Actress Bao Truc, 40, has accepted a marriage proposal from German businessman Mike, 56, after three months of dating. Their wedding is planned for July in Vietnam.
The quote that resonated most with me from the book "Adversity is a Gift" is: "difficult times bring good fortune — because they turn dreams into reality".
Miss H'Hen Nie celebrates her first Tet as a mother, gathering with her husband's family in Ho Chi Minh City instead of returning to her hometown of Dak Lak.
Nguyen Tuan recounts that the winner of the narcissus flower contest—whose flower bloomed precisely at midnight on new year's eve—would receive "ten square bolts of pink silk, five firecracker mortars, and one tin of tea" in "To Hoa".
Ly Hai and his wife took their children to their hometown to celebrate Tet with his mother, who is over 100 years old, while My Tam declined shows on the first day of the year to gather with her family.
The iron horse, capable of flight and breathing fire in the legend of Thanh Giong, embodies power and the ancient Vietnamese people's aspiration to conquer nature.