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California Fitness & Yoga, one of Vietnam's largest fitness chains, is closing gyms. Members who paid for multi-year and lifetime membership
California Fitness & Yoga, one of Vietnam's largest fitness club chains, is shutting its gyms across the country. Members who paid for multi-year and lifetime memberships fear they may not get their money back.
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Rock Concert for 30,000 to Take Place in Thai Nguyen Province
On the evening of November 2, a major rock concert will take place at the stadium in Thai Nguyen Province. It is timed to coincide with the 195th anniversary of the province's founding and the International Tea Festival. Admission for spectators will be free.
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Vietnam Records Some 160 Temperature Highs in October
Weather stations across the country recorded unusually high temperatures, which in some places exceeded previous records by 1 to 3 degrees. The causes are cited as a strong El Niño and features of atmospheric circulation.
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In Vietnam's Ca Mau province, queues form for meningitis vaccinations
After reports of deaths from meningococcal infection, residents of Ca Mau province in southern Vietnam have rushed to vaccination centres. The head of the local disease control centre warns that crowds of people may themselves speed up the spread of the disease.
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Sea Shell Beach in Ha Long Bay Reopens to Visitors
The only Vietnamese beach on the world's list of the top one hundred will welcome guests again after a six-year hiatus caused by legal complications.
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Vietnam Launches Sanofi Flu Vaccine for People Over 60
The new vaccine contains four times the antigens of a standard shot and is designed to better protect older people, whose immune systems respond less effectively to ordinary vaccinations.
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Defendant in major Vietnamese fraud case names Isik Uran as mastermind of scheme
At the trial over a 1.5 trillion dong fraud, defendant Pho Duc Nam, known as TikToker Mr. Pips, testified that the real head of the scheme was Turkish national Isik Uran, while he and his assistants received only a small percentage of the profits.
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Cash or Card in Georgia: How Much Money to Carry and How to Pay
In Tbilisi, you can pay by card almost everywhere, but outside the city, cash is indispensable. Here is how to avoid mistakes with currency exchange, how many lari to keep in your wallet, and how not to lose money on fees.
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Eifman Ballet Brings Eugene Onegin to Hanoi
Boris Eifman's St Petersburg company has presented a contemporary version of Pushkin's novel in verse as a ballet in Vietnam. Dancers and the tour director told local reporters about the production and their impressions of the city.
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Bamboo Circus Làng Tôi Returns to Hanoi
The show, which has toured fifty cities in nine countries, can now be seen on a permanent basis in the Vietnamese capital.
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Ho Chi Minh City and Long Thanh Airport to be linked by bus
In the initial phase, the main way to get from the city to the new international airport, which opens at the end of 2026, will be by road. Authorities are preparing a network of bus routes and shuttles between the airports.
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Legendary Street Food of Ho Chi Minh City: Đạt Thành Eatery Returns After Closing
The eatery, which operated for more than thirty years on Võ Văn Tần Street and closed in July, has reopened nearby, in an alley, in a family house.
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Belgian Engineer Offers Eleven Pigs to Marry Vietnamese Woman
The wedding of a Belgian and a woman from the Pakoh ethnic group in Vietnam followed a traditional rite that lasted three days. The groom was required to present the bride's family with lavish gifts, including livestock.
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Vietnam's Ta Xua Mountains Turn Culture of the H'mong People into Tourism
The Ta Xua area in Son La province, northern Vietnam, long known for its "cloud hunting" landscapes, now draws travellers with the chance to get to know the life and traditions of the local H'mong people.
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In Hanoi, a thousand women in traditional ao dai dresses formed a living Vietnamese flag
To mark Vietnamese Women's Day, members of the Elegant Ladies Club set a national record by arranging themselves in the shape of the national flag.
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A Giant Star Lantern in Ho Chi Minh City Draws Young People to the Mid-Autumn Festival
A large traditional star-shaped lantern has been installed on Ho Chi Minh City's book street, where it has become a popular photo spot for young residents and tourists during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
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Hochiminh City Builds Pedestrian Bridge Across the Saigon River
The first pedestrian bridge across the Saigon River, which will link the city centre with the new Thu Thiem district, is 90 percent complete and is due to open to the public in February.
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More than forty people in Hanoi hospitalised after gas leak at scrap metal yard
A leak, believed to be chlorine from a gas cylinder at a scrap metal collection point on the outskirts of Hanoi, has injured workers and residents of nearby houses.
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The Hue–Da Nang Train Route Enters the List of the World's Most Beautiful Railway Journeys
The American travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler placed the route "Connecting the Heritage of Central Vietnam" in tenth place in its annual ranking, ahead of the famous trains of Switzerland, the United States and Scotland.
