Posts in category Features

There is a deceptive simplicity to Middle Eastern food. On the surface it looks fairly straightforward: barbequed meats, various dips with flat breads, falafel and …

One of the oldest existing buildings in Hoi An, it self a UNESCO World Heritage Listed town, is something truly remarkable and, not surprisingly, a …

Navigating the final years of high school, and successfully finding the path into the right university degree is a challenging, if not daunting, prospect or …

Hard work, with a little help, leads to success Seventeen-year-old Tran Anh Khoa looks down at the silver and topaz ring he wears on his …

Peter Cornish explores a downtown street that’s partially gentrified, partly as seedy as it ever was. Photos by Angeli Castillo. Huynh Thuc Khang street is …

 “There’s a great future in plastics,” or so Dustin Hoffman was told in the classic American movie The Graduate. Fifty years since the movie’s debut …

Dr. Takaaki Mori discusses the emerging field of Pediatric Emergency in Japan and its potential for Vietnam. Pediatric emergency is all about saving the lives …

After 12 years of publishing every month, this is the last print edition of AsiaLIFE. Like many publications have discovered around the world, print is …

Tucked down hem 12 off Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, House of Barbaard has established itself as the place to go for a touch of upscale, …

Down a country road in the far reaches of Binh Chanh District, close to the Mekong Delta, a small house has been converted into a …

Barbara Adam investigates how the changing nature of work might affect Vietnam. Photo by Angeli Castillo. Technology is changing the andscape of work all around …

Peter Cornish wrote AsiaLIFE’s Community Focus column for two years. Here he looks back at some of the organisations the column highlighted. Over the past …

AsiaLIFE investigates the importance of being able to defend yourself in Saigon. Photos by Chu Chi Thanh. Most of us feel comparatively safe in Ho Chi …

Barbara Adam investigates Ho Chi Minh City’s biker subculture. Photos by Jonny Edbrooke. Tuan’s leather vest gleams in the blazing sun. He stands in front …

Barbara Adam samples some sumptuous relaxation on Vietnam’s central coast atBanyan Tree Lang Co. The pampering begins long before you set foot at Banyan Tree …

Diane Squires explores the best and worst of the expat enclaves of Districts 2 and 7. Photos by Angeli Castillo and Jonny Edbrooke. Read any blog, …