Creators in Vietnam

Meet Fred Le, a talented Vietnamese American stand-up comedian, and filmmaker. He has an exciting documentary on the horizon called "The Empathizer," where he's exploring the stories of "young" Viet Kieus who have chosen to “come back” to live in Vietnam despite their parents' disapproval at times. Fred himself lived in Vietnam from 2017 to 2020 and is passionate about uncovering what it truly means to be Vietnamese.

Through his in...

For this episode back from a long break, I am inviting our former host Nico to talk about a topic that is really important for both of us: Acceptance. It is something that we have been practicing diligently for the past couple of years (and still actively practicing) as it is an important step when facing the many transitions in life.

Without further ado, I am inviting you to listen to this two-part episode where I am also giving a...

In this episode, we are truly exploring the meaning of better late than never! We recorded this episode at the beginning of June hoping to release it before one big transitional break with Tue-Si going back to Canada for the summer and Moni deciding to step away from the podcast to focus on other areas of her life.

Unfortunately, as it often happens life got a bit overwhelming and this episode stayed on the shelves until today.

So ...

Soline is a university lecturer and the project lead for Gender Equality Across Vietnam Industries and for the Women Empower Club. She came back to Vietnam in 2015 after living overseas in Switzerland, Singapore and Uganda.

In this episode:

🎙️ How her overseas experience in Switzerland, Singapore and Uganda shaped her perspective about gender roles and equality

🎙️ How the mentorship program of the Women Empowerment Club...

Van Trinh is a French-Vietnamese who is the School Director of the French Bakery (La Boulangerie Francaise) which is a vocational training center funded by a French NGO called IECD.

They’ve already trained over 60 young Vietnamese from a vulnerable background through this non-profit initiative.

They also sell their amazing pastries around Saigon!

Do you want to support them and have a delicious pastry with your coffee at the same t...

In this episode, we talk about how sex is perceived in Vietnam through the lens of a Saigonese Gen Z, Selena Luong.

Selena was raised in a conservative and religious family without a proper sex education.  After a lot of struggles with her sex life, now she’s on the mission to become a sex, love, relationship coach to encourage more open conversations about sex and pleasure.

She also wants to give the young Vietnamese a differ...

Our Guest Ricardo needs very little introduction! A creative force in the queer scene of Vietnam since 2017. Ricardo is the founder of GenderFunk, the largest alt. drag queer collective in VietNam. He also teaches sexuality/gender/consent workshops in schools.

It was with great pleasure that we welcomed all his wisdom and fabulous energy on the podcast and wished this episode would have lasted 3 hours as we covered so many importan...

🎉New episode with the amazing Nam Den from Afro Viet TV who’s on a the mission to bridge the gap between the Vietnamese and African culture, and also to show Vietnam to the world form a different perspective.

In this episode:

🎙️ How an actor became a business man in Vietnam and what led him to start his YouTube channel, Afro Viet TV

🎙️ What makes him feel more at home in Vietnam than in Nigeria

🎙️ How he wants to...

🔈 Fascinating is the word that keeps on popping into my mind since I’ve recorded this interview and throughout the whole editing process of this episode. 

💖 It is fascinating to be able to meet such an incredible human in Jk Hobson that has seemingly lived so many lives and yet each one of them so uniquely and authentically him, in all the ups and the many downs.

➡️  In this episode, we cover among many other things:&nb...

In this episode, we invited Quynh, a previous co-host & guest and Spiritual Teacher to join our roundtable discussion on spirituality.

We want to demystify the meaning of spirituality and explain why spirituality is actually very practical. In essence, spirituality is about knowing your spirit - who you truly are.

We honestly share about events in our life that led us on a spiritual path and how we practice it every day.

In thi...

Chúc mừng năm mới!

In western cultures, we are used to set our intentions & goals for the next year by January first (as you can listen in our “End Of Year Review” episode).

But It is quite different in Vietnam where we do celebrate the “western” New Year but nothing really moves until after the Lunar New Year (Tet).
This offers the unsettling advantage of being able to celebrate two new years back to back.

And so this gave...

Ania has a YouTube and Tiktok channel called Bananoi where she addresses taboo topics in Vietnam such as mental health and gender equality (in Vietnamese).

She has a very interesting upbringing: She was born in Poland where she attended French school since first grade, then she moved to Vietnam at the age of 16 to finish French high school in Hanoi.

In today’s episode:

🧒🏻 What does it really mean to be a third culture kid and how...

🔈 Denise is the CEO and co-founder of Vietnam's fastest-growing AI social & dating app Fika, with over 1M downloads globally, only 1 year after its soft launch in November 2020.

🤗  Denise already has a wide catalog of inspiring and moving stories and we invite you to discover these stories in some of the other interviews she has given.

🎙️ In this episode, we decided to focus on the unfortunate passing of her adoptive mo...

We had the pleasure to sit down with Laurent Du Owner of Bento Bistro & Oliver’s Pizza, originally from France Laurent hopes to bring a fresher look of French cuisine to Vietnam and introduce another Paris to his Asian counterparts - the Paris that he grew up in, with familiar yet exciting tastes.

In this episode:

🎙️ How he followed his passion and traded a good salary in Paris for minimum Vietnamese wage in order to gain...

Let’s welcome the amazing Micka Chu, a Russian French MC, actress and media personality in Vietnam. She speaks 5 languages, including Vietnamese, and participates regularly in major Vietnamese National TV shows and YouTube.

You’ve probably seen her a lot, but today we have a chance to learn more about her challenging upbringing and how that experience helped her become that positive and resilient woman that you see today.

Her story...

It’s time to review 2021! 🎉

🎙️ In this episode, Tue-Si and Moni reflect on their learnings and growth through Creators in Vietnam, and what they wish for the podcast in 2022.

🌟 They share their biggest achievements and lessons in 2021 both in their personal and professsional life such as working on their mindset about money, their success as a coach, and building a system for accountability and measurable progress.

🙏🏽Then...

💕 In this episode, we have the pleasure to welcome Cam Van the creator of “From Saigon To Saigon”, a charity that saw the light of day during the intense Saigon Lockdown in the middle of 2021.

The Charity was organically created and meant as an emergency response to provide food for the impoverished neighborhood of Saigon, the team went from only her to 40 people volunteering full-time their kind heart and energy for more than 3 m...

🔊 Get to know Niall Mackay, the amazing person behind Seven Million Bikes that provides English entertainment through A Vietnam Podcast, comedy shows and events.

🕺Niall, originally from Glasgow, Scotland, has lived in Saigon since 2016 with his wife, Adrie, and the Seven Million Bikes mascot, Biscuit.

🎉 In this episode, we learn more about the real person behind the scenes and how he has the super power to make the mos...

🔈 In this episode, we are taking the time to have a meaningful conversation with Kitty from Tutu.House

She shares with us her journey in understanding and accepting her own rhythm through her life's tribulations while strongly following her own inner voices and guidance.

🎉 Through processing and discussing some of her past traumas, she realized that Vietnam still needed tools to practice love and understanding in the ev...