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  • The secrets of "Made-in-Vietnam" planes,

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:08 am
    First made-in-Vietnam aircrafts Two farmers' helicopters The local media in late 2003 reported two farmers in the southern province of Tay Ninh manufactured the first helicopter in Vietnam.

  • Markets spilleth over with Tet shoppers

    8 Feb 2010 | 7:54 am
    More than 50 Tet markets have been opened throughout Ha Noi, selling flowers and agricultural products.

  • Eight drown in two accidents in Vietnam

    7 Feb 2010 | 11:37 pm
    Four students drowned when their boat capsized on a river in central Vietnam's Quang Ngai province, an official said Monday.

  • Vietnamese boat attacked, robbed by Chinese

    7 Feb 2010 | 8:53 am
    Fishermen in the central province of Quang Ngai have complained that a Chinese boat robbed and mistreated them as they were fishing off the Hoang Sa islands early this week, a local newswire reported Sunday.

  • Methanol, aldehyde found in deadly southern Vietnam rice wine

    7 Feb 2010 | 4:08 am
    Rice wine with excessive chemical substances added to it killed five people and sent 23 to hospital between Saturday and Monday in the central province of Ninh Thuan, a local health official said on Wednesday.
 
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  • Vietnam, U.S. report: the health of Fr Van Ly is in "rapid deterioration"

    9 Feb 2010 | 9:10 am
    The U.S. Commission on Religious Freedom denounces the worsening conditions of the Catholic priest. The communist regime has stepped up violence and repression against the activists for democracy and ...

  • Pa. Dem Murtha Remembered as Military Advocate

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:26 am
    , died Monday following complications from gallbladder surgery. He was 77. Rep. Bob Brady, a longtime friend, said the late congressman's large intestine was damaged during surgery and an infection le...

  • Philippine presidential election campaign begins

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:26 am
    archipelago. The latest opinion poll shows two opposition lawmakers are neck-and-neck in the presidential polls, but analysts say it is too early to establish a clear trend in the race. Philippine pre...

  • RANDHAWA READY TO ROCK

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:26 am
    : Jeev Milkha Singh, Gaganjeet Bhullar, Jyoti Randhawa, Arjun Atwal and Shiv Kapur will come together to strengthen India's challenge in the inaugural edition of the 1.5 million euros Avantha The Hind...

  • Laxman is right…India don’t have back-up spinners

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:26 am
    , it is VVS Laxman who has gone on record saying "India does not have any bench strength in the spin department and the country is struggling to find quality spinners." Laxman's worries deserve The Ti...
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    Language Hack

  • Vietnamese Passwords

    admin
    2 Feb 2010 | 12:30 pm
    I just heard of a good way to use your new Vietnamese language skills — use Vietnamese phrases as your passwords!  Who is going to guess bu1nthi5tnu7o71ng (which comes out to bún thịt nướng using the VNI typing system) yet it’s still easy to remember.  [My password on this blog isn’t using this system so don’t bother trying to guess it!]

  • Vietnamese double adjectives and the relationship between word-final consonants

    admin
    16 Jul 2009 | 5:06 am
    In Vietnamese one can decrease the effect of an adjective by doubling it. For example, to say something is “vui” means it’s fun but if you say “vui vui” it’s only a little fun. Vietnamese adjectives can be doubled in this way without any changes it the tone is ngang (no tone, as in “vui”) or the falling tone, thanh huyền. For words with other tones (sắc, hỏi, ngã, nặng) the tone is lost in the first word. For example “đỏ” (red) becomes “đo đỏ”. For words that end in consonant that are stops (-p, -t, -ch,…

  • Nokia Symbian S60 English Vietnamese dictionary software review

    admin
    8 May 2009 | 3:56 am
    My Nokia phone that runs Symbian OS S60 V3 happens to come with a dictionary installed. This free dictionary is the Kernerman Semi-Bilingual Dictionaries MOT GlobalDix 3.0. Within the dictionary software itself you can go to Nokia’s website and download and install other foreign languages. So imagine my delight when I saw that Vietnamese was one of the available languages and for free! After downloading and installing it I was soon disappointed. It seems that nobody had even bothered to try using the software. It can hardly be described as working software. When looking up an English…

  • International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) for Vietnamese learning English

    admin
    13 Jan 2009 | 6:55 am
    One of the many reasons that Vietnamese and other foreigners need a teacher that can speak the language is because it is difficult to read English words and pronounce them correctly without first having somebody read them to you. This is because English orthography, the spelling system, is very inconsistent and contains many words from other languages such as French and Latin. Many Vietnamese students studying English rely on electronic dictionaries that can say the words out loud but these dictionaries cost in the neighborhood of $100 and so are out of the reach of many students. However,…

  • Vietnam dong devaluation in 2009?

