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Sophisticatedly decorated with love themes, many hotels in Hanoi are offering abundant special dining choices for couples. Here are some dining options suggested by The Hanoi Times for special dinners of the year. Main course of Valentine’s Day celebration dinner at Fraser Residence Hanoi. Photo: Thu Le Fraser Residence Hanoi offers a delectable dinner, which is specially prepared for this love season with garden salad served with grilled jumbo prawns and special chef’s dressing and beetroot soup with white chocolate flake for starter. Meanwhile, the grilled Hokubee beef served with fondant potato, asparagus and thymes sauce or grilled salmon with passion fruit and tomato, and molten chocolate cake and vanilla cream will be served as a yummy dessert.   The price for this “Love In the Air” menu is VND750,000 (US$32) per person, including one pinky cocktail or mocktail. A live violin performance is also available. Diners who book in advance will have a c...

A total of three yellow cards and two reds were shown by the referee throughout the encounter at My Dinh National Stadium in the Vietnamese capital. The game was quite even in the first 15 minutes before Vietnam’s harmonious crosses on the left flank disconcerted the Malaysians. In the 28th minute, from captain Do Hung Dung’s corner kick, Nguyen Tien Linh scored the opening goal with a header that hit the ground and bounced into the top corner of the Malaysian goal.  But five minutes later, the hosts were down to 10 men after Nguyen Van Toan received his second yellow card. Despite a numerical disadvantage on the pitch, Vietnam still had some dangerous attacks and put pressure on the opponents after the break. One of those efforts saw Malaysia’s Azam Azmi foul Doan Van Hau in the 60th minute. The referee consulted his assistant before giving Azmi a straight red card and awarding a penalty to Vietnam. Vietnamese players celebrate a goal in their G...