Vietnam
Vingroup quit Vietnam's $67 billion north-south high-speed rail bid on Christmas Day, days after signing a Siemens deal for a separate line. The exit exposed the tensions between state ambition, private capital, and geopolitics.
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Vietnamese actor Liên Bỉnh Phát won Best Actor at Taiwan's Golden Bell Awards, the first Vietnamese recipient in the ceremony's 60-year history. A former tour guide who started acting at 26, he donated half his prize money to migrant worker organizations.
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Most Vietnamese do not observe the winter solstice. But step into Chợ Lớn, one of the world's largest Chinatowns, and the festive atmosphere is unmistakable — driven by tang yuan, reunion dinners, and centuries of tradition.
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Planning a trip to Vietnam in 2026? Save this holiday calendar to avoid peak crowds and book flights and hotels early. Tết runs 9 days, National Day stretches to 5.
Vietnam
From four fireworks sites in Ho Chi Minh City to the classic countdown at Hồ Hoàn Kiếm in Hanoi, here is your complete guide to celebrating New Year's Eve 2026 in Vietnam.
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When Vietnam wins a major football match, entire cities erupt into spontaneous street celebrations within minutes. No one organizes it. No one sends invitations. This is đi bão — a tradition that leaves foreigners speechless.
Food
Japan has its ramen museum. Vietnam finally has one for pho.
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In a Binh Thanh alley, a wardrobe hides one of Saigon's best speakeasies. No menu, no signage -- just bespoke cocktails and a stuffed bear for solo drinkers.
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Fred Le grew up in the Bay Area to refugee parents. In 2017, he moved to Vietnam with one question -- why wouldn't his mother go back? His documentary follows 20-plus Viet Kieu seeking answers.
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Every year, 500,000 Vietnamese return from overseas. Some 25,000 choose to stay. Raised in the West, they are going back to the country their parents fled.
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Every VietJet flight landing in Vietnam plays the same song. It started as an unreleased French demo and became an anthem for six million overseas Vietnamese.
Workplace Culture
Vietnam's Tet break ends and factory managers across the country face the same annual dread: how many workers actually came back? Ho Chi Minh City alone needs to fill 55,000 positions. The labor scramble is on.