When poet Nguyễn Thụy Kha, a Hải Phòng native, penned these verses, he was speaking for all the people of the port city who never fail to get nostalgic for this particular dish when they are away from home. The canh bánh đa that the poet wrote about is a noodle soup, but the noodles are very different from what is found elsewhere in the country, and the dish’s flavours are particular to the port city, too.

Around 10,000 Buddhists set a Vietnamese record by laughing together at the opening ceremony of An Lạc Spring Festival 2017 at Khai Nguyên Pagoda in Hà Nội on Sunday.

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Sculptor Sir Anish Kapoor was named on Monday as this year’s winner of the million-dollar Genesis Prize, awarded for commitment to Israel and Judaism, organisers said.

The amount of sleep needed depends mainly on how old you are. Newborn babies up to 1 year old sleep about 16-18 hours per day, school age children about 11-13 hours/day and adults 7-9 hours/day.

New Zealand celebrates our National Day, Waitangi Day on 6^th of February. This day recognises the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi between representatives of the Crown and Chiefs of the indigenous Māori people on 6 February 1840. New Zealand families will be celebrating Waitangi Day by enjoying the best of New Zealand summer – beaches, bbqs and ice-cream!

A District 5 oriental medicine market is expected to become an interesting attraction in HCM City after local authorities decided to renovate it at the end of last year.

President Trần Đại Quang offered incense and released birds at a spring ceremony held in the ancient Thăng Long Imperial Citadel in Hà Nội on Sunday.

Queen Elizabeth II, the world’s longest reigning sovereign, on Monday set a new record as the first British monarch to reach her sapphire jubilee, with 65 years on the throne.