After a career spanning eight years, tattoo artist Lâm Việt has won eight national and international tattoo awards, with most coming in the last two years. In February, Việt earned first prizes at the Taiwan tattoo convention 2018.

Long Biên Bridge is an iconic structure in the Vietnamese capital. However, the lives of those living underneath reveal a different side to the landmark structure. Paul Kennedy reports.

Nguyễn Nhật Lâm, a student of Nguyễn Huệ High School, won awards in both the provincial and national creativity contests with his homemade electronic products. His latest creation, an artificial leg, won third prize at the Việt Nam Science and Engineering Fair 2018.

Trần Văn Dũng stumbled into a traditional Vietnamese martial art called Nhất Nam as a college kid looking for something to do. After falling in love with the activity, he has shared passion for the martial art with hundreds of pupils in his hometown in the central province of Thanh Hóa.

Circus artist Lê Văn Thể travels 15km by bus every morning to teach students at the Central People's Circus, even though he is 78.

Autism doesn’t just affect individuals. It is a condition that burdens entire families. But a common misconception that autism means a life sentence of suffering for all those involved can be dispelled after the two youngsters found their calling, in the circus.

There is a special class in Chao Pông Village, Ia Phang Commune in the central province of Gia Lai, which all disadvantaged students from the local area can attend for free at any time of day.

As part of a project to preserve its most famous ancient buildings, the city of Huế is partnering up with two American technology firms who will apply advanced computer imaging techniques and data storage to help bring the country’s past to life.

Maison Chance (Nhà May Mắn, or Lucky House) is a non-governmental organisation that provides housing, healthcare and vocational training for orphans, street children, and the disadvantaged and physically handicapped in Việt Nam. The NGO’s fourth centre in Vietnam will open in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Nông later this year.

The Múa lân (kylin dance) is often performed by the ethnic Hoa (Chinese-Vietnamese) who account for around 4 per cent of HCM City’s population. Many of them live in Chợ Lớn (Big Market) in District 5. The dance is usually performed to bring luck and happiness during Tết (Lunar New Year), Mid-Autumn Festival, and at ceremonies to open a new business or build a new house. Anh Thu reports. 

A young single mother has become a language ambassador in the central province of Quảng Trị to help children learn how to speak English

Among the many jobs to which millions of people aspire – doctor, lawyer, entrepreneur – music instrument repairer is not likely on the list. And in Việt Nam, where jazz music is a niche passion, Nguyễn Khang, a saxophone repairer, dubbed “Dr Sax”, in HCM city, is in a class of his own.

Under a Government plan for a Cross-Border Economic Zone in Long An Province, Kiến Tường Town has seen new factories, vocational training opportunities and commercial centres set up in the last few years. Additional foreign investment is expected to provide even more jobs for locals. Bồ Xuân Hiệp reports.

Over 50 years after the war, the devastated battlefield of Khe Sanh has become an economic hub of the poor central province of Quảng Trị, with average annual income per capita of US$1,400.

Generations ago, residents of Lệ Thủy District in the central province of Quảng Bình developed unique chants to serve as the soundtrack to labour in the fields and at sea. Now, their descendants are fighting to safeguard the tradition. Phương Hà reports

Their homes next to the tracks are noisy, dangerous, and technically illegal, but the capital’s rail-side residents have built a close-knit community. Paul Kennedy & Bảo Hoa report.

A woman with disability has succeeded in building trademarks for hundreds of enterprises in and outside of the country. Thiên Hương explores the passion of the 27-year-old, 93cm high marketing expert.

Over the past two years, artist Phúc An in Thạnh Đức Commune in the southern province of Long An has been conducting free painting classes for children in the area, despite his own unstable income from selling paintings.