formal or even official. At first, it was just a name, a banner we gather under to sing and perform. Then folks heard about it … Read more
No time to read to your kids? Hire someone else to do it for you “The first time I worked as a storyteller, it was for my neighbor’s child. The parents had some errands to run until late and paid me VND100,000 to read three volumes of Doraemon to their six-year-old baby girl,” says Le … Read more
While the term was coined in India, the obsession with white skin is very popular in Vietnam as well “I have had patients, expat patients, who came to me to ask why they were seeing active ingredients for skin lightening in simple, everyday-use moisturizers. That’s how widespread it is in Vietnam,” says Dr. Mark Siefring, … Read more
With relish, Saigon embraces the food truck trend The food truck concept has been around since 1866 when Charles Goodnight wheeled out his Texas Panhandle Food Wagon, but it has taken over a century and a half for this mobile catering model to transcend its roachcoach classification to become the rich and vibrant gourmet food … Read more
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