Việt Nam News

Dissenting POWs: From Vietnam’s Hoa Lo Prison to America Today by Tom Wilber and Jerry Lembcke.  A Vietnamese translation of Dissenting POWs by Book Hunter to be published in Viet Nam is forthcoming.

A studio located in a small lane on Thụy Khuê Street, Hà Nội, is making eco-friendly toys from environmentally-friendly material – hemp.

Although the COVID-19 pandemic is challenging all artists, traditional art theatres, particularly water puppet shows, have released unique and unprecedented creations to lure crowds back though their doors.

The popular folk game called kéo co (tug of war) is part of cultural festivals nationwide.

Vietnamese friends who could remember the end of World War II have all said that Việt Nam's August Revolution in 1945 and re-unification in April 1975 could never have succeeded without Hồ Chí Minh. Details they shared lead me to thoughts about President Hồ as a military strategist.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the Việt Nam League for Independence or the Việt Minh Front (May 19, 1941-2021).

Thousands of people in HCM City and the Cửu Long (Mekong) River Delta region have been captivated by new productions of theatre shows and TV programmes featuring cải lương (reformed opera), a 100-year-old traditional music genre of the south.  Despite the challenges of revenue growth in the industry, young producers are making their mark and leading a new generation of theatre artists who are inspiring audiences. Thu Anh reports

A team of heroic female drivers who faced danger on the roads during the American War are still fast friends and comrades to this day.

 Bạch Thùy Linh, an English teacher in Hà Nội, has given Vietnamese children's songs a breath of fresh air by recording dual Vietnamese and English-language versions.

After working as a mechanic for 30 years, Đặng Văn Cường, 51, began collecting and restoring vintage French Citroen cars that had been dumped in landfill sites or left for scrap in Việt Nam.

Swimmer Võ Thanh Tùng, 35, has been one of Việt Nam's top disabled athletes for the last 10 years, and he has no plans to slow down.

Vietnamese people often visit pagodas, temples or cultural relics in spring. During my trip to Phú Quốc Island over Tết (Lunar New Year), I followed a local friend to a temple dedicated to national hero Nguyễn Trung Trực.

Forty kilometres west of Đà Nẵng along the Cu Đê River, Nam Yên Village in Hòa Bắc Commune has emerged as a popular destination for community-based tourism and education among city day-trippers eager for tranquillity at the weekend.

HCM City's Department of Health  is continuing its focus on developing the application of state-of-the-art healthcare techniques at general and specialised hospitals that its counterparts in Asia have also been pursuing.

The Việt Nam Theatre Artists Association has recently been carrying out a project to build and develop a new generation of audience for the theatre.

All of the delta’s 12 provinces and its major city, Cần Thơ, have been able to turn more unproductive rice fields into fruit tree and other crop growing areas, or for aquaculture.

Recent music activities like the Veston Concert held by singer Hà Anh Tuấn have demonstrated how local tourism preferences have changed in Da Lat in central Viet Nam.

Thạch Thất District on the outskirts of Hà Nội is known for many original ancient architectures, one of which is Khum Bridge. Located in Yên Village in Thạch Xá Commune, Thạch Thất District, it is one of three ancient bridges of the former Hà Tây Province that has existed until today.