Vietnamese in Mekong Delta have high rate of marriages with foreigners
Six out of the top 10 Vietnamese localities with the highest rates of residents marrying foreigners are in the Mekong Delta, according to a report from the Consular Department.
Vietnamese women struggle to find life partners after 40
At 41 Hai Hoang has never had a romantic relationship, not even held hands with a man. But she remains determined to find a husband.
For better or for worse ? South Korean men seek brides in Vietnam
Some men and women decide to spend their lives together despite knowing from the outset that they have almost nothing in common. More and more South Korean men are finding their wives abroad, be it in Vietnam, China or Thailand.
Prevention of child marriage, and childbirth among women under 18 years old in ethnic groups still faces difficulties
According to the provincial Ethnic Committee of Lào Cai Province, some ethnic groups still consider child marriage to be normal.
Vietnam must do more to support women and other marginalized communities
During the Vietnam War, thousands of women were raped by South Korean soldiers and later bore their children. The government continues to turn a blind eye to their suffering.
Taking Vietnam’s gender-equality challenge beyond policy reform
Vietnam demonstrated its serious commitment to addressing inequities when it adopted the national strategy for gender equality for 2021–2030. The strategy gives Vietnam the potential to become a role model for neighbouring countries such as Cambodia and Laos.
Vietnamese women are drinking more
« Cheers, cheers, from the bottom up, 100%! Let those who get drunk serve dogs a pile of vomit and allow those who do not get drunk to come home to have dinner with their husbands, » loudly said a young woman in a restaurant in Ho…
Facing up to some ugly truths about beauty contests
Beauty pageants in Vietnam seem to have become pedantic – excessively focused on height, weight, hair length, curves and so on. Is this what beauty is all about? Far from it.
Controversy over ‘too many’ as beauty pageants proliferate
There has been an explosion in the number of beauty pageants, with nearly 20 of them held in the first half of this year alone.
What the Roe reversal means for abortion rights in Vietnam
Given the country’s social conservatism and a shifting Overton window, it is more likely now than ever that the Vietnamese government will take a more restrictive stance on abortion.
Inside the minds of sugar babies
Bao Nhi admits she joined the private online group chat ‘Sugar Luxury Saigon’ about a month ago to find men who could offer her money in exchange for companionship.
Boxer battles poverty, misogyny to be Vietnam’s first world champion
From her youth spent scraping a living on the streets, Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi has battled poverty and sexist prejudice to become Vietnam’s first boxing world champion.
PHO THE GIRLS’ WOMEN-EMPOWERING DJ WORKSHOPS IN HANOI, VIETNAM
When night falls in the Old Quarter of Hanoi, Vietnam, an electric energy appears. Bar promoters boasting venues’ offerings spill onto the street, where large, lively groups of patrons imbibe amidst a smörgåsbord of music emitted from closely packed clubs.
Young members of ethnic minority groups most at risk in Vietnam-China human trafficking trade
The study by the Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation found that groups such as the H’mong and Thai were vulnerable to being caught up in the illicit trade. More than 60 per cent of victims and prosecuted traffickers were from these…
For married women, tattoos are a form of self-reflection
It is around noon on Monday and Luong Viet Nga is tattooing a daisy on a customer’s waist.
Vietnam to introduce extra pay for women’s work on period
A new piece of legislation to take effect on February 1 will grant bonus pay to female workers who do not plan to take menstrual leave and are approved to work on their periods by their employers. The provision was mentioned in…
Vietnam a transit country as pandemic seen fueling Cambodian ‘bride trafficking’ to China
The trafficking of Cambodian “brides” to China has risen sharply this year with mass job losses caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Vietnam faces gender inequality as consequence of gender-biased sex selection
Vietnam is on the verge of gender inequality as a result of gender-biased sex selection since many families in the country still favor boys over girls, resulting in more than 40,000 baby girls unborn every year.
40,800 female births doomed in Vietnam every year
Every year, the long-standing preference for boys in Vietnam’s society terminates 40,800 baby girls before they are born, according to the United Nations Population Fund.
Female detectives brave their job in Vietnam
It might strike people as a job for risk-taking men, but being a private investigator has attracted Vietnamese women, some of whom have had braved the job despite dangers and physical demands.