At the age of 64, many people decide to spend more time with family and friends or focus on travel and hobbies, but Ha Ji Won from South Korea, who has been working and living in Việt Nam for 13 years, has been visiting poor remote areas for a month each year.

More tours based on river routes will be developed in the near future to boost tourism in the southern province of Bình Dương, according to Nguyễn Thanh Phong, vice director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Magician Nguyễn Phương has broken his own world record set last year with a 10-minute-long performance in front of a high-tech 4D LED screen 16m in length.

Japan's leading boyband star-maker Johnny Kitagawa, who built an entertainment empire and broke records with his acts, has died of a stroke, his company said. He was 87.

Traditional artist Mai Tuyết Hoa and her troupe Xẩm Hà Thành have released their first album of xẩm (blind busker's singing). She has spent more than 20 years of performing and studying xẩm. Hoa is seen as one of successors of the late artisan Hà Thị Cầu.  Nguyễn Mạnh Hà interviews Hoa about preserving and developing xẩm