Vietnam
Vietnam Public Holidays 2026: 9-Day Tết Break and 5-Day National Day Weekend
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.
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New Year's Eve 2026 in Vietnam: Fireworks and Countdown Events Guide
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.
Vietnam
What Is Đi Bão? The Vietnamese Street Celebration That Stuns Foreigners
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
Vietnam's First Pho Museum Opens: A Bowl With a Hundred Years of History
Japan has its ramen museum. Vietnam finally has one for pho.
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The Bar You Enter Through a Wardrobe — Tủ Bar in Ho Chi Minh City
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.
Vietnam
When a Stand-Up Comic Picked Up a Camera — One Việt Kiều's Search for Roots
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.
Vietnam
Leaving the West, Returning to the Place Their Parents Left — The Việt Kiều Reverse Migration
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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That Song VietJet Plays When You Land — "Hello Vietnam"
VietJet plays 'Hello Vietnam' on every landing — here's the song's origin story and full lyrics.
Workplace Culture
Vietnam's Post-Tet Factory Problem Isn't Motivation — It's Whether Workers Show Up at All
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.
Semiconductors
Vietnam's Chip Industry Salary Data Is Out — IC Design Leads Earn Up to VND 170 Million a Month
For the first time, Adecco's annual Vietnam salary guide gives semiconductors their own chapter. IC design leads can earn up to VND 170 million a month. Senior engineers cross VND 100 million. Vietnam's chip talent war finally has a public price list.
Vietnam
Math Olympiad Silver, Stanford, Google Brain — Vietnam's Top AI Engineer Left OpenAI
Math Olympiad silver. Stanford. Google Brain. xAI. OpenAI. Phạm Hy Hiếu spent fifteen years reaching the front lines of AI. Seven months later, he took his family home.
Aviation
Vietnam Faces Mass Flight Cuts as China and Thailand Ban Jet Fuel Exports
China and Thailand have banned jet fuel exports after the Middle East conflict disrupted the Strait of Hormuz. Vietnam may begin large-scale flight cuts as early as April.