You know, I am an old man, a very old man. An old man likes to have a little air of mystery about himself. I like to hold on to my little mysteries. —HoChiMinh, 1962 Ho CHI MINH held on to his ...

InsideAsia has a 13-night Food-lover’s Vietnam tour, including three nights in Ho Chi Minh, a Vespa street-food tour, accommodation, transport, some meals and guiding, and flights from London to ...

Vietnam is, officially, a communist country. The hammer and sickle hang from balconies and streetlamps. The face of Ho ...

AMONG the present generation of Communist leaders, so decimated by the Stalinist purge, Ho Chi Minh is one of the rare survivors of the Leninist International which he joined as an ardent ...

According to a 2022 C40 Cities Report, Ho Chi Minh City is home to some 7.3 million motorcycles. When you consider the population stands at 8.9 million, that tells you what to expect whenever you ...

PHAM: Well, thousands of people gathered on the streets in Ho Chi Minh City early this morning. The ceremony started with a speech by the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, To Lam.

He wore them for two decades, symbolising resistance and the victory over colonialism. The image of President Ho Chi Minh (far left) wearing simple tyre sandals had been familiar to Vietnamese people.

A statue of Ho Chi Minh now stands nearby. Vu Thi Ninh Thuy, 42, gathered there after the parade to take pictures with a few friends. She said she had come out early that morning because the 50th ...

HO CHI MINH CITY — When Nguyen Phuoc Loc first started dabbling in Chicano culture eight years ago, it was simply because he liked the way that the loose clothing offset his large head. Today ...

Crowds flooded Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday, the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, ... We deliver the news the way we like it—really short and unbiased.