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Vietnam road story: 45 days in 3:37

Lao Cai province in yellow winter cress flower season

Teenager creates 3D scans of hundreds of Vietnamese mascots on website

A 17-year-old boy has quit school to dedicate all his time to promoting sculptures, particularly Vietnamese mascots, by creating 3D scans of hundreds of them. Nguyen Tri Quang, who resides in Hanoi, has successfully put hundreds of 3D-scanned objects on his website, Vr3d.vn . Born to a family of craftspeople, since he was a little boy Quang has followed his father to relics across the country and gathered myriad samples.                    A 3D scan of a wooden "nghe" (stylized dog) statue, which also serves as a light base The online library of Vietnamese mascots During Vietnam's first exhibit on purely traditional Vietnamese mascots, which took place in Hanoi in mid-November last year, Quang instantly thought of how to promote the purely Vietnamese mascots based on his father’s, and his own, collections over almost 10 years. “In my opinion, such exhibits are spatially and chronologically limited, as many can’t make it...

Traffic jam in Ho Chi Minh city: "Ocean" of motobikes!

Thu Duc district, Ho Chi Minh city, this morning Jan 19th 2015 Click to enlarge image

Lifestyle of residents in Chinese area in Ho Chi Minh City

Cho Lon in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, where many Chinese live, has long been known as one of the most bustling, crowded commercial areas in the city.  Besides the hustle and bustle which can be easily observed every day, Cho Lon also embraces a quiet, slow lifestyle that not many people have a chance to see.

It may take a month to fix Vietnam’s latest Internet cable cut: telco

(TuoiTreNews) Repairs to the  break  identified Monday in the submarine cable system that supplies Vietnam’s Internet connectivity could last between three weeks and a month, a local telecom firm said late the same day.

Phuong Trang bus's Destinations

Click to enlarge the image:  http://www.futabuslines.com.vn/Router.aspx (Source: http://www.futabuslines.com.vn/Router.aspx)