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· August, 2005

Stories about Vietnam from August, 2005

Vietnam: English blooming

Vietnam is discarding its Francophone past. English is the language of business and travel in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City now. Every child is now taught English from the...

Written by Jeff Ooi
31 August 2005

Japan: Labour pains

Japan is not a place where fathers are readily allowed to attend the birth of their children. In fact, recounts Cottontimer, it is against many hospitals’ policies to allow husbands...

Written by Jeff Ooi
24 August 2005

Vietnam: More TV stations

Viet Nam Television (VTV) will have eight channels by 2010, and broadcasting time will be increased to 168.5 hours per day, with 80% of total broadcasting time devoted to in-house...

Written by Jeff Ooi
22 August 2005

Vietnam: Enduring culture

Vietnamese God is a Hanoi-based Vietnamese who blogs in excellent English and superb photos. Working in the tourism industry, he has grown used to people who choose Wild Rice for...

Written by Jeff Ooi
22 August 2005

Vietnam: Cottontimer

Cottontimer is a Chinese-American who keeps two blogs to occupy her hours as full-time mum in Vietnam – one on her daily life call Cotton Picking Days (read: MSG poisoning),...

Written by Jeff Ooi
19 August 2005

Vietnam: See you all on the flip side

‘See you all on the flip side’. That's the parting shot from Vietnamese blogger, Toi La Nguoi. She (?) was forced to remove her blog in July because… “someone within...

Written by Jeff Ooi
17 August 2005

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