Spectacular glass-bottomed bridge opens in Vietnam
Vietnam launched a new attraction for tourists with a head for heights on Friday, with the opening of a glass-bottomed bridge.
Small wonders: Vietnamese artist making tiny food
Squinting in concentration, Vietnamese artist Nguyen Thi Ha An drops a bright red chili onto a bowl of pho noodles barely bigger than a coin — the finishing touch to a miniature clay model that has eaten up days of her time. An — a 28-year-old architecture graduate — began crafting food miniatures a year […]
Cat cafe offers purr-fect pick-me-up for rescued felines in Vietnam
If your idea of the purr-fect day is spending it curled up with convalescent rescue cats and a coffee, then one cafe in Vietnam has you covered. Ngao’s Home Cafe in Hanoi is a loving home for 15 felines, many of whom were abandoned or found injured after being bitten by dogs or suffering serious accidents. “I try to help cats with difficult backgrounds, to […]
‘Gilty’ pleasure: Vietnam opens world’s ‘first’ gold-plated hotel
In the world’s first self-proclaimed gold-plated hotel, coffee comes in a gold cup and bath time is taken in gilded splendor.
Footage of bees doing ‘synchronized wave’ leaves Twitterverse stunned
“Don’t mess with bees” is always an understatement by teachers. Aside from their ability to inject venom into their victim’s skin, these flying insects also know how to defend their hive against intruders through an oddly satisfying wave. Dubbed by biologists as the “shimmering” or “Mexican wave,” this technique is actually a collective defense behavior […]
Vietnamese restaurant places stuffed panda bears at tables to keep diners company
Ever since we were placed in quarantine, most of us have surely been counting down the days until this pandemic ends, if not, subside. That’s why when some fancy restaurants or fast-food chains started reopening last week, some people took this rare chance to get their comfort food fix. However, they can’t just gather around […]
Vietnam restaurant serves up green, Coronavirus-themed burgers
Would you eat a burger that looks like a virus? A restaurant in Vietnam is serving burgers that look like the microscopic image of the virus COVID-19, and people are just all too happy to eat them. Hoang Tung, the chef of Pizza Home takeaway shop located in downtown Hanoi, created coronavirus-themed burgers using green […]