Can an unknown Hoi An tailor create a fashion fantasy in seven hours?

Can an unknown Hoi An tailor create a fashion fantasy in seven hours?

Every generation in human history has had its own paragon of female beauty and Pamela Van has less than seven hours to realise mine.

  • byAnabel Dean

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Speaking up in Australia,risking retribution against their families in Asia

Speaking up in Australia,risking retribution against their families in Asia

Hundreds rallied on the steps of Victorian parliament to protest against human rights abuses in South-East Asian nations ahead of a diplomatic summit in Melbourne.

  • byAlex Crowe
‘A very sad place with many ghosts’:So why are Vietnamese tourists flocking there?

‘A very sad place with many ghosts’:So why are Vietnamese tourists flocking there?

The tomb of a “fearless” schoolgirl assassin draws huge numbers of pilgrims to this island off Vietnam’s southern coast.

  • byChris Ray
A serene journey down the Mekong on a new luxury ship

A serene journey down the Mekong on a new luxury ship

A voyage aboard a floating castle,of sorts,from Vietnam to Cambodia can’t help but remind Australians of the classic film The Castle.

  • byPenny Watson
Beautiful Hanoi haunt of Chaplin,Greene and Fonda gets a facelift

Beautiful Hanoi haunt of Chaplin,Greene and Fonda gets a facelift

Following an extensive 21-month refurbishment,the storied Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi has a new story to tell with the relaunch of its original heritage wing.

  • byJulietta Jameson
Mates killed in Vietnam six decades ago to be awarded new medals
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Mates killed in Vietnam six decades ago to be awarded new medals

The late Kevin “Dasher” Wheatley is set to become one of Australia’s most decorated soldiers after a military appeals tribunal recommended new medals for him and the mate who died with him in Vietnam in 1965.

  • byTony Wright
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This hotel exists in an alternative universe – it’s a hoot
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This hotel exists in an alternative universe – it’s a hoot

This hotel is something unexpected in a country with a history sadly mostly identified by war.

  • byAnthony Dennis
Airline review:This cabin crew makes you feel good about flying economy
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Airline review:This cabin crew makes you feel good about flying economy

In economy,you’re never going to be lavished by the sort of attention afforded to those in the pointy end,but this crew comes close.

  • byAnthony Dennis
This giant Asian resort has everything – except Aussies

This giant Asian resort has everything – except Aussies

The enormous Alma Resort in Vietnam has 12 swimming pools. I made it my vow to swim in them all.

  • byJulietta Jameson
Hate Christmas? Here are five places you can go to avoid it altogether

Hate Christmas? Here are five places you can go to avoid it altogether

There are large parts of this planet where Christmas passes almost unnoticed. No sleigh bells,no mistletoe,no silly hats,no turkey and no jollity to make you feel like you’re missing out.

  • byMichael Gebicki
Vietnam’s ‘other’ Ha Long Bay is one of Earth’s most stunning seascapes

Vietnam’s ‘other’ Ha Long Bay is one of Earth’s most stunning seascapes

Lan Ha Bay is a seemingly endless waterborne wonderland composed of hundreds of weather-hewn limestone karsts.

  • byAnthony Dennis