Imprinting impressions on sea shells

Having succeeded at printing photography on stones and leaves, Lê Nguyên Vỹ started working with sea shells – a tough material for photo printing – and pioneered the art of printing photographs on shells in Việt Nam.

When singing strikes a humanitarian chord

Amateur singers who share a desire to help others have formed the Charity Singing Group in Hà Nội, and their work is making a real difference in the lives of many poor patients, Lương Thu Hương reports.

City to revamp waterway tourism plan

With nearly 1,000 kilometres of rivers and canals, the potential for developing waterway tourism in the HCM City metropolitan area is enormous, but this is limited by the lack of a serious effort to avoid pitfalls like increasing pollution.

Phước Kiều casters preserve ancient craft

Situated on the road side of the old National Highway 1, the craft village of Phước Kiều in Quảng Nam Province still preserves the 500-year-old bronze cast trade and lives well from their ancestor’s industry.

On the menu: Cheap meals, warm heart

Located on Trần Hưng Đạo Street in Mỹ Tho City, in the southern province of Tiền Giang, over the past two years Huynh Đệ restaurant has become a popular eatery for the hundreds of poor people who come to eat affordable meals, share in conversation and enjoy a sympathetic ear.

Old-world charm of HCM City’s churches

Though born in a Buddhist family in HCM City, I began to visit Catholic churches regularly for two reasons: my adoption of my godparents’ religious beliefs and my admiration for French colonial architecture.

 

A head for business, a heart for culture

Nguyễn Việt Loan Foster returned to native Hà Nội after a long stay abroad and used her multicultural and entrepreneurial background  to good effect. Now she has become the poster woman for luxury tourism that promotes deeper cultural experiences and understanding

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

The spirit of the holiday season has definitely hit downtown HCM City in a big way. At night, and particularly on the weekends, shoppers can be seen rushing on colourfully lit streets, buying gifts for friends, relatives and co-workers, and posing for Facebook photos.

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Under a banyan, Hưng Yên recalls its martyrs

The Red River Delta province of Hưng Yên held a ceremony last Saturday to commemorate some 1,145 resistance soldiers and people killed by the French and their henchmen during their re-colonisation of Viet Nam

An online rendezvous for book lovers

Only nine months after tramdoc.vn was created, it has attracted a large number of fans. Many enthusiasts are attracted by articles which recommend good books to read and summarise the interesting books written by authors from all over the world.

What’s cooking? A lot of things, actually

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.

Offshore doctors persevere against tall odds

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.

Fidel Castro a symbol of VN-Cuba friendship

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.

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