Buy mink pink

Recently, one of the global expat living publications released a whizz bang study on the cost of living in various countries around the world for expatriates, and Vietnam came out on top of the pile as the absolute cheapest. Exactly how affordable is Vietnam? A while back I went through a line-by-line exercise detailing typical expat living expenses , but now let’s take a different tack, looking at what can be bought for one little ole U.S. dollar in Vietnam. In Vietnamese dong terms, that U.S. dollar buys about VND23,000. The Australian and Canadian dollars weigh in at about VND18,000, whereas the euro pegs at VND27,000. The UK’s pound sterling converts to just short of VND32,000. Confused yet? Me too, so screw it, we’ll just stick with the U.S. dollar and use VND20,000 as the local currency equivalent, a nice, easy round number. I include the VND amounts below to facilitate easy conversion to other currencies. Actually, using a lower value than the prevailing … [Read more...] about What a dollar buys in Vietnam

A Vietnamese man has become well known among social media users in the country for his videos, in which he reviews trending items that he used his own money to purchase online and tests if they are really as helpful as advertised. That man is 30-year-old Le Thanh Kien, who runs the one-man TikTok account named Kien Review with the slogan “Expose truths behind advertisements.” Since its first video released in August 2020, Kien Review has attracted 6.1 million followers, who want to know the utility of online products without having to pay for them. A self-proclaimed quiet and unobtrusive person, Kien told Tuoi Tre Cuoi Tuan (Tuoi Tre Weekly) magazine that he started creating TikTok videos as the coronavirus pandemic had affected his job as a mechanic at local factories and made him spend more time growing ornamental plants at home. “That time, my house had leaking walls, so I searched on Facebook for a solution,” Kien recalled the occasion when he had reviewed a spray … [Read more...] about Vietnamese man buys, reviews interesting items for fans online

Residents of Phu My Town in the southern Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province on Thursday woke up to the nearby reservoir turning bright pink after changing multiple colors in the previous days. The bizarre hue of water, accompanied by sickly smells, was seen at the lagoon that connects to the sewer gate no. 6 at Tan Hai Commune of Phu My Town, the locals reported. Since March 20, the lagoon has gradually changed from its original black color to yellow, then purple before reaching its current state of bright pink. The color change in the lagoon is jeopardizing hundreds of fishery households in Long Son Commune of Ba Ria – Vung Tau, as once the sewer gate No.6 is open, the putatively toxic discharge will flow to the Cha Va River, threatening damage to the fish and oyster cage farms located downstream. During inspection, Ba Ria – Vung Tau authorities discovered that pitch-black wastewater from the fish feed manufacturer Nghe Huynh Co. Ltd. was leaking to the lagoon. Subsequent testing … [Read more...] about Locals baffled as reservoir in southern Vietnam turns pink with nauseating odors

The Direct Power Purchase Agreements (DPPA) policy will allow manufacturing companies with minimum 22-kilovolts power lines to negotiate and buy from solar and wind power plants. In the first three years, when the policy will be trialed, the customer needs to buy at least 80 percent of the agreed power. Solar and wind farms with a capacity of 30 megawatts or more can sign these agreements, and need to begin commercial operation within nine months of joining the pilot program. The program, likely to start soon, will run until 2023 with a total capacity of around 1,000 megawatts. At the end of the trial period the ministry will review it, and, if happy with the outcome, will seek to make the program permanent. … [Read more...] about Government mulls allowing companies to buy renewable power directly from producers

Authorities in the central city of Danang have listed 17 commercial housing projects which foreign organisations and individuals are allowed to buy homes from. Monarchy Complex is among apartment buildings that allow foreign people to buy homes According to the city's construction department, the 17 projects include Blooming Tower Danang, Golden Square Complex, Quang Nguyen Apartment Building, Lapaz Tower, Danang Plaza, HAGL Lakeview, Thuy Tu Urban Area, Harmony Tower, Danang FPT Technological Urban Area, Monarchy Complex, The Summit, An Vien, Hoa Binh Xanh Danang, Garden Tower, Azura, P.A Tower, and Danang Cruise Port. These projects, most of them near completion, locate near the beach and river in some central districts of Hai Chau, Son Tra, Thanh Khe, Lien Chieu, and Ngu Hanh Son. The department has also announced that foreigners were banned from owning property at three projects of F-Home Apartment complex, Danang Diamond Tower, and IndoChina … [Read more...] about Foreigners allowed to buy homes at 17 projects in Danang