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    19 Dec 2008 | 12:04 pm
    Over six months ago Morgan Stanley warned of a currency crisis in Vietnam. But the valuation of the Vietnam dong would have been similar in magnitude of the severe devaluation of the Thai baht in 1997 which sparked the Asian financial crisis. In the months following Morgan Stanley’s warning we have seen a global financial crisis but only slow, gradual devaluation of the Vietnam dong after a one time 2% drop back in June. At the time we hear were spooked and helped spread the Morgan Stanley rumor of imminent dong devaluation. But as nothing happened and now Morgan Stanley is talking of a…
 
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    Vietnam Stock Market News

  • Vietcombank sees 22 pct drop in 2010 gross profit

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:39 am
    VNStockNews.com - Vietcombank, Vietnam's top partly private lender by assets, said on Tuesday its gross profit this year would drop by 22 percent to 4 trillion dong ($216.6 million) because of a slowdown in credit growth.The Hanoi-based bank said in a statement it projected credit growth of 23-25 percent this year, after loans jumped 25.9% in 2009.The statement, posted on the central bank's

  • Foreigners Net Seller Of VND50.3 Billion Shares Tuesday

    9 Feb 2010 | 2:12 am
    VNStockNews.com - Foreign investors were net sellers of VND50.3 billion ($ 2.7 million) of Vietnamese stocks Tuesday out of a total VND1.12 trillion traded, the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange said.Volume was 25.21 million shares, with foreigners accounting for 16.8% of that total, the stock market operator said.Foreign investors turned to net sellers today after 21 sessions of being net buyers of

  • Stock market expected to reach 700 points in 2010

    8 Feb 2010 | 11:04 pm
    VNStockNews.com - The local stock market may hit the highest level of 700 points this year given supporting news in the economy, says Nguyen Trong Nghia, research director of Thang Long Securities Co.The outlook of the stock market will be brighter as the economic downturn is largely over in Vietnam and other parts of the world. "The nation's gross domestic product (GDP) and credit growth are

  • Song Da family reports satisfactory performance

    8 Feb 2010 | 11:01 pm
    VNStockNews.com - Song Da Corp has recently announced fulfilling the year's business and production targets with 20.87 trillion dong of total business and production value, 18.715 trillion dong of revenue and 2.055 trillion dong of pre tax profit.Almost all subsidiaries of Song Da family fulfilled and exceeded 2009's business and production plan.In particular, Song Da Industrial Zone and Urban

  • With risks come big rewards

    8 Feb 2010 | 10:58 pm
    VNStockNews.com - Vietnam’s stock markets are expected to offer investors numerous rich rewards in 2010 despite some dark clouds on the horizon.Vietnam’s equities markets ended a difficult 2009 with the VN-Index surging 56.8 per cent on-year, becoming one of the world’s best performing indexes.Looking ahead, market analysts may claim 2010 will be another good year for the stock market as an
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    Global Voices Online: Vietnam

  • Vietnam: Dog meat restaurant

    Mong Palatino
    1 Feb 2010 | 7:05 am
    Blogger hanoi scratchpad writes about his recent visit to a dog meat restaurant in Hanoi, Vietnam. Dog eating has deep roots in Vietnam; it is a practice steeped in ritual, and associated with certain dates on the lunar calendar. Dog meat (thịt chó) may be eaten for various reasons aside from culinary pleasure, such as to increase male virility or bring about good luck. The blogger learned that there are seven ways to cook dog in Vietnamese cuisine. These seven dishes are: Rựa Mận - Steamed dog meat with shrimp paste, rice flour, and lemongrass Giềng Me Mắm Tôm - Steamed dog in…

  • Vietnam: Long prison terms for ‘democracy activists'

    Mong Palatino
    25 Jan 2010 | 5:51 pm
    Four ‘democracy activists' in Vietnam were sentenced to long prison terms for subversion. The four dissidents are advocating social change through non-violent means.

