Night food markets in HCMC: what’s cooking?

When night falls, some of the most crowded places in HCM City are street food markets that attract hundreds of visitors from around the world. Minh Hương checks out some of the better-known spots.

Human library aims to create understanding

The first-ever Human Library project has just opened in Hà Nội’s Labour and Society College.

During the two days it ran, the “living library” attracted more than 500 “readers” and received encouraging feedback.

Blind student overcomes darkness to succeed

Despite her handicap, the 21- year-old Lê Hương Giang has been an outstanding student and travelled to different remote regions of the country to help disabled children and their families.

Flute kites: a centuries-old game for all ages

Flute kites are a centuries-old game that attracts people of all ages and professions. Song An Commune is preparing for its annual flute kite festival and keeping an ancient tradition alive.

 

Grandma, where do you want to go next?

If you want a travel companion, who do you choose? A friend, your partner or lover, or do you choose a family member? While most young people would choose a friend or their lover, a young Saigonese man Phạm Tâm Tuấn Khương chose his maternal grandmother.

Man revives music of the Bana people

Ding Dong is the new gong in Kon Klor Village of Kom Province. Kaly Tran has almost single handedly revived the Tay Nguyen(Central Highlands) music of the Ba Na
people, and is now spending his time leading a musical troupe of his own. Moc Mien reports.

Village opens traditional farming museum

Regular visits by tourists to the Thanh Toàn Museum have proven the success of a community-based model, which helped a well-known cultural location to become even more popular.

A 291-day cycle to Paris for climate change

It took Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân nearly 300 days cycling from Việt Nam to Paris after overcoming 16,000km and 11 countries.

She did not aim to get fame or break world record but to inspire people to join fighting against climate change and protecting the environment.

Chemical inspiration brings in gold medal

Nguyễn Khánh Duy from Lam Sơn High School, in the central province of Thanh Hóa, was announced the gold medal winner at the 2016 International Chemistry Olympiad.

Homegrown machine for purifying salt water

Salt water goes into a container, through pipes where it’s processed to remove salt, and finally pure water comes out. That’s how the desalting machine created by a teacher and a group of students from Nguyễn Đình Chiểu High School, Bến Tre Province, works.

Photographers call for environmental protection

The journey of two Vietnamese-born wildlife photographers is on display in Hà Nội at an August 4-7 exhibition titled Wings of the Wild. Through the photos, they call for wildlife protection and respect.

Small library makes community a family

Since its establishment in 1999, the small library of Condo A3 in Hà Nội’s Nghĩa Tân Ward has become an interesting rendezvous for residents, enhancing their sense of community.

’Wandering teacher’ aims to save Son Doong

Lê Nguyễn Thiên Hương, an alumni of California State University Fullerton, founded the Save Sơn Đoòng organisation that works to get people involved in protecting the pristine beauty of Sơn Đoòng Cave and its surrounding natural environment.

Special dressmaker helps himself, others

With dressmaking skills Phúc Danh has become more mature, overcoming his deafness to have more confidence in himself. He has also helped three other people with similar disabilities to earn a living.

Handicapped children learn life skills

A new class in central Đà Nẵng City welcomes eight children suffering from autism and Down syndrome. They learn how to paint, go to the market, and do simple housework. 

Craftsmen work to spread the fame of Bát Tràng pottery

On the bank of the Red River, there is situated a seven-century old pottery village. Bát Tràng, the most famous and long-standing pottery village in Việt Nam is an interesting attraction in the capital that tourists should not miss a chance to visit.

The Powerful Cactus Flower

From a beautiful and lively 11th grade teenage girl,Vương Thị Dung, now 25, from Bình Tịnh hamlet, Bình Minh Commune, Thăng Bình District, Quảng Nam Province, became paralyzed overnight, had to leave school and suffered excruciating pain in the hospital. 

Veteran author Tô Hoài’s books reprinted

Three books by veteran author Tô Hoài, winner of the Hồ Chí Minh Prize for Literature in 2006, have been reprinted by two leading publishers in HCM City to celebrate the writer’s second death anniversary.

 

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