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· May, 2007

Stories about Vietnam from May, 2007

Vietnam: Fibre Optic Cable Looting

SaigonNezumi writes about Vietnamese authorities nabbing under sea fiber-optic cable robbers. The bloggers asks “Who are the ones telling these smugglers the exact locations of the fiber-optic lines?”

Written by Preetam Rai
25 May 2007

Vietnam: Preserving Hoi An

One of the popular tourist destination in Vietnam is the laid back historic town of Hoi An. Vietnamese God visits Hoi An and hopes the authorities would stop new building...

Written by Preetam Rai
18 May 2007

Vietnam: Marriage Customs

Lebotuan describes how a marriage is proposed in Vietnam with the boy's family visiting the girl's family. “On the predetermined date, the boy's famile will come with some traditional offering:...

Written by Preetam Rai
6 May 2007

Vietnam: Blog Anniversary

Duong Lam Anh, author of one of the few Vietnamese blogs in English, reflects on one year of blog writing. “Where will this blog lead me to? I have no...

Written by Preetam Rai
6 May 2007

Vietnam Bloggers Crash the Linguistic Divide

Ironically bloggers like Joe's Blog and Vietnamese God put the lie to the idea of a single blogosphere, a unified world of blogs that spans the globe. Yes, blogs have become a global phenomenon, but studies show increasingly that there are multiple blogospheres defined by culture, language and different technologies. Far too often these worlds are distinct solitudes operating in parallel.

Written by Mark Robertson
1 May 2007

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