When Gary Daniels was visiting Vietnam some years ago, I sat down with him for an interview for our magazine Oi Vietnam. What particularly struck me about Gary was his calm, balanced nature that seemed at odds with the brutal characters he’s often played in films. A passionate practitioner of martial arts and Eastern philosophy, […]
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About Us Metro Writers is a boutique writing bureau based in Ho Chi Minh City. We produce biographies and commercial books in English for our private and celebrity/VIP clients written by native speaking writers, along with parallel editions written in Vietnamese. We’re different—and certainly not like most businesses you’ll come across in today’s startup culture.
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The stories we tell about people who lead others are very important. These stories provide examples for us to follow and learn from, they inspire us and show us the way ahead. The world needs leaders whom we admire and who guide us, heroes who make the world a better place for others. For a
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With King Coffee’s official announcement of information about our book, I can now share with you Metro Writers’ latest publication in English, The Queen of King Coffee by Le Hoang Diep Thao. Supporting Madame Thao’s autobiography has been an extraordinary privilege, as has been learning the true story of a woman completely mischaracterised by the
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I’ve been engrossed in Sakshi Shioramwar’s account of her character Tanaaya for the past week. Colourful, intriguing and sensuous writing — an intimate look at another part of the world and an exceptional debut novel by our talented Metro Writers colleague. Red Peacock is a tale of seeking freedom, love and revenge painted with colors
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The feeling of holding a book in your hand that has your picture on the cover is difficult to put into words. It’s something about the weight of the paper, lined with beautifully-formatted text that’s all about you – words that say what you want to say, that express your thoughts and your ideas. It’s
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By Ho Hai Yen The city darkened as the brick-red sun slipped between two high-rise buildings and then suddenly disappeared. In a moment as quiet as the silencing of a telephone, the city was cut off from its surroundings. Everything went dark, like a house blowing a fuse, like a pair of eyes blinded after
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When the modern science of analytics started to influence the way we market brands, something went dark in the soul of advertising. Finally businesses had the technology to reach their exact target human being, and that’s when it somehow became appropriate to tap that person on the forehead and demand her attention. It doesn’t matter
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By Maggie Maggie I think my current reading habit started when I was a kid. From a young age, my happiest weekends in the mountains were spent being driven by my parents to the district market, visiting the biggest bookstore and buying a book. When I grew up, I spent almost 10 years away from
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A lecturer invited to speak about poetry at my old university began his talk by taking off his clothes. As the astonished students looked on, he shuffled out of everything he was wearing, leant into the microphone and uttered a single sentence: “A poet is always naked before the world”. I doubt he was ever
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