Modern life can be very tiring. Let’s have a seat, enjoy some good tea and chat with Nguyễn Việt Hùng, the Tea Master of Việt Nam, who won the Tea Master Cup competition in 2016, about his passion for organic tea and stories of 300-year-old tea forests in Việt Nam. Bùi Quỳnh Hoa reports.
Young writer Quách Lê Anh Khanh is known as a “publishing phenomenon” in HCM City. Since 2012, he has published a book every year, 900,000 copies of which have been sold out so far.
Acrobatic artists and brothers Giang Quốc Cơ, 24, and Giang Quốc Nghiệp, 29, were placed fifth in Britain’s Got Talent 2018 recently with their death-defying, head-balancing act of walking across tiny platforms suspended high off the ground during the show’s finale on June 3. Mỹ Phương and Phương Mai speak to them about the challenges they faced and their feelings during and after the show.
Born in Hà Nội’s Old Quarter, songwriter Nguyễn Cường is most famous for his songs about the Central Highlands region. The 75-year-old has just released his debut album entitled Tùng Dương Sings Songs by Nguyễn Cường. The veteran songwriter talks with Thúy Hằng about his newly born ‘offspring’ and his simple life with little need for money.
Many people sneered when he opened his first co-working space on Tràng Thi Street in Hà Nội. Years have passed, and Dương Đỗ’s ambition has come true, and his Toong co-working space has become a smashing success, even spawning copycats.
Trần Duy Quang, 29, has only been running for three years but has already won a number of events. He triumphed in the men’s 70km category of the Dalat Ultra Trail International Marathon in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng in March and is the first Vietnamese runner to win the Việt Nam Mountain Marathon in Sa Pa, Lào Cai Province, which is one of the largest ultra-running events in Asia and a landmark event in Southeast Asia. Thanh Nga catches up with him.
Professor Dr. Trịnh Văn Minh of the Việt Nam National University, Hà Nội and President of the Regional Committee of Experts of l’Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) (Francophone Universities Association) in Asia Pacific was given in March the Honour Award of the Group of Francophone Embassies, Delegations and Institutions in Việt Nam (GADIF) for his important contributions to the development of the French language, and the values of Francophonie.
Pianist Lưu Đức Anh took a break from his studying in Sweden to return to Việt Nam to perform at the end of March. Winner of numerous top prizes at piano concerts, the 25-year-old was recently honoured as one of the 10 outstanding young citizens of Việt Nam in 2017. He spoke to Bảo Hoa about his music practice and MAESTOSO – a classical music group he co-founded.
Twenty-three year old Nguyễn Thị Tâm made history as the first Vietnamese female boxer to win an Asian title in HCM City last year. Thanh Nga spoke with her.
From a little girl who was clueless about sports for 21 years, Lê Phương Vy has come a long way. She is the first Vietnamese female athlete in the 18-24 age group to complete Ironman 140.6, one of the most difficult triathlons in the world.
Professor Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Phượng, 74, former director of Từ Dũ Obstetrics Hospital in HCM City, was the first person in Việt Nam to offer a fertility treatment in which embryos are introduced directly into the uterus, called in vitro fertilization (IVF).
Fending off 26 competitors from different parts of the world, Nguyễn Hương Giang from Hà Nội was crowned this year’s “Miss International Queen” in Thailand at one of the world’s top beauty pageants for transgender women. Bồ Xuân Hiệp speaks to Giang in Bangkok about her plan to fight for the LGBT community in Việt Nam.
Phạm Thị Hồng Ánh has returned to the silver screen after a long time working as director, businesswoman and producer. She talks to Minh Thu about the emotion and inspiration in acting.
A team of researchers, including Trần Hậu Yên Thế, Nguyễn Đức Hòa and Hồ Hữu Long, have published a book on the nghê, a sacred animal that guards ancient temples and communal houses. Lê Hương spoke with Trần Hậu Yên Thế, chief editor of the book.
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Nguyễn Bảo Trung is the first Vietnamese to win the World Beatbox Camp in 2017. From a novice beatboxer who learned about the art himself, Trung now develops sounds and has participated in a number of international beatbox competitions. He is currently studying Graphic Design in the United States.
Trần Thị Hoài Anh is the founder of GlobalLink, a company that has brought dozens of famous fashion brands to its multi-brand chain of concept stores. Thu Ngân speaks to her about her business, what she dreams of achieving, and more.
Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung, midfielder in the Vietnamese women’s football team, was recently named on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) 100 Women 2017 List. The list pays tribute to 100 influential and inspiring women around the world. Dung was the first Vietnamese athlete to be featured on the list. She talks to Bùi Quỳnh Hoa about her passion for football and her dream to compete at FIFA Women’s World Cup in France in 2019.
Fine-arts critic Phan Cẩm Thượng recently published his second book in a four-book collection on Vietnamese civilisation. Lê Hương chats with him.
