Vietnamese culture and language have survived wars, conflicts, and cultural genocides. In 1407, Ming emperor Zhu Di (Chinese: 明成祖, Vietnamese: Chu Đệ Minh Thành Tổ) ordered his generals to burn all books of Vietnamese language and history, including nursery rhymes. I remember growing up immersed inside the wealth of Vietnamese…

By Vo Thanh Minh Tue and Vijay Ramakrishnan The Blessed Lord said: I instructed this imperishable science of yoga to the sun-god, Vivasvan, and Vivasvan instructed it to Manu, the father of mankind, and Manu in turn instructed it to Iksvaku. The Bhagavad Gita Muistne Tõde was filled with excitement…

In February, when I first heard that Vietnam was suspending flights to China and sending schools in the entire country to go into recess, I was thinking, “Man, these Viets are paranoid”. Now, I understand what Andy Grove was saying: only the paranoid survive. As the virus is spreading from…

It is a rare and wonderful privilege for me to receive this gift in the Vietnamese New Year from Na Studio. Địa Linh Nhân Kiệt (Great Land Great Heroes) is a game that will teach you the history and legend of Vietnam, and more. …

The characters and their story appeared to me in a dream experience, so are they fictional? Thus I have heard, once there was a man who lived in a Little Saigon. He used to take care of his parents until they passed away. He never married, and now he always…

“In this cauldron fashioned from delusion, with the sun as fire and day and night as kindling wood, the months and seasons as the ladle for stirring, Time cooks all beings; this is the simple truth.” — The Mahabharata Ever since a kid, I am frequently troubled by the perception…

These days social networks give the impression that the life of others is always interesting and exciting, but I think this is just a false impression. I spend most of my time, for example, on very mundane daily activities such as working, walking, reading, cleaning my room, doing laundry, making…

A friend of mine once commented that I can be quite harsh in my judgment. It’s true; there is harshness in me. It is difficult to see and experience sufferings without being affected in the very least by it. What kind of man is not touched by the sufferings of…

A friend recently asked me what’s in my mind when I travel. My answer is that among the usual things such as food and sightseeing, I would like to learn how to increase import/export for Vietnamese businesses. As a kid, I grew up in a family with farming relatives and…