Artist Vũ Đức Hiếu is known for his love of the Mường ethnic minority’s traditional culture and set aside 5 hectares of his own land to promote it in a private museum, which saw him win at the Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage. Lê Hương spoke with him about his life-long endeavour.
The poetic beauty, cool fresh air, diverse cultures, and local cuisine all work to attract tourists to Mai Châu District in northern Hòa Bình Province, 140km southwest of Hà Nội.
A far-flung village has been recently discovered in the northern mountain province of Hòa Bình and dubbed 'Hạ Long Bay on Land' by travellers for its charming scenery and undulating hills and mountains.
The Mường ethnic people share the same origin as other minority groups living in what are today the northern mountainous provinces of Hòa Bình, Thanh Hóa and Phú Thọ.
For Hà Nội book collector Lê Hải Đoàn, Dế Mèn Phiêu Lưu Ký (Diary of a Cricket) is a special book that has helped him make friends with others around the world who feel the same way.
Covering an area of 137,124ha , or 14 per cent of the total area of the Central Highlands’ Kon Tum Province, Kon Plong forest is a rich biodiversity site with 118 species of flora and 137 of fauna, of which many unfortunately appear on the IUCN Red List (of endangered species).
Many famed actors in the north have recently worked with film producers in the south on film projects, an encouraging sign according to many fans.
Wooden houses with roofs of yin-yang tiles and nestled on the side of a mountain are simple in design yet give Hoài Khao Village in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bằng a certain poetic charm.
As an outstanding graduate at the University of Industrial Arts, Ngô Duy Cường stayed on at the university and become a lecturer of not only young students but also of craftsmen in the traditional ceramic village of Bát Tràng on the outskirts of Hà Nội.
It’s perhaps a child’s greatest right to dream and enjoy a happy life. While many hold great ambition, others simply dare to dream of a normal life without illness. Among these are young patients suffering from the blood disorder thalassemia.
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Nguyễn Du, Việt Nam’s most beloved poet.
Rông house, a variation of stilt houses unique to the Central Highlands in Việt Nam, is a spacious gathering area of each village. While people still appreciate and use the traditionally built Rông house for its purpose, modernization changes the way it’s been built.
Nguyễn Văn Minh has painted for 37 years and is now displaying his "spiritual children" by Long Biên, the old bridge over the Red River in Hà Nội, for sale.
The participation of older villagers, with their extensive experience in and knowledge of local customs and culture, has helped preserve local cultural and traditional values and at the same time boosted the tourism sector in the north-central province of Nghệ An.
On a total area of over 10,000ha, Ba Vì National Park, which is 60km to the west of Hà Nội, has everything to offer – amazing biodiversity, luxurious and eco-friendly tourist resorts, as well as a selection of mysterious French architecture. Nowadays, more than 200 relics of French constructions built a century ago become a wonder for trekkers to discover.
Rock and rap, two music genres that originated overseas, were not that popular two decades ago in Việt Nam, but thanks to their special characteristics, they have become more mainstream and have been passionately embraced by local youth and fans.
Diêm Trọng Thách from the northern province of Bắc Ninh has proved that the persistent pain and hardship that come with suffering from AO can never defeat him.
Nguyễn Đắc Chung of Hà Nội takes fandom to a whole new level. He loves the DC comic book hero Batman so much he built a perfect replica of the “caped crusader’s” Batmobile in the garage of his Hà Nội home.
Just a short stroll from a provincial road lies Teng Village in mountainous Ba Tơ District in the central province of Quảng Ngãi, the tranquil home of 200 families from the H’Re ethnic minority and a centre of brocade-making for generations.
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