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Hanoi's live music scene wakes up groggy but ready to bounce back - Tuoi Tre News

Hanoi's live music scene wakes up groggy but ready to bounce back - Tuoi Tre News

tuoitrenews.vn — With lock down lifted in Vietnam, life is just about back to normal in Hanoi. Public gatherings are once again permitted, bars and pubs are open to the masses, and Hanoi's live music scene is once again shifting into gear...
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English teachers or English schools: In post-social distancing Vietnam, who have the upper hand? ...

English teachers or English schools: In post-social distancing Vietnam, who have the upper hand? ...

tuoitrenews.vn — Editor's note: Mark Barnes is a freelance journalist currently based in Hanoi, Vietnam. In this piece sent to Tuoi Tre News, he explores how the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, as well as the travel restrictions and school closures it entailed, has changed the landscape of English teaching jobs in Vietnam, nearly a month after the country emerged from weeks of social distancing in April.
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Making it work, worlds apart: Can love survive COVID-19?

Making it work, worlds apart: Can love survive COVID-19?

tuoitrenews.vn — In a cinema in Ho Chi Minh City, on a business trip six months ago, Simon James and Ngan Nguyen's romantic relationship took its first tiny steps. They had gone to the cinema with a group of their colleagues but, shortly after finding seats, they peeled themselves off from the pack.
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Is learning Vietnamese a worthwhile pursuit amid COVID-19 social distancing? - Tuoi Tre News

Is learning Vietnamese a worthwhile pursuit amid COVID-19 social distancing? - Tuoi Tre News

tuoitrenews.vn — Editor's note: Mark Barnes is a freelance journalist currently based in Hanoi, Vietnam. He sent this piece to Tuoi Tre News as it has been reported that over one-third of the world's population is under some form of movement restrictions owing to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, with many global citizens advised against leaving their homes to limit the disease's spread.
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Hanoi pets short of homes as COVID-19 forces owners to leave, deters new adoptive parents - Tuoi ...

Hanoi pets short of homes as COVID-19 forces owners to leave, deters new adoptive parents - Tuoi ...

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COVID-19 border closures: Hanoi's int'l community grapple with stay or go dilemma - Tuoi Tre News

COVID-19 border closures: Hanoi's int'l community grapple with stay or go dilemma - Tuoi Tre News

tuoitrenews.vn — When schools were given the all-clear to reopen at the end of April, it was clear that there would be a supply problem when it came to qualified English teachers.
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COVID-19 panic shifts attitudes toward foreigners in Vietnam - Tuoi Tre News

COVID-19 panic shifts attitudes toward foreigners in Vietnam - Tuoi Tre News

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COVID-19 school closure takes toll on expats' mental health in Vietnam - Tuoi Tre News

COVID-19 school closure takes toll on expats' mental health in Vietnam - Tuoi Tre News

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Expat businesses hit hard by extended COVID-19 school shutdown - Tuoi Tre News

Expat businesses hit hard by extended COVID-19 school shutdown - Tuoi Tre News

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Rising income, changing taste: Can Hanoi's craft beer and 'bia hoi' comfortably coexist? - Tuoi T...

Rising income, changing taste: Can Hanoi's craft beer and 'bia hoi' comfortably coexist? - Tuoi T...

tuoitrenews.vn — It's just after 11:00 pm in Hanoi's Old Quarter. The steady rhythm of plastic being stacked on plastic, of cheap tables and chairs being hastily packed away, echoes through the dark and crowded streets. In the distance, the red and blue lights of a police truck throw silhouettes up against the aging colonial buildings.
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Hanoi's 'new normal': How much has changed for the foreigners who chose to stay?

Hanoi's 'new normal': How much has changed for the foreigners who chose to stay?

hanoitimes.vn — The blue and yellow logo of the Vietnam Post building basks peacefully in the glow of the slowly lowering Sunday afternoon sun, on the eastern side of Hoan Kiem Lake, the heart of Hanoi...
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Stand-up comedy in the capital: The funny side of Ha-Ha-Hanoi

Stand-up comedy in the capital: The funny side of Ha-Ha-Hanoi

hanoitimes.vn — The Hanoitimes - A look into the stand-up comedy space in Hanoi.... Short stools have been scattered haphazardly facing a microphone on a stand on what would normally be a step, but tonight will double as a stage.
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Rising income, changing taste: Can Hanoi's craft beer and 'bia hoi' comfortably coexist? - Tuoi T...

Rising income, changing taste: Can Hanoi's craft beer and 'bia hoi' comfortably coexist? - Tuoi T...

tuoitrenews.vn — It's just after 11:00 pm in Hanoi's Old Quarter. The steady rhythm of plastic being stacked on plastic, of cheap tables and chairs being hastily packed away, echoes through the dark and crowded streets. In the distance, the red and blue lights of a police truck throw silhouettes up against the aging colonial buildings.
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Rising income, changing taste: Can Hanoi's craft beer and 'bia hoi' comfortably coexist? - Tuoi T...

Rising income, changing taste: Can Hanoi's craft beer and 'bia hoi' comfortably coexist? - Tuoi T...

tuoitrenews.vn — It's just after 11:00 pm in Hanoi's Old Quarter. The steady rhythm of plastic being stacked on plastic, of cheap tables and chairs being hastily packed away, echoes through the dark and crowded streets. In the distance, the red and blue lights of a police truck throw silhouettes up against the aging colonial buildings.
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Stand-up comedy in the capital: The funny side of Ha-Ha-Hanoi

Stand-up comedy in the capital: The funny side of Ha-Ha-Hanoi

hanoitimes.vn — The Hanoitimes - A look into the stand-up comedy space in Hanoi. Short stools have been scattered haphazardly facing a microphone on a stand on what would normally be a step, but tonight will double as a stage.
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As Hanoi eases strict lockdown rules, workers still stay away from the office

As Hanoi eases strict lockdown rules, workers still stay away from the office

The Business Times (Singapore) — AFTER two months of lockdown to contain a surge in coronavirus cases, the Vietnamese capital Hanoi is continuing its cautious reopening and easing more restrictions.
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Marx to the Market: A Brief History of Vietnam's Post-Reunification Economic Development

Marx to the Market: A Brief History of Vietnam's Post-Reunification Economic Development

the-shiv.com — Fifty years ago this month, the citizens of Ho Chi Minh City were watching the skies as US military helicopters evacuated the last of their personnel. Conversely, this month, in 2025, the citizens of Ho Chi Minh City looking skyward are unlikely to see US helicopters and instead more likely to see the VN Pay logo made up of tens of hundreds of drones.
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Vietnam's Revised Power Development Plan 8: A Missed Opportunity

Vietnam's Revised Power Development Plan 8: A Missed Opportunity

the-shiv.com — Last week, the Government of Vietnam issued a Decision significantly revising the Power Development Plan 8 (PDP8). However, whereas this could have been an opportunity to redesign the PDP8 to align more closely with on-the-ground realities, this opportunity looks to have been missed.
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