  • Vietnam: Football frenzy

    Mong Palatino
    25 Jan 2010 | 5:50 pm
    Football is very popular in Vietnam. Every time Vietnam wins in international competitions, it generates a lot of excitement, and traffic, in big cities.

  • Vietnam: Motorbike parking payment system

    Mong Palatino
    25 Jan 2010 | 5:48 pm
    The Final Word describes the new payment system in one of the largest motorbike parking lots in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.

  • Kucku: Vietnam-based social media site

    Mong Palatino
    21 Jan 2010 | 2:18 am
    Kucku is a Vietnam-based microblog platform that helps users to send quick messages about what they are thinking or just found out.
 
 
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  • Tôn Thất Thiệp on a sunny afternoon

    30 Jan 2010 | 8:20 pm
    It was just one of those lovely days when the sunset filters through the pollution in a particularly pleasing manner. Ton That Thiep looked positively bucolic in places, especially the roadside dining option outside Sri Thendayutthapani Temple.Motorist seemed to be in a particularly good mood and the road was quieter than usual.Ton That Thiep is a busy little street now and home to three newish bars, the Temple Club, the 3T rooftop Barbeque and of course Fanny's.I'm British so of course I took a picture of the Fanny Parking sign.

  • Saigon Tet decorations, the start

    30 Jan 2010 | 8:00 pm
    The city's gearing up for Tet, the biggest celebration of the year. The excesses of the Christmas decoration seem palid compared to Tetorations and it's all about tigers this year.The tax centre at the top of Le Loi is one of the first to roll the big cats out:The balloon sellers have inflated the tigers:At least I think they're tigers, they could be orange and black zebras. Does Hello Kitty count as tiger?Bonus pic!Gratuitous back view of lost tourists for no particular reason except to marvel at the confidence it must take to wear such a hellishly mal-suited garment.

  • Saigon from a distance

    24 Jan 2010 | 3:23 pm
    A visit to Conic Apartments, KDC gave me an interesting view of the city. The first picture shows the view to the left of the apartments and away from District 1.Next a more direct view towards the city, I don't expect these fish ponds are going to be around for too much longer.Finally, towards Phu My Hung and showing the plots already laid out for further developments in Conic.I tend to forget how flat HCMC is, we don't really want the sea level to rise.

  • Vespa Street

    23 Jan 2010 | 12:02 am
    A trip to Vespa street to ooh and ahh at the pretty things.Reconditioned Vespas are available all over town but Ly Thai To street in District 3 seems to be particularly well populated with refurbishing shops. Here's some pretty pictures:Beer optional. Most of the pictures here were taken at Hoa Vespa .

  • A sad day for footwear

    16 Jan 2010 | 8:56 pm
    Alas a trip to shoe street looks necessary to replace the pink flip flops which pass as work shoes because they're not made of rubber.
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    Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok, and beyond

  • Ho Chi Minh City - Tet 2010

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:18 am
    Tet flower Market in the park _____________________________________________________________________________________ Ho Chi Minh City Photos - January 2010 Peoples Committee building street side fruit vendorSaigon Police forming up to patrol the flower and plant Market Park Tet display construction on Hguyen Hue New Year Tet dislay Tet shoppers sort through street side used clothing stash alley birds - a little old school SaigonSorry about the messy way this layed out - I'm working on it!

  • Beggar crack down in Bangkok

    7 Feb 2010 | 1:39 am
    20/01/2010 "The NATION" - Crack down in Bangkok on panhandlers and beggar's Over a two week period netted 570 illegal Cambodian immigrants, which 200 of them were children. It seems that they are all part of a well organized ring, operating out of properties owned by the leaders who smuggled them out of Cambodia. The Thai government will repatriate them back to Cambodia. It's sad that this kind of human miss use can go on, especially against children.

