Việt Nam News

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.

It’s unfortunately quite common for children in Việt Nam’s remote mountainous areas to drop out of school because they simply don’t have anything for lunch. In response, one young man launched a project offering them free meals so they could stay in class, and he hopes such help won’t only be limited to disadvantaged children in the country in the future.

Doctors at the National Children’s Hospital performed 60 surgeries last year on patients suffering these types of heart defects, with a success rate of 96.7 per cent.

Made-for-TV series have gained in popularity as cinemas lose their appeal.

Đặng Huy Hoàng was recently inspired by Việt Nam’s architecture and has created a number of buildings from the bricks.

Đặng Thanh Huyên is the author of the colourful Vietnamese history artbook ‘Việt sử diễn họa’, the artist behind the historical animation series ‘Hào khí ngàn năm’ (Thousand years of pride) aired on National Việt Nam Television VTV and is the co-administrator of ‘Đại Việt cổ phong’ (The great Đại Việt), a Facebook group on history research.

Born in Nga Sơn, a rural district in the central province of Thanh Hóa famed for its traditional products made of sedge, Trần Doãn Hùng has been involved in a business endeavour using the material to create fashionable handbags and decorative items that sell well on Amazon.

Vietnamese ancient royal costumes, natural landscapes and traditional cultures have been the inspirations for Nguyễn Duy Duy to create enchanting 3D lightboxes.