by kentwallace | May 6, 2022 | Blog
Not only does Vo Nguyen speak English well, his delivery has a pronounced western flair. I had a hunch he’d spent time in the USA… “Actually,” he conceded, “I spent a year as an exchange student at Iowa’s Cornell College. I think I picked up a lot of the...
by kentwallace | Apr 25, 2022 | Blog
Cua Lo wakes up with the rising sun. People pilgrimage to the beach to swim under the multi-colored morning sky as it reflects off the glassy sea. But when the sun goes down, Cua Lo emits another kind of charm—a noir beauty that softens and shadows even the most...
by kentwallace | Apr 22, 2022 | Blog
Talk about romantic… Dinh Truong Son met his future wife (Nguyen Thi Loi) when he came to her house to fix the families television set. It was a case of the young electrician meeting the young seamstress—two years later they were married… Son grew up in Vinh City (14...
by kentwallace | Apr 21, 2022 | Blog
The first Cua Lo restaurant I visited (almost 4-years ago) was Lien Thu—Thuc Quyen (aka #68). Before I introduce the proprietor, let me explain the number thing. Restaurants line the promenade that runs along the beach in Cua Lo—each has a name and a number. I find...
by kentwallace | Apr 18, 2022 | Blog
Entering the grounds of sprawling Vinpearl Cua Hoi, you can’t help but notice how environmentally friendly the compound is. It’s not just the electric carts that take you from a parking area into the resort proper. It’s the design of the place—the property is...
by kentwallace | Apr 18, 2022 | Blog
When I think of Nguyễn Thị Hiền, three words and the letter C come to mind: Cosmopolitan, Charity and Chicken… Hien is a smashingly, sophisticated woman of great beauty and presence. She demands attention. And attention she got, when my sidekick Mai and I recently ran...