  • The ongoing strangeness of Myanmar

    3 Feb 2010 | 8:16 pm
    News from Myanmar - Lets see, What does a military junta do when the thrill of renaming Burma to Myanmar is gone and gets tired of old school Ragon/Yangon as the countries administrative capital. Well, first it's the name thing, so you pick a catchy new name, in this case -Naypyidaw - "Abode of the Kings". Then from scratch, you build your new modern capital city so you will have drinkable water and electricity that stays on hours a day and best yet you build in a remote area where the land is like a blank canvas awaiting your creation. Also, it's inland, not on the coast like Ragon, so the…

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    3 Feb 2010 | 12:06 am
    Klong Saen Saep good way to get from the Banglampoo/Wat Sakhel area of bangkok to the Central shopping area - half way is the Jim Thompson house and museum.The Klong has a probably well deserved reputation for being polluted so when that cute Thai lady sitting between you and the rail cozies up to you, she might be just getting away from the spray coming over the gunwale or maybe she is using that as an excuse to get close. There is also a tarp curtain they pull up on the sides to hold out any spray, making it very hard to watch the passing landscape. Though, for 8 baht (.25 US) it's a cheap…

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    2 Feb 2010 | 10:53 pm
    Tuesday, February 2, 2010You be the judge - is Vietnam truely in a struggle against 'hostile forces' as party boss, Nong Duc Manh says or.. 03/02/2010Bangkok PostVietnam will prevent "hostile forces" from exploiting democracy and human rights to sabotage the country's revolution, the Communist Party leader , pictured in 2009, said Tuesday. Vietnam will prevent "hostile forces" from exploiting democracy and human rights to sabotage the country's revolution, the Communist Party leader said Tuesday.Nong Duc Manh made the comments at a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the Indochina…
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  • Winter Warmer

    stickyrice
    21 Jan 2010 | 1:35 pm
    In winter, in the depths of the Old Quarter, a small stall opens. To the outsider, it could be mistaken as a secret members' only club, where passwords or coded signals are required for entry. If you come at the wrong time of year or day, what you have come seeking will not be there, almost as if it never existed. You will be left feeling bewildered, slightly left out...clearly not a member. I am a 'member' of this seasonal food stall, located in what appears to be an ancient gateway to an Old Quarter family commune. This dark sheltered lane houses a smooth stone stelae of a…

  • Dressing Up Cucumber

    stickyrice
    13 Jan 2010 | 12:41 pm
    The humble cucumber gets a raw deal in salad land. When people talk about the dull salads of their childhood, cucumber more than often than not gets tossed into the mix with iceberg lettuce and wedges of tomato. Flashbacks of the bottle of Kraft French dressing in the door of the fridge of my childhood home are coming to me now. That was a standard in Australian refrigerators of the 70s.In Vietnam, the cucumber is more ubiquitous in salads than lettuce. It commonly features as a pickle on the side of wok-cooked noodle dishes like pho xao (stir-fried beef) and com rang (fried rice) - sweet,…

  • Birthday 2

    stickyrice
    6 Jan 2010 | 12:51 pm
    In birthday celebration number two, wine was poured. A congratulatory utterance and toast to the birthday boy started proceedings. It was very civilized - worlds away from the debauchery of the brauhaus. There was white linen, waiters to pull chairs out, an array of cutlery to negotiate, etiquette to be observed. I did not want to drink until silly again but instead there was the not much lesser danger of gourmandising myself - like the fellow from that Monty Python film, who ate so much he self-combusted. For we were dining at the big hotel buffet. When guests are staying at these…

  • Birthday Festival Part One

    stickyrice
    28 Dec 2009 | 12:58 pm
    About 10 days ago, I turned a year older. Normally I let it pass without fanfare. I don't like to make a fuss. Being so near Christmas, I'm used to my birthday being swallowed up with the other festivities. I've received joint birthday and Christmas presents, many birthday gifts wrapped in Christmas paper. Rarely have I celebrated with a party. This year I had two. Call it a birthday festival, if you like. The two celebrations were a study in contrasts, one a drink-fest with eats, the other an eat-fest with drinks. After one, I suffered with hangover, after the other,…

