Every October, the Chăm ethnic minority from around the country, particularly those in the south-central province of Bình Thuận, celebrate the Katê Festival -- one of their biggest and most unique cultural activities.
A long-term art project offering folk music albums and performances was launched this week as part of the city’s efforts to introduce Vietnamese traditional arts and culture to young people.
Support programme in Bắc Hà aims to involve women more deeply in decisions on fostering tourism in northern mountains.
Many locals in southern provinces of Vĩnh Long and Kiên Giang have prepared different kinds of cakes to support people affected by floods in the Central region.
Nắng Mới is probably the most professionally-active group of sight-impaired people in Hà Nội and was founded in 2016 by blind teacher Trần Bình Minh.
Nguyễn Quang Tùng and Lưu Phương Thảo are two young aspiring educators hoping to change conventional learning and teaching. Currently back in Vietnam, they created MỞ - Mơ và Hỏi (Open – dream and ask) project that helps Vietnamese students find their passion in learning and shift from “have to learn” to “get to learn” mindset.
In reality the number of loving, helpful elephants are decreasing at an alarming rate, and whereas conservation efforts are being discussed and funded, elephant breeds are still under serious risk of extinction.
For the first time, veteran theatre artists are on a par with young actors at the 2020 Mai Vàng (Golden Apricot) Awards, one of the country’s most prestigious art awards presented by Người Lao Động (The Labourer) newspaper in HCM City.
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.
