Vietnam
How Vietnam Does Year-End Bonuses: The 13th Month Salary and Tết Bonuses Explained
Lunar New Year is coming, and every Vietnamese worker has one question on their mind: how much is the company giving this year?
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How Much Do Vietnamese Love Gold? Prices Doubled, and They're Still Buying
Vietnam's domestic gold price surged over 100% in a year, but the appetite for gold hasn't cooled. Long queues, wedding cost crises, and gold-denominated debts — rising prices are changing how Vietnamese people live.
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Vietnam Legalizes Crypto — 17 Million Users' Underground Market Goes Above Board
In January 2026, Vietnam's Digital Technology Industry Law took effect, giving crypto assets legal status for the first time. The world's fifth-largest crypto market finally has rules.
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Tô Lâm — From a Police Family to Vietnam's Most Powerful Leader
In January 2026, Tô Lâm won a unanimous 180-vote re-election as General Secretary. A profile of the former security chief who became Vietnam's most powerful leader since Hồ Chí Minh.
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From Street Vendors to Billion-Dong Jackpots: Inside Vietnam's Lottery Industry
Last night, Vietnam's Vietlott computer lottery drew a jackpot of VND 257 billion — roughly USD 10 million. It was the second-largest prize in Vietnamese lottery history, behind only the VND 345 billion jackpot drawn last July. But these overnight-fortune stories only scratch the surface. There is
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From Street Vendors to Billion-Dong Jackpots: Inside Vietnam's Lottery Industry
A guide to how Vietnam's lottery actually works, from street-sold vé số tickets to the official Vietlott online system.
Vietnamese Actor Lian Bingfa Makes History at Taiwan's Golden Bell Awards, From Tour Guide to Best Actor
Sixty years of the Golden Bell Awards. For the first time, a Vietnamese actor takes Best Actor. First Vietnamese Best Actor in 60 years On the Golden Bell Awards night this October, 35-year-old Vietnamese actor Lien Binh Phat walked onstage in a traditional ao dai to accept the
Vietnam Breaks Ground on Its First Wafer Fab — How Far Can the Semiconductor Dream Go?
On January 16, Vietnam's General Secretary To Lam and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a groundbreaking ceremony together. The site: Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park on the outskirts of Ha Noi. The centerpiece: a 27-hectare chip fabrication plant — Vietnam's first ever. The announcement sparked
6 Million Overseas Vietnamese: How the Descendants of Boat People Became the Economy's Invisible Engine
Walk into a pho restaurant in Orange County, California, and you might hear the owner greeting customers in Vietnamese, a South Vietnamese flag hanging on the wall. This is "Little Saigon" — the world's largest Vietnamese diaspora community, and the spiritual capital of overseas Vietnamese culture. The
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6 Million Viet Kieu: How the Boat People's Descendants Became Vietnam's Hidden Economic Engine
Vietnam's 6 million overseas diaspora sends USD 16 billion home annually. From the boat people exodus to new dual citizenship laws, the Viet Kieu story.
Culture
In Vietnam, You Can Live Without a Partner but Not Without a Motorbike
Vietnam has nearly 80 million motorcycles for 100 million people. The motorbike is not just transport -- it is a way of life.
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What to Wear in Vietnam in Winter? North and South Climates Differ Greatly
Many people picture Vietnam as hot year-round — sunny skies, shorts and t-shirts all day. Think that going into a Hanoi winter, and you may deeply regret it. Vietnam stretches more than 1,600 kilometers from north to south. Summers are hot everywhere, but winters split the country in