Vietnam
Vietnam's First Pho Museum Opens: A Century of History in One Bowl
Japan has its ramen museum. Vietnam finally has one for pho.
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The Bar You Enter Through a Wardrobe: Tu 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.
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When a Comedian Picked Up a Camera: One Viet Kieu's Search for Identity
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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Leaving the West, Returning to Where Their Parents Left: The Viet Kieu 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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The Song VietJet Plays When You Land: Hello Vietnam
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.
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Math Olympiad Silver, Stanford, Google Brain. Vietnamese Engineer Pham Hy Hieu Left OpenAI.
Math Olympiad silver, Stanford, Google Brain, xAI, OpenAI. Pham Hy Hieu spent fifteen years reaching AI's front line. Seven months later, he went home with burnout.
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Taiwan Professionals in Vietnam: 4 Cultural Shocks When J-Types Meet P-Types at Work
Using Hofstede's cultural dimensions, we examine four culture shocks Taiwanese workers most commonly encounter in Vietnamese workplaces—starting with the surprising realization that it's rarely about the job itself.
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Vietnam Hits Record 8 Billionaires on Forbes Global List, With Three From the Vuong Family
Forbes releases its 2026 Global Billionaires List, and Vietnam breaks its record with 8 dollar billionaires. Pham Nhat Vuong holds the top spot at $27.7 billion, with his wife Pham Thu Huong and sister-in-law Pham Thuy Hang debuting on the list.
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Indonesian Fintech Unicorn Kredivo Reportedly Acquires Vietnam's First Digital Bank Timo
Indonesian buy-now-pay-later unicorn Kredivo acquires Vietnam's first digital bank Timo, planning to invest $15 million over three years to integrate consumer credit and digital banking services on a single platform.
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73.5 Million Vietnamese Vote Tomorrow: How Elections Work in a One-Party State
Vietnam holds its once-every-five-years National Assembly election tomorrow, with 73.5 million voters choosing 500 representatives — the first national election after the administrative reform.
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Fuel Price Surge Gives HCMC Metro an Unexpected Boost — Ridership Jumps Nearly 25%
As fuel prices surged, HCMC Metro Line 1 ridership jumped nearly 25% in one week, from 52,000 to nearly 60,000 daily passengers.
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After Vietnam's Historic Stock Crash, Billionaire Heirs Spent VND 2 Trillion Buying the Dip
After the VN-Index crashed over 6%, owners and second-generation heirs at multiple Vietnamese conglomerates registered to buy over VND 2 trillion worth of their own shares within two days.