Việt Nam News

Huế needs more investment in infrastructure and improvement in local management to brighten its tourism prospects.

Secret House joins its sister restaurant Secret Garden to offer home-style Vietnamese meals in a tranquil and rustic setting at the centre of HCM City. The Nomad Quynh reports.

Becoming a wildlife conservationist to save species such as bears, rhinos and elephants from illegal trade was Nguyễn Thị Thu Trang’s childhood dream. And today, she is living it.

Generations ago, residents of Lệ Thủy District in the central province of Quảng Bình developed unique chants to serve as the soundtrack to labour in the fields and at sea. Now, their descendants are fighting to safeguard the tradition. Phương Hà reports

with head chef Vũ Anh Đức from Sheraton Hanoi Hotel

Their homes next to the tracks are noisy, dangerous, and technically illegal, but the capital’s rail-side residents have built a close-knit community. Paul Kennedy & Bảo Hoa report.

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.

A woman with disability has succeeded in building trademarks for hundreds of enterprises in and outside of the country. Thiên Hương explores the passion of the 27-year-old, 93cm high marketing expert.

Over the past two years, artist Phúc An in Thạnh Đức Commune in the southern province of Long An has been conducting free painting classes for children in the area, despite his own unstable income from selling paintings.

Hội An is a place where I only find good food. From the street vendors to traditional eateries and seafood delicacies, the food ranges from simply good, perfectly cooked, to great fare that makes you want to come back.

with chef Nguyễn Văn Tuân from Fortuna Hanoi Hotel

Lê Hương & Hồng Vân meet the businesswoman who a year ago was a businessman.

From a poor student who used to sketch portraits for tourists to earn a living, Đậu Quang Thành, 31 has today become a famous artist in Nha Trang in the coastal province of Khánh Hòa. Minh Thu reports.

Connecting household solar panels to the grid is seen as a positive way to make Đà Nẵng a ‘green’ city by 2025. Bùi Hoài Nam reports.

Hidden down an alley in HCM City is a simple and unassuming Vietnamese eatery popular with locals and foreigners alike. The Nomad Quynh reports.

Bon Niêng Ha Sào is known as an artisan who can carve almost any traditional patterns onto the nêu pole – an important ceremonial item of the Cil ethnic minority group.

with chef Yukari Ikeda from Fortunal Hanoi Hotel