Việt Nam News

Artisan Đặng Văn Hậu has always had a passion for the traditional craft of tò he -- toy figurines that are made of rice dough.

With an ambition to promote and preserve national traditions, a young artist in Hà Nội is redesigning and giving traditional Hàng Trống folk paintings a new life in her own style.

As a form to connect people’s aspirations with the divine world, xòe dance has long been an indispensable part of the Thái ethnicity's spiritual life in the four northern mountainous provinces of Yên Bái, Lai Châu, Sơn La and Điện Biên.

Tea has been a central cultural feature of East Asia for millennia, and Việt Nam is one of the earliest tea-drinking nations in the world. The art of tea drinking in Việt Nam is simple but elegant, with features that are hard to find anywhere else in the world.

Fans of water puppetry can now explore one of Việt Nam’s oldest folk art forms through the new book Kể Chuyện Trên Mặt Nước (Telling Stories above Water).

In a resolution on the socio-economic tasks to be accomplished in 2022 and financial outlays, the Government has designated it as a year of economic recovery. Efforts made by both foreign and domestic enterprises will play a key role in achieving the goals.

The year 2021 was full of difficulties and challenges for Việt Nam, but the country overcame them with resilience.

The genomes of over 1,000 people have been analysed to form a gene database that will serve medical research and practices for the first time in Việt Nam

Thousands of people of different generations have volunteered to join the country’s efforts in the fight against COVID-19, and their acts of kindness have contributed to helping many overcome the most difficult times in their lives.

In the exuberant atmosphere of the new Year of the Tiger 2022, Politburo member and National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ spoke with the local press on parliamentary activities in the first year of the 15th-tenure and its priorities for 2022.

Vũ Thùy Dương has been creating her own brand of painting on watch faces in which she highlights Vietnamese folk paintings, along with classic international works of art.

The unique architecture of stilt houses has been inextricably linked with Central Highland culture and tradition for thousands of years. Ethnic minorities in the region have built their houses with designs suitable to their customs and living habits.

The rice-wine making of the S’Tiêng ethnic minority in the southern province of Bình Phước has been recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage in folk knowledge and traditional craft.

The outlying district of Cần Giờ in HCM City is becoming an ideal eco-destination for stressed-out urbanites to visit on two-day, one-night tours as it is considered one of the safest places in the city amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Starting out as a voluntary group since 2011 to safeguard some 20 flocks of Hatinh langurs (Trachypithecus hatinhensis), a team of 14 farmers in Tuyên Hóa District of Quảng Bình Province is working hard to protect the endangered species, which can only be found in Việt Nam and Laos.

An artist has created a collection of dolls dressed in the traditional clothes of 54 ethnic groups with a hope of introducing Việt Nam's multiculture to the world. 

New books featuring HCM City's culture and lifestyle by foreigners have earned a warm response from local residents. 

The life and career of late Vietnamese legendary spy Phạm Xuân Ẩn will come alive on screen thanks to a film project launched by BHD, a private film agency in HCM City.