Archive for the 'Vietnam' Category

Nha Trang International Marathon October 2009

Last weekend the Vietnam Triathlon 2009 was held in the wonderfull ancient city Hoi An. The next upcoming event will be the Vietnam Nha Trang International Marathon 2009. Not sure why but it is hard to find anything about this event on the internet.The Marathon will be held on Sunday 11 October 2009 so for all […]

Hubert van Es (6 Jul 1941 – 15 May 2009)

It has been a long time since my last blog update. I received emails from people wondering where I am. Well I am still alive. It has just been a very busy but positive time. From now on I will frequently update the blog, especially with news about upcoming sports events. But first a message […]

Vietnam ladies to increase bra sizes

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) […]

Fire at Tan Son Nhat Airport

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 […]

Traffic Accidents

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 […]


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