Surviving the wet season in HCM City

One of the things I learned as a resident of HCM City is that you always carry a spare set of clothes in your bag. They do not need to be anything fancy. I carry a simple T-shirt, shorts and one pair of socks. This way, I can continue with my job in some form if I happen to get caught in the rain.

Vietnamese fine arts shine with century of brush strokes and bonds

The event is organised by the VNUFA in collaboration with art schools in the GoA9 network – an international alliance of art schools in Asia, with the theme Trường Đại Học Mỹ thuật Việt Nam và Bè Bạn (Việt Nam University of Fine Arts and Friends).

Four records set as Việt Nam hosts first-ever world tea fest 2025

The World Tea Fest 2025, Việt Nam's first international-scale tea festival, features four remarkable records: a mass tea-brewing performance by 1,111 artisans; the preservation of a 100-year-old tea factory; the participation of beauty queens from 80 countries; and the display of 1,000 ancient tea trees, each several centuries old.

Top chefs stir up flavours in annual culinary challenge

Chefs from 16 teams from hotels, resorts and restaurants in central Việt Nam began the annual Đà Nẵng Professional Chefs Challenge, a tourism-related promotion and links among travel agencies and tour operators in the region

The new sound of Hmong

The future of the Hmong language and culture in Việt Nam is in good hands and music is at the forefront. Fusing mountain sounds with contemporary styles like rap, NT One, THEENG VANG and Ly Mí Cường, three independent artists from the north of Việt Nam, are showing what it means to be proudly Vietnamese Hmong.

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