I frowned all the way through my 15 minutes of fame. People tell me I should lighten up, be a little less serious. I blame the work I do, the hours spent furiously concentrating on just one person as they share the most intimate details of their life’s journey. But I realised recently I’m actually […]
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Working with talented journalists at Metro Writers has been one of the highlights of my career in Vietnam. In the decade and a half since the art of writing devolved into the chore of generating “content”, fewer young writers have had the opportunity to develop their talents as true wordsmiths. Those who are committed to
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By Tran Mai Anh Don’t leave an empty space in your heart. Sometimes saying “thank you” seems inadequate, especially after the days when my mother and I received so much love. Many people sent messages, shared articles, and recalled the long journey Thiện Nhân and his family traveled. Every word touched my heart deeply. I
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As we move into the holiday and take a much-deserved break, I just want to share one last little victory for our Metro Writers team to close off the Year of the Dragon. After much careful revision, we’ve at last released our overview of the Vietnamese social impact industry in English via Amazon. PIONEERS IN
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When my father died, all I had left of him was a book. The book was only half written. It existed as four tiny word documents on his old computer, which were rescued and copied to disk just seconds before the computer sparked and lost power. The computer never worked again, but what he wrote
To all my Vietnamese friends and contacts, this is something I’ve written for you. Living in this country has taught me a lot about family. People say their mother and father are extremely important to them. That’s why I’m deeply saddened when people here tell me how distant they now feel from their own parents
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Many tech projects are now doubling down on ways to command consumer attention – the life blood of the digital economy – without actually providing content of substantial value. They’re digging deeper to find innovative ways to deliberately produce entertainment that can only engage consumers’ fleeting, surface-level attention span. What if the best strategy for
Current trends encourage businesses to pay considerable lip service to the huge potential of digital, algorithm-driven, AI-enhanced systems with limitless applications operating at the edge of our imaginations. At the same time, we all recognise that there has been a profound drop in quality in the online offering as a result of their introduction. The
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Throughout their journey in life, your parents experienced all the everyday human emotions that make our personal stories meaningful. They loved and they shed tears; they filled their stomachs after a hard day’s work; they stretched out on a rough mattress in the afternoon heat, heady with gathering sleep. They waved their fingers through the
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OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: HOW TO WRITE A BOOK ABOUT YOUR PARENTS Today Metro Writers is announcing our new campaign based on my new book, Chuyện Bố Mẹ Chưa Kể – translated from English into Vietnamese and edited by my close friend and colleague Tran Mai Anh. Our unique campaign for the new year celebrates 50 years
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