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Taking Vietnam’s art to heart

By Cecilia R. Licauco | March 29, 2015 - 12:00am

Vietnam’s abundant natural resources have long been ripe for the picking of powerful countries, and its people have been tormented with wars and the resultant suffering. But today, the Vietnamese maintain that...

Travel and Tourism

Lunar New Year in Vietnam

By Cecilia R. Licauco | March 15, 2015 - 12:00am

Tet, the Lunar New Year, is the most important holiday in Vietnam. A country of 91 million people, 45 million motorbikes,...

Travel and Tourism

When in Vietnam, bike, cook spring rolls and learn pottery

By Gina Lopez | September 14, 2014 - 12:00am

My kids loved Vietnam so much that given another free weekend after only three weeks, we were back in Vietnam!

Sunday Lifestyle

Property developer banks on long-staying tourists

By Grace Melanie L. Lacamiento | July 27, 2013 - 12:00am

As more foreign nationals are eyeing Cebu as an ideal tourist destination and potential retirement hub in the world, a homegrown real estate developer aims to create more residential projects that are geared towards...

Freeman Cebu Business

Tourism advocates laud Cebu’s latest accolade

By Grace Melanie L. Lacamiento | July 3, 2013 - 12:00am

Local tourism advocates seemed not surprised but rather expressed pride as Cebu was hailed as one of the best and most affordable places in the world to retire.

Freeman Cebu Business

Cebu: A retirement haven?

By Fidel O. Abalos | July 1, 2013 - 12:00am

We will either retire from life early or might probably live long enough to be able to retire from work and enjoy the remaining years in royalty. Unfortunately for us though, retiring in style could be remote. ...

Freeman Cebu Business

Cebu among best in world to retire

By AJ de la Torre | June 27, 2013 - 12:00am

Cebu has been hailed one of the best places in the world to retire.

Cebu News

From Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City

By Cecilia Manguerra Brainard | October 7, 2012 - 12:00am

Last year my husband Lauren, friend Doug Noble, and I booked our trip to Vietnam via Overseas Adventure Travel.

Freeman Cebu Lifestyle

Death toll from Vietnam floods climbs to 88

November 8, 2011 - 4:03pm

Vietnamese officials say some of the country's worst flooding in a decade has killed 88 people and left four others missing in the central and southern regions.

Calamities beyond the Philippines

By Preciosa S. Soliven | October 29, 2009 - 12:00am

Filipinos were not the only ones who suffered from calamities. At almost the same time that the Philippines was experiencing the wrath of typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng, the World Heritage town of Hoi An in Vietnam was...

Education and Home