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Attitudes toward divorce changing in Vietnam, but prejudice persists

The breaking news that American billionaire Bill Gates and his wife have plans to divorce after 27 years of living together has flooded local media and social networks in Vietnam over the past few days, overwhelming other hot issues.

Government programme encourages marriage before the age of 30

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a birth rate adjustment programme towards 2030 which encourages people to get married before the age of 30 and women to give birth to the second child before they get 35 years old.

Sir Elton John and David Furnish marry

 Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish have formally converted their civil partnership to a marriage - with the musician documenting the day on the Instagram website.

George Clooney marriage sealed with civil ceremony in Venice

 The marriage of actor George Clooney and lawyer Amal Alamuddin has been sealed with a civil ceremony in Venice.

18,000 Vietnamese marry foreigners each year

 On average 18,000 Vietnamese marry foreigners each year, with 78% of them coming from Ho Chi Minh City and poor areas of the Mekong Delta region.

In Vietnam marriage makes people happier: study

 VietNamNet Bridge – A study entitled “Economy and happiness: Evidence from Vietnam’s rural areas” has found that marriage makes people happier.

Environment pollution costs 3% of GDP in VN

Environmental experts have repeatedly warned of Vietnam’s vulnerability to repercussions from pollution and environmental degradation.

His wife not a virgin, Chinese man claims money back

 VietNamNet Bridge - A Chinese man demanded a refund after discovering that he was the second husband of his wife, a woman in the southern province of Soc Trang.

Remain single, a man claims compensation from the authorities

 VietNamNet Bridge – This strange story occurred in Kien Thuy district of the northern port city of Hai Phong.

Another Vietnamese bride commits suicide in Korea

According to the Vietnamese Embassy in South Korea, a Vietnamese woman named Nguyen Thi Diem Trinh was determined to have committed suicide in the city of Gumi, South Korea, on January 16.

"Love market" of charladies in Saigon

VietNamNet Bridge – When the night falls, hundreds of boys and girls from different places flock to this “market” to find their lovers.