  • Heavy Sticky Filler

    stickyrice
    15 Dec 2009 | 3:24 pm
    I'm sure we all have our own little eating disorders. Mine involves sticky rice. I love it and I hate it. When I'm in the mood to eat it, no other dish will suffice. I will not be persuaded along any noodle route when the sticky rice compulsion takes hold. Though afterwards, there is a tinge of regret. But I don't vomit. You see I consider myself to be a healthy eater for the most part but my search for just a smidge of nutritional value in this dish is futile. Nothing green in sight. Morgan Spurlock got sick on his supersize me diet and if I were to take on a…
 
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    Vietnamese God

  • Street Snails

    6 Feb 2010 | 11:14 pm
    I was walking through the old quarter yesterday and saw so many young people sitting along Dinh Liet street eating snails. I have to say that snails have never been on my list of must eat things as I had trouble a few years ago when I ate some snails at the Old Man restaurant in To Ngoc Van street in West Lake. I had a stomach upset for 3 days in the row after eating snails on that occasion.I told myself that I shouldn't look but I actually did look and wanted to try them again. I ordered two bowls of two different kinds and also asked the waitress to give me lots of ginger and chiili. These…

  • Saigon

    27 Jan 2010 | 7:13 am
    It's pretty exciting for me when I'm able to get down to Saigon for a few days to see my dentist and visit my sister. It's nice to be in the sun and eat my favorite food from the south. Food in the south is getting dearer but it's well cooked, fresh and tasty and worth the money.After I visited my dentist, my sister took me out for dinner with her family and our nephew by the river. We had a such a beautiful meal there, ordering coconut salad with chicken skin, stir fried duck eggs with tamarind sauce, fried rice with eggs and garlic, stir fried beef served with vegetables, pine apple and…

  • Frog Dishes

    23 Jan 2010 | 7:31 pm
    I'm not sure if I've ever mentioned my tennis club before but I play tennis with 5 mates who are all slightly older than me and have really good taste in food and drink. Maybe I can say that they are a bit fussy about the kinds of alcohol they drink but they try all kinds of food and we rely on Mr Son, our food leader, to recommend places for us to eat. A few weeks ago, Mr Thang, another member of our club found a new place at 15 Long Bien street in Gia Lam where great frog dishes are sold. To be honest, I am not keen on frog and wild animals at all but he talked about it heaps and I think I…

  • Short Trip Home

    13 Jan 2010 | 10:49 pm
    I am off to Nha Trang tomorrow for my dad anniversary and spend sometimes with my family ecause I will spend my Tet in Phu Quoc this year. I miss my home town, the food, good friends and the beautiful beaches. Another reason is the cold is killing me here in Hanoi also the high huminity that's making me feel tired and couldn't sleep well.This year I am going to back to work in hospitality again as I kind miss it. I hope I can get a good job with a reasonable salary without working in the 5 star hotels around Hanoi as they pay really low. One of my friends who is working at the Sofitel…

  • Vote For My Photos

    29 Nov 2009 | 7:21 am
    I was in Australia last month for 5 weeks holiday based in Melbourne. But I also managed side trips to Sydney and Tasmania. I took lots of photos when I was in Tassie and I sent some of them to the Spirit of Tasmania website for a competition. I hope I can win a free trip to Tasmania again next year with your help voting for my photos.If you guys have time, please click on the following link and choose RANKING. My photo is on the first 3 pages: just look for the Stanley Pine Tree photo under my name Tu Van Cong. Your time and effort is much appreciated.Here is the link :…
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    Street kids in Vietnam

  • Party for 400!

    7 Feb 2010 | 10:39 pm
    With Lunar New Year (known as Tet in Vietnam) approaching this coming weekend, there's a real sense of excitement around the countryside. (So much excitement that I haven't been writing in my blog!)On Sunday our staff traveled north of Hanoi to Bac Ninh province, where Blue Dragon supports about 400 school kids from Grades 5 to 12.This area is sometimes targeted by child traffickers, who look for kids who have quit school and have nothing to do. Our work very simply involves keeping kids in school - ie preventing them from dropping out - by paying school fees and providing material needs such…

  • A wedding, and a coat of paint

    27 Jan 2010 | 10:30 pm
    There's been some excitement at Blue Dragon this week - one of the very first kids we met and helped, over 7 years ago, has just married!Minh, from Ha Nam province, was working on the streets of Hanoi shining shoes back in 2002. He and many young people from his village had come to the city to earn money to support their families. At that time, Blue Dragon was still just an idea, but when we opened a residential home in mid 2003, Minh was one of the first kids to move in. Shortly after, we helped him apply for a job in a fine restaurant, and he's been working in hospitality ever since.The…

