Jak Phillips
A Massage Parlour Owner Explains How Bitcoin Will Help Attract Clients
It's pretty clear why one of the world’s oldest trades is warming to its youngest currency.
Why Was Vietnam Elected to the UN Human Rights Council?
Last week, the UN elected serial human rights repressor Vietnam to its 47-seat Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Despite operating a single party communist regime—under which freedom of speech, right to protest, and many other liberties are routinely...
Exploring Vietnam's Lunchtime Sex Motels
Nha Nghis—cheap hotels you can rent by the hour—are used by everyone from young couples in love to serial cheating sleazebags to prostitutes looking for a place to do business that's safer than the streets.
The Unicốde-Loving Expat Who's Cybersquatting on Vietnam's Google
There’s a saying among expats in Hanoi: “Vietnam is the best party in the world, so long as you don’t question the party.”
Unicode Is the New Internet Gold Mine
When Dutch expat Pim Roes heard about Vietnam's plans to oust Google as the country's primary search engine, he didn't stand aside for Hanoi's captains of industry. Instead, he put himself right in their way, registering the domain name www.cốccốc.com...
I Ate and Drank Cobra in Vietnam's Snake Village
Feel like swallowing a snake's still-beating heart? Le Mat is the place to go.
