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Klook's $19 Fast Track skips immigration queues at Vietnam's four international airports, but Vietnamese passport holders aren't eligible to buy it.
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How Vietnam's Labor Ministry designed an approval process that workers paid for, $500 at a time.
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Vietnam's Q1 GDP growth looks impressive at 7.83%, but dig deeper and a structural imbalance emerges — foreign firms dominate exports while domestic companies fall behind.
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A retired Taiwanese major with an electrical engineering degree from Columbia took KMT money to Vietnam in 1989. His three ventures — Tan Thuan EPZ, Hiep Phuoc power plant, and Phu My Hung — are all still standing. He didn't live to see it.
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Burger King closed all its stores in central Hanoi, leaving just four in Ho Chi Minh City plus one at Noi Bai Airport. Shake Shack is about to walk in. McDonald's took a decade to open 39 stores. The challenges burger brands face in Vietnam go well beyond price.
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Vietnamese shops and homes keep their Earth God and God of Wealth altars on the ground floor, facing the door. The reason is both spiritual and practical.
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Vietnam's airlines are cutting over a thousand flights in April and May after China and Thailand halted jet fuel exports.
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G-Dragon sold out two Hanoi shows in three days. 2NE1 reunited in Ho Chi Minh City. Alicia Keys made her Vietnam debut. In 2025, Vietnam went from a market that global tours skipped to a key stop on the Asian concert circuit.
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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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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.
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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.