  • The VIP story

    25 Jan 2010 | 6:45 pm
    There’s a lot more to Blue Dragon than most people realize. On this blog I try to let people know about all the different things we have going on, but outside of our staff and volunteers, not many people understand the full extent of our operations. A case in point: few people realize that Blue Dragon has been running a vocational training program as part of a motorbike rental business we set up in 2008. The whole concept started with a donation from Lars and Julie Jaegar and Lars’ company, Partners Group. At the time, Blue Dragon had a volunteer named Andrew Souto who happened to be a…

  • Blue Dragon United

    23 Jan 2010 | 9:40 pm
    Blue Dragon United was launched this morning! Our new team braved the winter drizzle to don the new uniform and kick off the first ever game of BDU. A quick look back over the history of soccer at Blue Dragon... We started in early 2003 with just 3 players! Our uniform was green then, and the team name was Real Betis Vietnam. After the game, we'd have lunch and an English class. Late in 2004 we switched to a new uniform. By this time we were normally having 30-40 kids come and play each week, and we started running occasional workshops on issues such as HIV/AIDS after the games. And here we…

  • United we stand

    21 Jan 2010 | 5:56 pm
    7 years ago, when I was just starting to work with street kids in Hanoi, my friends and I came up with the idea of starting a soccer team. We'd been running weekly classes out of a room in my home, but as more and more kids came, we just didn't have the room to teach them. So we figured that we could fit plenty of kids onto the soccer field, offer a meal at the end, and then run classes for those who wanted to study. That was back before we had even started Blue Dragon Children's Foundation - seems like a lifetime ago!But 7 years on, Blue Dragon still meets every Sunday morning at 8am for a…
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  • Jitterbug Stroll

    chrisfharvey
    6 Feb 2010 | 9:25 am
    It's a tradition for a different group at our company to to a "Team Show" at our monthly All Hands meeting.  This month Hang and I performed.  Hang and I are the only ones on the VietnamWorks Management Team.  All the rest of the people on my team have their own groups and their own teams to help them in their missions.  Hang, our Senior Business Analyst, is the only person whose sole responsibility is to help me with management and analysis.  She's awesome.   Together we're a team of two.  So for our show we decided to perform…

  • Đại gia và Chân dài

    chrisfharvey
    3 Feb 2010 | 4:49 am
    A few weeks ago I traveled to Hanoi to join our Hanoi company party and chaperone the North sales team on their reward trip for kicking arse in 2009.  This pic was taken in a small village in the mountains about 5 hours from Hanoi at the minority tribe guest house where we stayed.  The team joked that I was the "Đại gia" [pronounced "day za"] and they were the "Chân dài" [pronounced "chun zai"].  "Đại gia" translates loosely to the American slang "sugar daddy" while "Chân dài" literally means…

  • Sài Gòn 30 January 2010

    chrisfharvey
    31 Jan 2010 | 1:37 am

  • Vietnam Christmas: Hanoi Edition

    chrisfharvey
    25 Dec 2009 | 10:53 pm
    Another Christmas in Vietnam.  According to annual tradition, last week I hosted the 4th annual screening of "It's a Wonderful Life" at VietnamWorks.  ["A toast!  To my big brother George -- the richest man in town!" chokes me up every time.] This year I decided to spend Christmas with the North team in Hanoi.  Special thanks to Bryan Pelz for a special Christmas Eve dinner at his house on Nha Tho street, ground zero of Christmas Hanoi.  He had great company and Bing crooning Christmas faves.  Felt all Christmas-y! Like Saigon,…

  • It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

    chrisfharvey
    15 Dec 2009 | 8:17 am
    As long time readers of this blog know, the Vietnamese are crazy about Christmas.  Every year it gets bigger. Last night I visited what I can describe only as a "Christmas Depot" next to a church not far from my house in District 3.  I needed to pick up some supplies to decorate my office area.  There were Christmas supplies galore -- snowmen, snowflakes, santa outfits, lights, Christmas trees (fake), everything.  You nameit they had it.  I snapped some pics on my swanky new phone. There were several shops set up, each with different proprietors. …
 
