Việt Nam News

by cluster executive chef Roxanne Castillo from Hilton Ha Noi Opera and Hilton Garden Inn Ha Noi

At V’s Home, vegan food is not a religious calling or sacrifice for animal welfare but rather the foundation of satisfying, flavourful meals that leave diners feeling nourished. Minh Thu explores.

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.

Nguyễn Quốc Huy from the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng invented a device, which enables farmers to operate their irrigation system with just a message sent from their mobile phone.

Located 30km from Hà Nội, Bắc Ninh Province is renowned not only for its melodious quan họ (love duet) singing, but also for another romantic local hobby: raising homing pigeons.

Painter Lưu Tuyền uses epoxy paint to create amazing pieces of resin art after many years experimenting with this paint.

A few years ago, Cơ Tu villagers in Nam Giang District could not imagine that their community's daily activities could bring them a significant income source. By sharing their rice preparation, rattan knitting, cooking, singing and dancing with tourists, they make money while preserving traditions. Hồng Minh reports.

The circle of professional photographers in Việt Nam have nicknamed him “a man of forest”. Tăng A Pẩu spends two to three days a week in forests, photographing the trees and the animals who make them their home.

24-year-old Trần Thế Tuấn is cycling across Việt Nam calling for donation to the Wheel of Love charity programme, which will offer scholarships to disadvantaged students in the provinces he cycles through.

In the last few years, more Sarus cranes, a threatened species, have been spotted returning to the wetlands in Kiên Giang Province. The restoration of the wetlands, the last extensive remnant of a lepironia grass ecosystem in the Mekong River Delta, has been ongoing for decades. The Phú Mỹ Conservation project, begun in 2006, has played a major part in preserving the local habitat for Sarus cranes, and has helped locals earn a living by making handicrafts from lepironia. Văn Châu reports.

Hidden away just short moped ride from downtown Hà Nội is a place of peace. Bắc Cầu Street just across Long Biên Bridge is where artists meet, paint and in some cases live.

If you are in the mood for some good Southern Vietnamese home-style dishes in a humble and relaxing open air setting, Spice Bistro is a great option. The Nomad Quynh reports.

This is another dish worth tasting for those who are fans of salmon. The pan fried salmon is topped with flavourful sesame sauce which is sweetened with sugar and soured with rice vinegar.

It is easy to “get lost” in the many attractions that the largest city in the Philippines offers, discovers Xuân Hương.

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.

There are certain words, phrases, gestures and occasions that can be understood the world over—like a universal language that translates in all corners of the globe.

When New Yorker Neal Bermas was planning a trip around Asia in 1999, he chose HCM City as one destination among several. He did not expect that his encounters with homeless and street children here would become the first chapter in the story of his attachment to Việt Nam.

First recognised in 1969, the Vườn  Chuối archaeological relic in Hoài Đức District on the outskirts of Hà Nội languished for decades. When scientists began excavations in 2002, they discovered that the site contains the oldest evidence of human settlement in the capital. Now, the onward march of history threatens to destroy the remaining relics to make way for apartments. Minh Thu reports.