Bún chả: a tasty feast of colours and flavours

Hà Nội cuisine features a wide variety of dishes with vermicelli. Among them, bún chả (vermicelli with grilled pork and fresh herbs) delights, with its seductive taste and aroma. Nothing is better than savouring bún chả at a small food stand in summer or winter, while the intriguing scent of grilled pork surrounds you.

Forever Young returns for second season

The second season of "Forever Young", a soap opera about friendship and love between young people from Việt Nam and South Korea, returns to Vietnamese television screens on November 3.

Uncle Hồ artwork finds home at museum

A portrait of President Hồ Chí Minh which was made by Algerian-French artist Mustapha Boutadjine was given to the Hồ Chí Minh Museum in Hà Nội on October 31.

To your health: Choosing cough medicines

As a doctor, when I prescribe a medication for my little patients, I always have to consider the benefits of the medication versus its possible side effects. If the potential harm is greater than its benefits then the medication should not be given.

Japanese give Đà Nẵng 11-faced Buddha

Japanese Superior Buddhist monk Sagawa Fumon, head of the Todaiji temple, and 34 representatives presented a bronze statue of the 11-faced Avalositesvara Bodhisattva to Đà Nẵng’s Quán Thế Âm (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva) pagoda yesterday.

Happy smile

A Lự minority woman in the northern mountainous province of Lai Châu. — VNS Photo Việt Thanh

Chèo-inspired music work to debut

Composer Đặng Tuệ Nguyên will debut a new musical work combining Western piano and Vietnamese chèo (traditional opera) on October 29 at Công Nhân Theatre.

Star releases first bolero album

Singer Hồ Quỳnh Hương will release her first bolero album titled Hương xưa 1 on November 1, marking her return to singing.

HCM City gets spooky for Halloween

Halloween, traditionally held on October 31, will come early tonight to enterprising young people at HCM City’s Hoa Lư Gymnasium.

 

 

Mekong Delta Food Festival delights foodies

Culinary specialties of the Mekong Delta region will be on offer through October 31 at a food festival in An Hòa Park, Rạch Giá City, in the southern province of Kiên Giang.

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