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A Dog Named Vang Has Become a Guide for Hikers on Lang Biang Mountain in Vietnam
In the hills near the Vietnamese city of Da Lat, a dog voluntarily accompanies hikers along a mountain trail, waits for stragglers and shows the way through the forest.
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Vietnamese Hospitality: Turkish Tourist Mistakenly Dines with a Local Family
A traveler from Turkey mistook a family dinner on the street for a restaurant, sat down at the table and asked for food. Her hosts did not send her away. They fed her, and only afterward explained what had happened.
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Vietnam Examines Ancient 130-Kilometre "Great Wall of Vietnam"
In central Vietnam, scholars are studying an ancient defensive structure that served not only military purposes but also to control trade between the mountain and lowland regions.
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BLife: "Now Mom Can Teach You"
In Vietnam, scientists have developed a system that allows paralyzed people to communicate with their loved ones through eye movements. The technology is already being used in hospitals and at home.
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Bonsai and Suiseki Exhibition to Open in Da Nang
From April 5 to 15, 2026, masters from Vietnam's central provinces will gather at Phuoc Kha Garden. They will present more than 500 works in two traditional genres.
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Three Legends Behind the Village of Cu Lan in Vietnam
In the hills outside the Vietnamese city of Da Lat lies a village whose name translates as "Simpleton" or "Clumsy Fellow." There are three popular accounts of how it got its name.
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Vietnam's Circus Meets 3D Projections and a Water Stage
The new show Spirit of the Mountains and Water God has been running since late September, and it continues to draw audiences. It is the first time 3D mapping technology and a water stage have been combined in a circus production.
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A Decade in the Rock: Vietnam Is Carving the World's Tallest Rock-Cut Statue of the Buddha
In An Giang Province, work has been underway for more than a decade to carve an 81-metre statue of the Buddha into a mountainside. The project, which was meant to be finished in 2020, is now scheduled for completion in 2027.
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A Vietnamese Chef Wins a Michelin Star in Europe for the First Time
Christian Chu, a self-taught chef who began in a small kitchen, has become the first person of Vietnamese origin to be awarded a star by the restaurant guide in Europe. He has united Asian traditions with the techniques of Northern cuisine.
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"Watch Videos and Earn Millions": How Short-Video Viewers Are Being Scammed in Vietnam
Mobile apps promise users easy money for watching short videos. In reality, people spend their time on endless advertising, and sometimes lose their data and their money altogether.
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Flowers Above the Water: The Mekong Delta Village Where Plants Are Tended from Boats
In Sa Dec, one of Vietnam's largest flower-growing areas, gardeners have for more than a century raised plants on tall racks above the canals. The method, devised as protection against floods, has become the village's calling card.
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Tourist Train to Launch Between Hanoi and Vietnam's "Tea Capital"
During the International Tea Festival in Thai Nguyen Province, a special train will run between the province and Hanoi. Passengers will be offered five tourist routes through tea plantations and historic sites.
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Fifty-five people poisoned by sandwiches at popular Vietnamese café
In Quang Ngai Province in central Vietnam, fifty-five people were hospitalized with symptoms of food poisoning. All of them had eaten bánh mì sandwiches at a popular local establishment, which has been temporarily closed for inspection.
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A Church Built on a Distillery's Ash Dump: The Story of the Ho Chi Minh City Parish Raised on Winery Waste Seventy Years Ago
In Ho Chi Minh City stands a Catholic church that parishioners built on the site where ash from a neighboring distillery was once dumped. Local residents describe how the church came to be, and why its bell ringing means more than a call to prayer.
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Hanoi to Rebuild the Imperial Palace of Kinh Thien
After fifteen years of research and negotiation, Hanoi's authorities are beginning the reconstruction of the Kinh Thien Palace within the imperial citadel of Thang Long. UNESCO has made an exception for the project, permitting the demolition of modern structures within the protected zone.
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A Pink Forest on a Sandy Hill: How a Vietnamese Man Turned a Wasteland into a Blossoming Garden
Eight years ago, Nguyen The Thinh brought cuttings of the do-may tree from Hue and planted them on a scorching sandy hill. Today, the site is a grove of pink-flowering trees that bloom right on time for the Lunar New Year.
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Vietnamese Police Rescue 34 People From Slavery, Including 12 Children
Vietnamese police have broken up a human trafficking ring operating in Hanoi and several provinces. Teenagers were lured under false pretenses into jobs at karaoke bars, where they were kept under lock and key and forced to work off debts. In total, 34 people were freed.
