Let me start by saying that this story is not a joke!
Today the much criticized plan to ban short, skinny and people without boobs from driving was banned. The new rule would imply that people weighing less than 40kg, being shorter than 1.5 meter or with a chest circumference of less than 72cm (28 inches) […]
My house is located 3 minutes walking from Tan Son Nhat airport in Vietnam. On Monday morning, 27 October 2008 at about 2:45AM the domestic terminal got fire.
Many fire trucks could be heard rushing to the airport and it took several hours to get the fire under control. When I went to work the […]
It has been a while that we spoke about traffic accidents in Vietnam. The mandatory of wearing of helmets for motor bikers were introduced last year and what is the result?
A total of 9,500 traffic accidents were registered during the first 3 months of 2008. Of course there must have been many more because many […]
Yesterday many friends and colleagues told me that they had heard that petrol prices would increase further following the 31% increase last week. The story wa that the price would increase from the current VND19,000 to a new record of VND25,000. In the afternoon hundreds of people queued at the petrol station near Tan Son […]
For those sportsaholics in Vietnam and neighbouring countries: Don’t miss the deadline for registration for the Vietnam International Triathlon! Registration closes on the 8th of August 2008. For registration details click the following link: REGISTRATION
The event, held on the 23rd and 24th of August 2008 is going to be great but sweaty. A good friend […]
