Police in Vietnam’s Tay Ninh warn about students worshipping Kuman Thong dolls to boost academic performance
Education 11:39 12/05/2026Police in Tay Ninh Province, southern Vietnam have warned that some students are buying and worshipping Kuman Thong dolls out of superstitious beliefs that they can bring luck and improve academic performance.
In Vietnam, fortune tellers read tea leaves live on Facebook
Travel 19:05 08/08/2019Refusing to get left behind by technology, many Vietnamese fortune tellers are turning to Facebook live-streams to offer their ‘services’
Pagoda in Vietnam under investigation over ‘karma removal’ for a price
Vietnam News 18:05 21/03/2019Visitors to a famous pagoda in northern Vietnam believe they can be wiped clean of their 'bad karma'
Young nurse who defies superstition to rescue newborn from live burial
In-Depth 11:09 17/10/2014A young ethnic minority nurse in central Vietnam’s Quang Nam Province risked her own and her family’s safety to rescue a newborn from being buried alive by superstitious villagers.