Trigger Finger

Trigger finger, also called stenosing tenosynovitis in medical terms, is a condition where one of your fingers can get stuck in a bent position. From there your finger may bend or straighten with a snap — like pulling and releasing a trigger.

City’s photo contest highlights women and áo dài

Women in Việt Nam and other countries are encouraged to join the photo contest, Ảnh Đẹp Áo Dài (Beautiful Images of Vietnamese Traditional Dress), which aims to capture images of women in áo dài.

 

Love duets make waves at festival

The annual Lim love duet singing festival, which often takes place on the 13th-14th of the first lunar month, will be marked this year with a festival titled Về Miền Quan Họ (Visiting Quan Họ Region).

Gyalwang Drukpa visits Việt Nam to bestow blessings

His Holiness Gyalwang Drukpa, spiritual master of Buddhism’s Drukpa Lineage unfurled the giant Avalokiteshvara Thongdrol to open the Avalokiteshvara Festival at Tây Thiên Grand Mandala Stupa, in the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc.

Plan preserves ethnic minority costumes

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has approved a plan to preserve and develop traditional costumes of ethnic minority peoples throughout Việt Nam.

Student street dance groups to compete

 Street dance groups consisting of students only from 23 high schools across Hà Nội will compete at the HighSchool Best Dance Crew 2019 - The Warrior Return on March 3.   

Pop rockers The 1975 win big at Brits

Pop rockers The 1975 stole the show at British pop music's annual celebration on Wednesday, winning the coveted Best Album Brit award with US singer Pink also honoured.

 

‘Porgy Bess’ to open next Met Opera season

A new production of Porgy and Bess -- the classic set in a poor, black neighborhood in the American south -- will open the Metropolitan Opera's next season, the New York company announced Wednesday.

English teacher fights to learn

Traditional Vietnamese martial arts can reveal more about local history, culture and language to foreigners daring enough to try them. Augustus John Roe, from Brighton, the UK, is certainly daring.

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