Joy Ride

Vietnamese designer Adrian Anh Tuan has named his 2016 resort collection Joy Ride – Love-filled Days. Inspired by women in love, the collection features pastels and bold romantic reds on lace that come together to create elegant, sophisticated and sensual designs.     VALENCIANI RESORT 2016 COLLECTION Model: Truc Diem Photographer: Chanh Nguyen Makeup: Vinh … Read more

Stocking Coffee

A most unusual way to brew cofffee An image of coffee slowly dripping through a metal filter into a cup perfectly captures Saigon and its unhurried way of life. However, before the arrival of these iconic metal filters, coffee sold by street vendors was made an entirely different and unusual way. Finely milled coffee powder … Read more

The Cat’s Meo

Curtailing the overpopulation of cats in Vietnam Why are a large number of cats (meo) being abandoned in Vietnam? Why do these ‘little tigers’ suffer the fate of being consumed in the beginning of a lunar month thinking this ritual will eliminate last month’s bad luck and raise one’s luck in the new? Another black … Read more

Ascott organises Earth Day activites

CapitaLand and its wholly owned serviced residence unit, The Ascott Limited (Ascott), organized multiple activities on Earth Day (Saturday, 19 March 2016) throughout Vietnam. In the morning, a cycling day was organized for 150 staff and residents in Ho Chi Minh City. At the same time, in Hanoi, more than 70 people consisting of Ascott staff, … Read more