Việt Nam News

A catering trend is blowing new winds across Điện Thọ Commune in Quảng Nam Province, empowering women, creating off-farm jobs and spreading prosperity. Thiên Thanh has the story.

Bạch Long Vĩ is Việt Nam’s remotest island in the Gulf of Tonkin. This spells daunting hardship, especially for doctors and other medical staff stationed there, which means they are constantly challenged to think and act outside the box.

Flute means a true passion and soul mate to Phạm Anh Tuấn who won the third prize at last year’s national contest for young talents.

As thousands of Cubans gathered to say a final goodbye to Fidel Castro, the island’s former leader and national hero, another country half way across the world also shared their sorrow at the passing of one of the modern world’s most distinguished revolutionary icons.

Việt Nam’s sea tourism industry has immense potential for development, yet the sector faces a number of challenges due to increasing environmental pollution.

A Sunday school amidst Cần Thơ’s iconic floating market is teaching children English, soft skills and environmental protection.

Tsuyazaki Village in Japan is fighting a demographic force by welcoming new settlers and evoking a sense of community, reports Hoang Anh

The Viet Nam National Academy of Music has sustained its work for 60 years, with classes continuing in underground shelters amidst bombing raids

A drama project featuring cải lương (reformed opera), the traditional music genre of the south, will be completed this year following 15 years of writing and recording by a veteran HCM City artist and his young staff.

Police officer Trần Anh Tuấn spends every Friday evening teaching visually impaired students from the Nguyễn Đình Chiều High School for the Blind to play the guitar. Thanks to his dedication and the beautiful sounds of the instrument, many students have been able to experience more colour and happiness in their lives. Lương Thu Hương reports.

Having operated a garage in Đà Nẵng, Đoàn Chí Thành, 27, has started a business of car modification, drawing on his ample experience with cars to design and create innovative models for his demanding clients.

Making beautiful garments with flax has for long been a way of life for the Mông; now, it is offering them a stable livelihood, Lương Thu Hương reports.

Starting from scratch, a Mekong Delta farmer learnt everything he could about growing oranges and decided quality was more important than quantity. It paid off big time, report Minh Tuấn & Hà Nguyễn.

Ebooks are a new, inevitable trend, but a majority of Vietnamese readers prefer printed books. The market will accommodate both, but the most important thing is to promote a reading culture and develop ebooks as a means to promote print books, academics and experts tell Hong Van.

The Trà Sư cajeput forest offers a captivating respite from urban madness, Bùi Quỳnh Hoa finds.

In three years, the merry expats behind last weekend’s Quest Festival have built it into something improbable, a force bringing sleepover music festival culture to Viet Nam and infusing it with Vietnamese culture. They also throw quite a party. Max Marshall has the story.

Phàn Giào Huẩn, 31, a man of Mông ethnicity in the northern province of Hà Giang’s Thuận Hòa Village, is not an artisan but has become rich through his artworks carved from waste wood.

Artisan Nguyễn Văn Tuấn has been determined to preserve and promote bas-relief, the tradtional craft of his hometown, for decades. Utilising the special materials of bas-relief, he has created beautiful 3D pictures. Lương Thu Hương reports.