Vietnam women marry foreigners to escape poverty (Los Angeles Times) They may not get rich, but they can help their parents get out of debt. Nearly 70 young Vietnamese women swept past in groups of five, twirling and posing like fashion models, all competing for the hand of a Taiwanese man who had paid a matchmaking service about $6,000 for the privilege of marrying one of them.
Sexy Beijing on matchmaking parents (Shanghaiist) The latest edition of Sexy Beijing explores the phenomenon of parents seeking partners for their children at 'Parental matchmaking Sessions' in parks ? a trend that has caught the attention of Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong who recently floated the idea to the city-state of 4 million in his National Day Rally speech as a way to increase the republic's fertility rate of ...