From VietNamNet Bridge web - full article at this link: http://bit.ly/rvnsnk VietNamNet Bridge – Since the lunar New Year, thousands of people have flocked to Tan Son village in Tan Dinh Commune, Lang Giang District, Bac Giang Province to see and … [Read more...]
Troublesome teens?
Troublesome teens? Topic: Young People "The better I get to know them, the more there is to grieve over. The more they open up, the more problems come to light," says the leader of a Bible study group for young people. Thank God that young people … [Read more...]
What will happen to the seed?
"I'm a Christian now!" Linh* exclaimed to her friend Ngoc*. The close group of friends that Ngoc and Linh were a part of did many things together. While each was independent in their own way, Ngoc was still pretty surprised to hear of Linh … [Read more...]
Wages in Viet Nam
The Ministry of Labor in Viet Nam set new increased Minimum Wage levels for private sector employees to go into effect January 2013. Minimum wages for government employees are at lower levels and these increases were specific to those working in the … [Read more...]
Top 100 interesting facts about HCMC?
Ho Chi Minh City's tourism association recently announced the results from their previous survey to determine the 100 most interesting things about the city. You can see one article describing some of the results here. Some view the listing as … [Read more...]
You say period, I say comma
Casual visitors to Vietnam may encounter some brief confusion over the depiction of large numbers. In Vietnam (similar to a number of other countries), the mark used to separate every three places in a large number is a point and not a comma. … [Read more...]
Light the Way
This weekend throughout Vietnam people are celebrating "Tet Trung Thu" or the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is often referred to as a children's holiday and is associated with harvest time and set by the lunar calendar always with the full moon. Families … [Read more...]
The right place of education in Vietnam
The English language Vietnamese news website VietNamNet Bridge has had a couple of good articles highlighting concerns related to education in Vietnam. The first asks the question, "Exam Season or Suicide Season?" reporting on the rise of depression … [Read more...]
Cham peoples celebrate Ramadan and Ramuwan
The Cham peoples of Vietnam are part of the remnants of the former Champa kingdom found throughout Southeast Asia. Differing reports of this group show their population in Vietnam as between 100,000 and 160,000. The Joshua Project lists two … [Read more...]
Cost of Living
A recent article from VietNam Net Bridge reported that the Vietnamese spend the largest proportion of their income on food. That article stated: "The increasingly high proportion of monthly income spent on food shows that the living standard of … [Read more...]
