Huế girl offers inspiration to the disabled

Born in the former imperial capital city of Huế, Lê Thị Thanh Nhàn did not want to learn the local paper flower craft. Huế is famous for the craft, especially in the Thanh Tiên paper flower making village on the city’s outskirts.

Cao Bằng promotes UNESCO-recognised geopark

The northern mountainous province of Cao Bằng has fulfilled half of the requirements for infrastructure construction at the Non Nước Cao Bằng Global Geopark to meet the standards of the United Nations Organisation for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO), experts have said. 

Ba Hòn Đầm islands: A pristine experience

Located off Kiên Lương District in the southern province of Kiên Giang, Bà Lụa Archipelago is a pristine landscape, which has been called the ‘Hạ Long Bay of the South’.

Cần Thơ hosts floral lantern festival from August 10-12

Hundreds of floral lanterns of different sizes lit up the second annual “Hoa đăng Ninh Kiều” (Floral Lanterns at Ninh Kiều Harbour) Festival’s opening ceremony held last night in Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta city of Cần Thơ last night.

Experts struggle to preserve Chăm music

Traditional music of the Chăm ethic group should be popularised among the community to preserve the art, heard at the seminar in the Central Province of Ninh Thuận on Wednesday.

 

Queer film week honours diversity

Hà Nội International Queer Film Week 2018 (HIQFW), an intimate series of film screenings and discussions projecting voices from the LGBTQ community, will take place in Hà Nội on August 12-17.

Experience unique nature in Vân Hồ

Vân Hồ District, with amazing, majestic, and typical features of Tây Bắc is an address for adventurers to discover if they want to explore  Sơn La Province.

Hạ Long suspends ships

Hạ Long City authorities have called on the Quảng Ninh Inland Waterway Port Authority to suspend the licences of 20 cruise ships operating in Hạ Long and Bái Tử Long Bays for failing to install automatic fire alarm systems in their engine rooms.

VN top solo destination

US News has listed Việt Nam as one of the 30 best solo travel destinations alongside its neighbours Singapore and Thailand.

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