Musician Nguyễn Quang Long is well-known for his devotion in reviving xẩm (blind busker’s singing). Actually, he’s also a researcher of various types of traditional performing arts. He speaks with Minh Thu about the works behind the curtain.

Choreographer Tuyết Minh has produced several contemporary dance performances and world-known classic ballets. She has a dream of bringing Vietnamese characters to the ballet stage. Phương Mai talks with Minh about her effort to fulfill her dream.

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has changed many things in people’s lives. One of the big changes is the working method. Instead of going to the office, many people are now working from home. Việt Nam News reporter Thu Ngân talks with Ray Tan, Head of Growth, WeWork Southeast Asia about the new working lifestyle and what he thinks about the new changes.

Having suffered from depression and pondered the lack of empathy that often surrounds mental health issues, Quang Thục Hảo, who is in her final year of earning a PhD in Psychology at Australia’s University of New South Wales, has turned her “ailment” into the subject of her doctoral thesis.

After seven years as a striker in Việt Nam, Brazilian Flavio Luiz Neto da Silva Cruz has now taken up the reins as coach of second-division Gia Định FC.

Minh Khang and Minh Anh have become the first transgender couple in Việt Nam to naturally have a baby. Their daughter, Thiên An, was born two weeks ago at a hospital in Đồng Tháp Province.

Hội An-based artist Nguyễn Quốc Dân, a pursuer of non-cubism digital painting, has recently realised an art project of many elements. He talks with Như Hà about his project, Internal Energy.

A graduate of the Việt Nam Trade University and University of Amsterdam in Holland, Nguyễn Tuấn Cường (Cường Nguyễn) is the co-founder of Amanotes, which is listed in the top 15 of Android application developers in the US.

Chảo Thị Yến, a young woman from the Dao Tuyển ethnic minority in northwest Việt Nam has defied challenges to become the first woman from her community to earn a master’s degree abroad through a full-degree scholarship awarded by the European Union.