When you’re attending a festival as a photojournalist, do you document or do you experience?

With the immigration crisis in full swing, we raise a question. Why do expats coming from lands of plenty choose to live in countries such as Vietnam?
Words by Alex Smyrnos

If you’re Vietnamese, getting a visa to travel to the West is hard. Getting a visa to the US is even harder. Owen Salisbury helped a friend who went through the visa application experience and was turned down

DanCenter Vietnam will be running a non-stop jazz workshop on Saturday Mar. 21, kicking off at 6.30 pm.

French cultural centre IDECAF will play host to VNphoto.net’s photography exhibition titled Student Support 2009 between Apr. 14 and Apr. 19.

 

No clear information is readily available on what you are entitled to if you want to visit or work in Vietnam. So, to follow is a rundown of what foreign nationals can apply for.

 

Visitors to Vietnam’s cities often have the same two complaints: the appalling traffic and the lack of nightlife choices. Vietnam wants tourists for their spending power, but doesn’t exactly go out of its way to make life comfortable for them while they’re here.

 

From the sidelines, Harry Hodge sizes up Vietnam’s month in sports

For years, bottom-end salaries in Vietnam have not covered basic living expenses. Due to the global economy, this year it’s not about to change.