Free class teaches the deaf to paint and share

A free painting class opened by painters in HCM City teaches the deaf a job and erase their complex. The money they earn from selling their paintings not only helps to support themselves but also to share with other less fortunate handicapped.

Emerging musician goes her own way

Lương Huệ Trinh fell in love with a new way of making music. Her most recent multimedia concert featuring a combination of music and video entitled Lettres De Hanoi (Letters from Hà Nội) was performed at the European Music Festival on November 30.

Village of photography

In Lai Xá Village, 15km west of Hà Nội, memories are kept alive thanks to generations of photographers.

Fruit farms offer rural life experience

Sitting on the banks of Thu Bồn River, Đại Bình Village used to be known for its bumper fruit harvests in the central province of Quảng Nam Province, but now it has been transformed into a sustainable community-based farm tourism destination.

Aromatherapy offers stress relief

Essential oils have been widely used as air fresheners and in cosmetic production, but now they are also being promoted for a combined aromatherapy-yoga-meditation-herbal therapy in Hội An.

Cà Mau adapts to climate change

As coastal erosion continues to affect thousands of lives in Viet Nam's southernmost province, authorities are taking steps to adapt to climate change before the damage reaches irreversible levels.  

Keeping Tày brocade alive

The group is well-known for the colourful patterns which were passed down from generation to generation. 

Vietnamese lacquer is business inspiration for La Sonmai

To enhance the value of Vietnamese handicrafts, especially lacquer products, two young men have started their own business creating lacquer phone cases. Two years since they launched their first products, the unique accessories have conquered markets at home and overseas.    

Turning traditional paper into works of art

When his parents gave him a book that taught him how to fold paper into dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures at the age of seven, Nguyễn Hùng Cường found his passion – origami.

No busman's holiday in this cafe

Located on the grounds in front of a future Hà Đông metro station on Tô Hiệu Road, the cafe is inside a stationary bus which has been redesigned.

Organic farms fuel sustainable development

Born in Điện Bàn Town, Quảng Nam Province, 37-year-old Dương Hiển Tú has developed the area's first organic ecological agriculture system and a sustainable farming model over the past seven years to create the An Phú organic farm brand.

The village that really suits you

If you are purchasing suits in Việt Nam, chances are they were made in the same place, Vân Từ, a commune in Phú Xuyên District in the suburbs of Hà Nội.

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