The Việt Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has introduced two new tourism products featuring the Hà Nội Opera House to travel agencies and media outlets for review, before offering them to tourists later this year.

A classic travel guide authored early in the 20th century has been reprinted, offering readers the opportunity to travel back in time and experience yesteryear Hà Nội in minute detail.

Over the past eight years, Nguyễn Thúy Nga has carried her best friend and classmate, Nguyễn Thị Mai Gái, to school every day, over a distance of more than four kilometres.

Some things change a person’s life forever – a person, an event, or a floral kaleidoscope. Construction engineer Nguyễn Phi Minh of coastal Đà Nẵng City knew he wanted to be a florist the moment he saw the ‘Floral Kaleidoscope’ installation by Indonesian designer Harijanto Setiawan in Singapore.

Nha Trang has a reputation as a holiday destination, with visitors flocking to the city's beaches and resorts. A group of local artists, with the help of a foreign friend, are hoping to put the local art scene on the map.

The capital city of Ha Noi has launched an initiative – lending visitors a longsleeved shirt or dress that stretches to below the knee, so that inappropriately clad visitors, local and foreign, can enter places of worship and other important sites with due respect for local culture and religious traditions.

One of Southeast Asia’s best-kept secrets is HCM City’s food scene: home to a veritable melting pot of local and international flavours found in the finest high-end restaurants and the lowliest streetside cafés.

Cao Bá Hưng, in his teens, can play more musical instruments than the number of years he’s been on this earth.

DIY Cosmetics: Guidebook to making your own cosmetics at home, co-authored by Đỗ Anh Thư and Nguyễn Thu Giang, is among the few books by Vietnamese authors sold on Amazon. With eye-catching images and useful content, it has already been translated into Thai, English and Korean, as well as its original version in Vietnamese.

Nguyễn Văn Nguyên has been surrounded by pottery from an early age. His latest project, a terracotta park on the outskirts of Hội An, aims to revitalise the ancient craft. Công Thành reports.

A swimming accident that took both his legs has spurred Nguyễn Văn Chung to become a champion of the paragames pool, and is looking ahead to more successes, Lương Thu Hương reports

A team of veterans unwilling to idle their retirement days away deliver yeoman service to their communities by working hard, for free, to build bridges and roads, Nguyễn Hành and Nguyễn Vân report..

Millions of young people in HCM City and the Cửu Long (Mekong) River Delta region have been captivated by a new TV programme featuring cải lương (reformed opera), a traditional southern music genre, produced by veteran artists.     

Thanakha powder is ground from the roots and barks of thanakha trees with a flat, round stone mortar. The tree is grown across the country, and visitors will frequently spot men and women on streets in the countryside sitting next to piles of yellow tree trunks grinding the bark.

The Yok Đôn National Park is being opened up to visitors as a way to increase public awareness of the need to protect biodiversity, Huỳnh Thủy reports

A throat affliction putting paid to her chosen vocation as a teacher, a young woman stumbles on to a new art form, courtesy some lotus flowers and a Buddhist spirit. Hồng Vân tells an inspiring story.

Already famous for its incredible network of underground tunnels, Củ Chi is using its rustic ambience to attract more visitors keen to get away from urban bustle, Sơn Hà finds.

On the anvil for about a decade, Culture Ministry gets serious about transforming the Ha Noi Opera House and its environs, Thiên Hương reports.