The custom of offering betel and areca is said to date back to the reign of the Hung Kings. It is associated with a legend of betel and areca about a wife’s fidelity to her husband and love between two siblings, and the custom is thus a symbol of love, brotherhood, family, and happiness. … [Read more...] about Where to find Tet colors in Saigon
New colors for living rooms
New TV shows on women and family values air during Tet
A scene in Về Nhà Ăn Tết Đi Con (Coming Home for Tet), a TV show on women, love and family values by director Quyen Loc, is being broadcast on HCM City Television to celebrate the Lunar New Year or Tet, which begins on January 24. (Photo courtesy of the producer) The 34-part series, Làm Rể Mười Xuân (Meet the Parents-in-Law), portrays the lives of urban youth and focuses on young married couples who face challenges in love and career. … [Read more...] about New TV shows on women and family values air during Tet
North markets home sweet home for Vietnamese northerners living in Saigon
From her memories, her father used to find his smoking tools here, like the Vietnamese bamboo pipes, smoking bowls, bamboo slices, and traditional Vietnamese rice wine, while her mother carefully picked the best river crabs to steam her authentic northern jute mallow veggie soup. … [Read more...] about North markets home sweet home for Vietnamese northerners living in Saigon
Indonesia’s new capital city to contribute little to national economic growth
The research estimates that in the short run, the new capital city will contribute 0.17 percentage point to the total investment, 0.02 percentage point to the total exports and imports and 0.05 percentage points to the total employment rates. This is because the new capital city is about housing the government and not businesses, said Indef economist Rizal Taufikurahman at law firm Dentons HPRP's discussion forum on the future of doing business in Indonesia on January 22. Moreover, the new capital city was estimated to increase the total short-term output growth of the construction industry by 0.15 percentage point, mineral and steel industries growth by 0.1 percentage point and leather and sea transportation industries by about 0.07 percentage point, among other things. The new capital city, to be developed in a 256,000-hectare area in the North Penajam Paser and Kutai Kartanegara regencies in East Kalimantan, will therefore bring about little economic impact, Rizal … [Read more...] about Indonesia’s new capital city to contribute little to national economic growth
Tet pressures not worth it, say migrants who stay back
Huynh Trong Dat, a painter, is one of them. The 34-year-old from the northern province of Hai Duong moved to Ho Chi Minh City three years ago. He works as a painter during the year, but joins the army of motorbike taxi drivers in December since "most people have their houses repainted by the last month of the year," and he has nothing to do. … [Read more...] about Tet pressures not worth it, say migrants who stay back
