It sits on the most expensive land in Ho Chi Minh City, its cafes are technically illegal, and eviction notices went out back in 2016. Nearly a decade later, the shops are still open. What protects the building may simply be the tourists climbing its stairs every day.
Son Doong holds the record for the world's largest single cave passage, and only one company is allowed to take visitors inside. Here is how it was found, what the six-day trip involves and what it costs.
A draft amendment would bar foreigners from owning villas and townhouses in Vietnam. Here is what the draft says, what it means for current owners, and when lawmakers vote.
The same rice noodles can be dipped into grilled pork sauce, tossed in a bowl or served in soups with very different flavours.
Vietnamese people ask the question every Year of the Cat too; Qin bamboo slips and 10th-century Vietnamese texts use the rabbit, the cat first appears in a 1651 missionary dictionary, and one Vietnamese researcher went through the record on both sides.