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ベトナム南部の結婚式に出席した記録です。会場は野外のビアガーデン、ビールとカラオケの宴会形式でした。伝統的な儀式と披露宴の関係、地域や家庭による違い、南部の自由な雰囲気まで、実際に見たことを中心にまとめました。

Why do you end up looking Vietnamese after a haircut in Vietnam? The four types of barbershops, from street stalls to Japanese-run salons; straight to the clippers, foot-pumped chairs, shaving without cream

ベトナム北部ではルビーが採れる。イエンバイ省ルックイエンを軸に、ミャンマー産と見紛う品質、ここだけのコバルトブルー・スピネル、午前だけ開く宝石市場、宝石画まで、確認できた事実で紹介する。

Trinh Thi Kim Oanh (33), who earned an MBA in Ho Chi Minh City, took over the only remaining sugarcane-sugar workshop in Thien Do hamlet, Binh Son commune, Quang Ngai province. Refining it through 3–4 hours of filtering into an “amber-colored clear syrup,” she won OCOP three stars.

Dinh Van Kien, a young man from Son Tay Thuong commune in Quang Ngai province, turned the vocal technique he learned at the Hue Conservatory into “a storyteller of cuisine.” At three stilt-house restaurants built from bamboo and natural materials, he's turning gong music and the Co Tu people's mountain table into a tourism resource.

The latest costs for three Vietnamese cities as shown by the 2026 Digital Nomad Index. From a Thao Dien 1BR at 60,000 yen a month to Da Nang beach living at 140,000–180,000 yen a month, a thorough comparison of the reality of short-term relocation and remote work under a weak yen.

On March 26, 2026, the “Global Coffee Alliance (GCA),” led by Vietnamese coffee giant TNI King Coffee, was officially launched in Hanoi. Declared at the International Coffee Conference 2026, attended by diplomatic missions from 19 countries worldwide, this alliance is a coffee-production...

From April 16 to 18, 2026, “Cafe Show Vietnam 2026” will be held at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center in Ho Chi Minh City. On March 20, a kickoff workshop for the barista competition was held, and the World Coffee Events (WCE)-sanctioned national barista champion...

A Vietnamese coffee-brewing experience was selected for U.S. National Geographic's "12 of the World's Food Experiences." Its traditional extraction using a phin filter, along with unique twists like egg coffee and salt coffee, was highly praised as "a local tradition that produces unforgettable flavor"...

A thorough explanation of civet coffee (kopi luwak)—its flavor, production process, the state of things in Vietnam and other countries, why it’s expensive, and animal welfare. We also introduce how to spot the real thing and precautions when buying.