Việt Nam News

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.

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.

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.

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.

Đàn bầu, made from a dried gourd, a metal string, a wooden rod and a sound board, has been part of Vietnamese culture and society for hundreds of years. The soulful sounds are said to resemble the Vietnamese language, and conjure images of home for those far away, Hồng Vân reports.

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.

A group of young people in Hà Nội are auctioning artworks painted on stone to raise funds for children in Việt Nam’s disadvantaged regions

Many grown-ups in Việt Nam are keen to make up for lost time, learning art skills they could not pick up earlier

A new community-based tourism project in Hà Giang Province seeks to avoid typical pitfalls and give everybody a role

A self-managed POW Museum tells stories of barbaric torture and astounding courage

Books of late author Đoàn Giỏi, a guru of southern literature, reprinted as nation celebrates his 91st birthday  

Moved by the plight of children  risking lives to get to school, two HCM City youth came up with way to provide practical, sustainable assistance, Bạch Liên reports

A unique book entitled Bà Triệu’s 21st Century Daughters introduces 20 Vietnamese women leaders of varied ages, backgrounds and professions.

Colourful bamboo dragonflies perched on thin, pointed bamboo sticks are not just cute souvenir toys, they reflect the agricultural traditions and craftmanship of Vietnamese farmers.