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.
From a poor student who used to sketch portraits for tourists to earn a living, Đậu Quang Thành, 31 has today become a famous artist in Nha Trang in the coastal province of Khánh Hòa. Minh Thu reports.
Connecting household solar panels to the grid is seen as a positive way to make Đà Nẵng a ‘green’ city by 2025. Bùi Hoài Nam reports.
Bon Niêng Ha Sào is known as an artisan who can carve almost any traditional patterns onto the nêu pole – an important ceremonial item of the Cil ethnic minority group.
The islands of Cù Lao Chàm have a special place in my mind as a pristine paradise. The reality is a little more complex.
Only four months after returning from flight training in the Soviet Union, Capt Đinh Tôn had downed his fourth US aircraft on 16 June 1968.
Nguyễn Quốc Huy from the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng invented a device, which enables farmers to operate their irrigation system with just a message sent from their mobile phone.
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Located 30km from Hà Nội, Bắc Ninh Province is renowned not only for its melodious quan họ (love duet) singing, but also for another romantic local hobby: raising homing pigeons.
Painter Lưu Tuyền uses epoxy paint to create amazing pieces of resin art after many years experimenting with this paint.
A few years ago, Cơ Tu villagers in Nam Giang District could not imagine that their community's daily activities could bring them a significant income source. By sharing their rice preparation, rattan knitting, cooking, singing and dancing with tourists, they make money while preserving traditions. Hồng Minh reports.
The circle of professional photographers in Việt Nam have nicknamed him “a man of forest”. Tăng A Pẩu spends two to three days a week in forests, photographing the trees and the animals who make them their home.
Hidden away just short moped ride from downtown Hà Nội is a place of peace. Bắc Cầu Street just across Long Biên Bridge is where artists meet, paint and in some cases live.
It is easy to “get lost” in the many attractions that the largest city in the Philippines offers, discovers Xuân Hương.
24-year-old Trần Thế Tuấn is cycling across Việt Nam calling for donation to the Wheel of Love charity programme, which will offer scholarships to disadvantaged students in the provinces he cycles through.
