'Toxic beauty': Rise of 'looksmaxxing' influencers
World 13:41 16/04/2025Hankering for a chiseled jawline, a male TikTok influencer strikes his cheekbones with a hammer -- highlighting the rise of "looksmaxxing," an online trend pushing unproven and sometimes dangerous techniques to boost sexual appeal.
Instagram-ready: Vietnamese influencer teaches art of posing
Travel 14:10 08/03/2021Pham Kieu Ly, who has hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram and TikTok, set up the $130 course in Hanoi after women began asking her how to look their best in photos, largely for social media
Tourists lured to Hanoi’s first purpletop farm
Vietnam News 20:34 18/09/2020In Vietnam, the plant is primarily found in the northern mountainous resort town of Sa Pa
Trash outnumbers photo seekers at Hanoi’s Insta-worthy spot
Travel 20:53 24/06/2020Take nothing but photographs, leave nothing but garbage
DiCaprio’s Instagram post about Vietnamese bay hits million views
Travel 10:47 03/06/2020The video racked up over one million views in just three days
Facebook buys GIF website Giphy to integrate with Instagram
World 10:00 16/05/2020The cost, which Facebook and Giphy declined to disclose, was placed at around US$400 million by news website Axios
Transport ministry asks Hanoi to close down railway cafés
Vietnam News 14:52 05/10/2019The establishments let customers sit and enjoy coffee just inches from the railway tracks
‘Stairways to heaven’ Insta-tourist traps raise eyebrows in Vietnam
Travel 19:25 09/08/2019Posing on staircases that ascend into the sky and stop midair is the latest Instragram trend in Vietnam
Vietnamese wins ADB Instagram contest with Mekong Delta floating market photo
Travel 13:00 22/02/2018Anh Dung Kieu bagged the US$500 prize for his photo depicting early morning trading at a Soc Trang floating market
