From 1 September 2026, the new sanctions decree for the crypto-asset pilot market takes effect — fines up to 200 million đồng for unlicensed exchanges, and 30–50 million đồng for investors who keep trading on unauthorised platforms.
Continue reading “Việt Nam's Crypto Market Gets Its Rulebook of Fines: Nghị định 284/2026/NĐ-CP” →
The Government's new sanctions decree, effective 19 August 2026, sets concrete fines for cybersecurity and personal data violations — up to 3 billion đồng, 5% of annual revenue for illegal cross-border transfers, and 10× the proceeds of data trading.
Continue reading “Việt Nam Puts a Price on Privacy Violations: Nghị định 330/2026/NĐ-CP” →
Claude is more useful than most people realise — if you know where to run it and how to talk to it. A hands-on guide from daily use: apps, Claude Code, and the prompting habits that actually matter.
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Two implementing decrees under the new Luật An ninh mạng took effect on 19 August 2026 — bringing Vietnamese phone-number authentication for accounts, 24-hour takedown clocks, and 12-month log retention for platforms.
Continue reading “Việt Nam's New Cybersecurity Decrees: Nghị định 333 and 327 Take Effect” →
Why every official Vietnamese document looks the same — and what the rules behind the Quốc hiệu, the numbering, and the Times New Roman actually say.
Continue reading “Nghị định 30/2020/NĐ-CP: The Anatomy of a Vietnamese Administrative Document” →
A year of working with agentic coding tools: what they are actually good at, where they still fail, and the habits that make the difference.
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Why cramming vocabulary fails, what the forgetting curve actually looks like, and how to set up a spaced repetition habit that survives contact with real life.
Continue reading “Spaced Repetition: The Engine Behind Long-Term Vocabulary” →
The Vietnamese capital has carried more than a dozen names across a thousand years. Each one is a small history lesson in itself.
Continue reading “Thăng Long to Hà Nội: One City, Many Names” →
Bánh chưng, the Kitchen Gods, first-footing, and lucky money — a field guide to the traditions that make Vietnamese Lunar New Year what it is.
Limestone karsts, river caves, and the ruins of a 10th-century capital — two unhurried days in the landscape they call "Hạ Long Bay on land."
