Stories about People in Ho Chi Minh City
A Cook's Tour: Anthony Bourdain's Love Affair With VietnamAdam Bray - kanzis_slave [2,430] Best known for his book "Kitchen Confidential" and his current series "No Reservations" on the Travel Channel, chef and author Anthony Bourdain travels the world looking for the perfect meal for his...
Destinations:
Tokyo |
Vietnam |
Can Tho |
Ho Chi Minh City |
Cambodia |
Nha Trang |
Japan |
Pailin
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Plastic surgery a dangerous business in VietnamAgence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,188] Having a more generous cleavage or a slimmer nose is the new dream for many up-and-coming Vietnamese women, but demand has far exceeded supply, leaving women in the hands of unqualified surgeons often working in unsafe conditions...
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Ho Chi Minh City |
Vietnam
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Being a model in Vietnam: a girl's dream, a father's nightmareAgence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,188] Ten years ago, there was no fashion industry in Vietnam. Now, teenagers dream of becoming models...
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Ho Chi Minh City |
Vietnam
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Order of the DayNatnapha Thanatharakit - the_orient [430] In Cambodia, Thailand or Vietnam, try these restaurants which are dishing up opportunities for the local community with their socially responsible policies and vocational training programs, as well as good food...
Destinations:
Halong Bay |
Hue |
Hanoi |
Vietnam |
Ho Chi Minh City |
Hoi An
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Ben Trejoe smith - luminous_grin [17] Ben Tre Vietnam
Destinations:
Ho Chi Minh City |
Bien Hoa |
Nha Trang |
Phan Thiet |
Vietnam |
Ben Tre
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Film Review: IndochineCeleste Heiter - cheiter [28,911] Catherine Deneuve, in perhaps the defining role of her career, stars in Indochine, one of the best Asian epics ever made...
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Ho Chi Minh City |
Vietnam
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Vietnam's MTV generation change image of tattoosAgence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,188] Tattoos, once reviled in Vietnam as the preserve of prisoners, gangsters and common foot soldiers, are becoming increasingly popular among the country's emerging 'MTV generation'. In step with the...
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Ho Chi Minh City |
Vietnam
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Pulau Bidong: Vietnamese Boat People in MalaysiaEe Lin Wan - eelin [4,079] * * * * * "We have heard stories of similarly desperate boat people escaping out of the communist Vietnam. Out in the sea, our main fears were the pirates - who will not hesitate to rob, rape, beat...
Destinations:
Ho Chi Minh City |
Malaysia |
Terengganu |
Vietnam
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White is beautiful in VietnamAgence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,188] White is beautiful. Or at least it is in Vietnam where skin-whitening creams sell like hot cakes and women wrap themselves up like mummies whenever they venture outside. Arm-length gloves made of a...
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Ho Chi Minh City |
Vietnam
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A Lolita of the Far EastKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632] The setting is colonial Vietnam. A man of thirty-two falls in love with a girl of fifteen-and-a-half, who lies and says that she's seventeen. He's rich; she's poor. Her father is dead and her elder...
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Ho Chi Minh City |
Vietnam
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