Hanoi’s New Year’s resolutions for 2019 revealed
Hanoi – Speaking exclusively with The Durian in a moment of festive earnestness, the Vietnamese capital city, Hanoi, revealed its New ...
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December 30, 2018
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Ride-hailing app CFO embroiled in late-night jousting calamity
Hai Bà Trưng, Hanoi – An undercover investigation by The Durian has seen the CFO of ride-hailing app, Snatch, embroiled in an undergro...
The Durian
December 26, 2018
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Academic Manager gets pretty wild at Christmas party
Thanh Xuân, Hanoi – Hanoi’s fire brigade are now at the scene tackling a blaze that began some hours ago, after Academic Manager, Dav...
The Durian
December 23, 2018
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14 hospitalised due to change in weather
Ba Đình, Hanoi – At least 14 people have been hospitalised following a mild change in weather in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi. As...
The Durian
December 20, 2018
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English Teacher leaving Hanoi selling half-eaten burger on Facebook
Tây Hồ, Hanoi – In a desperate bid to raise funds before returning to her native home of America, unqualified English teacher, Cheryl W...
The Durian
December 16, 2018
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Quest Festival dead at five following short battle with bureaucracy
Sơn Tinh Camp, Hanoi – The festival formerly known as Quest has died, following a short semi-secret battle with bureaucracy. Quest Fes...
The Durian
December 10, 2018
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Hanoi woman concerned 10 kumquat trees won’t be enough to enjoy Tết
Ba Đình, Hanoi – A Hanoi woman is concerned that she doesn’t have enough trees in her home to ring in Tết (Lunar New Year) properly, wh...
The Durian
December 10, 2018
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Bank teller will need copy of your cycling proficiency certificate to process that request, sir
Hai Bà Trưng, Hanoi – A local bank teller was recently taken aback when an expat customer failed to provide the documentation required...
The Durian
December 10, 2018
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Cockroach disgusted to find nest of Tâys in home
Long Biên, Hanoi – Startled in the small hours of this morning, a local cockroach known only as Jeff was overcome with disgust after encou...
The Durian
December 01, 2018
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New housemate asserts dominance by shitting with bathroom door open
Ba Đình, Hanoi – Residents of a Đội Cấn house share were today treated to an unprecedented display of masculine dominance by new housemate...
The Durian
December 01, 2018
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Karaoke Hopeful terrorises bleary-eyed audience with 7am street performance
Ba Đình, Hanoi – Shuffling through the streets at dawn while lugging his less than portable PA system, a local karaoke hopeful has stunn...
The Durian
December 01, 2018
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Panic grips office as colleague fails to wake up from lunchtime nap
Đống Đa, Hanoi – What started out as a lunch break like any other at a literally sleepy office in Phương Mai, Đống Đa District, escalated ...
The Durian
December 01, 2018
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Man laid dying on road sure glad to have audience watching him
Yên Phụ, Hanoi – Immediately following what will soon prove to be a fatal roadside collision on Yên Phụ this evening, an unknown local man...
The Durian
December 01, 2018
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Dodgy translation blamed for Hanoi honking
Hoàn Kiếm, Hanoi - In a breaking update to a previously-published report by The Durian ( ‘ Send not to know for whom the horn honks, for i...
The Durian
December 01, 2018
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‘Lay a Tây’ dating app bound to get someone deported
Hai Bà Trưng, Hanoi - In what critics are calling the worst marketing blunder since Kendall Jenner boldly halted the deeply-rooted systemi...
The Durian
December 01, 2018
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Hanoi all-female Nijutsu tournament kicks off
Cầu Giấy, Hanoi - The Hanoi all-female ninjutsu tournament opens for its fourth round this Friday, after last year’s champion Nguyen Th...
The Durian
December 01, 2018
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Man with offensive facial tattoo more than qualified to teach children
Tây Hồ, Hanoi - A Hanoi-based English language centre has defended its decision to employ a teacher who had the words ‘pussy monster’ tat...
The Durian
December 01, 2018
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Send not to know for whom the horn honks, for it honks for you
Ba Đình, Hanoi - Advising Hanoians not to turn around to enquire as to who is honking their horn, nor try to ascertain whether or not the ...
The Durian
December 01, 2018
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Confederation of Local Dealers considering legal action against Quest
Tây Hồ, Hanoi - Punters, vendors and even the organisers of the recently cancelled Quest festival have been getting a lot of sympathy, b...
The Durian
December 01, 2018
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Tạ Hiện Bar Manager says “Fuck it” before printing new menu listing price of handjobs
Hoàn Kiếm, Hanoi – Rod Menlove, manager of infamous Tạ Hiện late night haunt, Lower the Bar, reportedly uttered a solemn “Fuck it” befor...
The Durian
December 01, 2018
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