Việt Nam News

After spending hours teaching online, due to the pandemic, Ngô Minh Khôi uses his free time for creating pictures on small stones and glass bottles. He now has a particularly deep passion for mandala painting, which surprises many.

In a small house in the port city of Hải Phòng, a middle-aged woman is meticulously creating petals from a recycled plastic bag to gradually create a flower painting made entirely from recycled materials.

Despite the coronavirus pandemic and lengthy lockdowns putting a huge strain on access to many of the capital’s key cultural sites, the use of advanced online technologies has enabled many of them to flourish.

The classical Vietnamese theatre form tuồng has faced difficulties in broadening its appeal to the general public, particularly the young, but this could be changing thanks to a series of programmes created by the Việt Nam Tuồng Theatre.

Faced by the tests of time and the import of other martial arts such as taekwondo, karate and MMA, Võ Bình Định is still growing, not only as a sport, but as an art form and a valuable aspect of Bình Định and Việt Nam's culture

The coronavirus pandemic has caused much trouble for co-operatives in the northern province of Lào Cai. Among a total of 431 local co-operatives, 310 are still in operation while 121 have ceased their operation and await dissolution.

In the context of globalisation and increasing economic development, Viêt Nam is looking to develop its cultural industries as a strategic asset for diplomatic and international cooperation, which help showcase the country's identity.

Đỗ Đức Hải, 29, manipulates the cubes to create famous faces and even landscapes as works of art. One picture alone contains more than 500 Rubik's cubes. 

Quảng Ninh Province is one of the localities that have well-controlled the pandemic, with almost no cases of COVID-19 infection in the past 3 months. With many solutions to catch up with the “new normal”, it is gradually recovering its tourism industry by domestic travellers a focus.

For many Vietnamese, autumn is the most beautiful season of the year because of its weather and views. And it is even more so in Bình Liêu, Quảng Ninh Province, which is well known for its hills of ravishing white reeds.

The coronavirus pandemic has caused something of a lull in the careers of artists and many others, but it has not slowed painter Nguyễn Thúy Hường who has been as creative as she has ever been, finishing dozens of paintings, largely of the lotus flowers for which she is famed.

Several places of interests in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế, such as the Thanh Toàn tile-roofed bridge and the Royal Tomb of Emperor Gia Long, will be connected in a tour aiming to attract domestic tourists back to the province in the post-pandemic period.

The thousand-year-old culture of Việt Nam is so rich in theatrical tradition – be it plays, comedies, tragedies or musicals – that each region seems to have its own operatic form.

The capital's residents have found different ways to support seasonal workers and people living in difficult situations during the strict social distancing and even after that.

Việt Nam will submit a summary report on the Óc Eo - Ba Thê archaeological site to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre requesting its inclusion on the tentative list of World Heritage Profiles. 

Painter Vàng Hải Hưng often tries to draw on his own life story, using his own concept of painting, despite his tender years.

Various provinces throughout the country have finally resumed tourism after the fourth wave of the pandemic. Safe, green and closed journeys are now being offered to visitors during what is being called the new normal.

Across this legendary route, many ships overcame typhoons and strict enemy blockades to successfully transport hundreds of thousands of tonnes of weapons, food and medicines to supply the southern front, contributing to the national great victory in Spring, 1975.