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...