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    saigon today

  • Nam Khan river - Luang Prabang

    simon kutcher
    The bend in the Nam Khan river before it joins the Mekong creates the old town peninsula (to the right). This bamboo bridge only exists during the dry season when the river is low, as the water rises the owners pull it down and wait until later in the year once the wet season is finished to rebuild it

  • Reflections at Satri House

    simon kutcher
    If you are ever heading through Luang Prabang, take some time out at Satri House. The place is simply amazing

  • Door detail at Wat Xieng Thong

    simon kutcher
    One of the most beautiful and important temples in Laos, the detail in the timber at Wat Xieng Thong is just fantastic.

  • Wat roof

    simon kutcher
     Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham, or simply Wat Mai, is the largest in all of Luang Prabang. Its massive roof is simply stunning with steep inclines slowly flattening out as they get closer to the ground. It is more spectacular when lit at night

  • Standard street view in Luang Prabang

    simon kutcher
    Easily the prettiest city in Asia, the World Heritage area of LP is simply stunning
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    Vietnam Swans

  • Do not adjust your sets: it’s Netball News!

    Vietnam Swans
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:20 am
    The Saigon Shooters at the Big Day Out Former Secretary of the Swannies in Saigon and fiance of Saigon Prez, Derrin, Fleur Gamble – Club Coordinator of the Saigon Shooters Netball Club – sent out the email below to the clan. Hi Ladies, This week we have our last training before a week long break for TET. Beginning at 7:00pm we will warm up and run some ’set play’ training to hone our skills when taking throw ins, penalties and centre passes. In news this week… SAIGON SHOOTERS ELECTS A COMMITTEE!! We were very lucky to have a modest turn out for the AGM last week…

  • Black Saturday’s anniversary in Vietnam

    Vietnam Swans
    7 Feb 2010 | 5:13 pm
    Black Saturday, one year on, is remembered yesterday at the Saigon Sixes in Saigon Some of the Swannies, together with many in the crowd, wore yellow ribbons at yesterday’s Saigon Sixes Cricket tournament to remember the victims of Black Saturday on the first anniversary. Micky J in Hoi An also came out with a yellow ribbon and Tommy Sherrin.

  • Black Saturday Remembered.

    Vietnam Swans
    6 Feb 2010 | 6:16 pm
    Saigon President, Derrin Limbrick speaking at last year's Bushfire & Tribute match On 7 February 2009, the Black Saturday Bushfires ripped through Victoria. It was Australia’s worst natural disaster. Twelve months on, Saigon President Derrin Limbrick reflects and asks us to remember. Gents Just a quick e-mail to remind everyone to take some time to remember today’s anniversary of the tragic Black Saturday Bushfires – Australia’s worst ever natural disaster. In March of last year, thanks to the collaboration of the Bali Geckos and the Vietnam Swans, we were able…

  • Training starts tomorrow in Hanoi

    Vietnam Swans
    5 Feb 2010 | 7:34 am
    Tomorrow, Stanno will take the Hanoi boys on their first skills session for 2010 Coach of the Swannies in Hanoi, Stanno, announces the season’s first day training session on the UN International School’s oval for 2010. (Click here for Google Map.) Gentlemen and Willy, remember our first ‘run around’, with the footies, is on tomorrow. 12.45pm at UNIS. Get your clacker along and make this 1st session a good one! Thanks ( I think?) Dan K for putting a few of us through a battery of army fitness tests last night at the Australian Embassy. Good baseline data to measure our…

  • Ex Swannie Matty Johns makes the news

    Vietnam Swans
    3 Feb 2010 | 5:51 pm
    Ex Swannie, Matty Johns, famous for his good looks, natural blonde hair and brown eyes is also famous within insurance circles Down Under Former Swannies superstar, Matty Johns who had seemingly disappeared off the face of the planet when he returned to Adelaide from Vietnam has been discovered by Muzza in an insurance magazine. Muzza writes below: Many of you will ask: What happened to ‘One More Matt Johns’? Gee, I wonder how Matt Johns is settling back into life in Adelaide Matt Johns – it’s so funny how we don’t talk anymore. Anyway the answer to all of this…
 
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