Việt Nam News

Cao Bá Hưng, in his teens, can play more musical instruments than the number of years he’s been on this earth.

Located in the centre of the capital, Quán Ăn Ngon seeks to dispel any doubts over Viet Nam’s seafood with a sumptuous platter of the freshest fish in traditional surroundings. Peter Cowan reports.

Chef Dennis Barton of The Anam in Long Beach, Cam Ranh Bay offers the colours of a rainbow for dessert

Nguyễn Văn Nguyên has been surrounded by pottery from an early age. His latest project, a terracotta park on the outskirts of Hội An, aims to revitalise the ancient craft. Công Thành reports.

DIY Cosmetics: Guidebook to making your own cosmetics at home, co-authored by Đỗ Anh Thư and Nguyễn Thu Giang, is among the few books by Vietnamese authors sold on Amazon. With eye-catching images and useful content, it has already been translated into Thai, English and Korean, as well as its original version in Vietnamese.

After living for more than 30 years in Europe, mostly in Prague, the Czech Republic, running a tourism company and traveling the world, Phạm Văn Hiến has returned to Việt Nam to build a ‘northern Vietnamese village’ of his dreams.

The Yok Đôn National Park is being opened up to visitors as a way to increase public awareness of the need to protect biodiversity, Huỳnh Thủy reports

The restaurant An Viên at the end of the Trần Đại Nghĩa street, near its intersection with the Đồng Tâm street, is quite famous among the student populace for its exceptional recipe of salty stir-fried chicken feet and wings.

A swimming accident that took both his legs has spurred Nguyễn Văn Chung to become a champion of the paragames pool, and is looking ahead to more successes, Lương Thu Hương reports

A team of veterans unwilling to idle their retirement days away deliver yeoman service to their communities by working hard, for free, to build bridges and roads, Nguyễn Hành and Nguyễn Vân report..

Millions of young people in HCM City and the Cửu Long (Mekong) River Delta region have been captivated by a new TV programme featuring cải lương (reformed opera), a traditional southern music genre, produced by veteran artists.     

Thanakha powder is ground from the roots and barks of thanakha trees with a flat, round stone mortar. The tree is grown across the country, and visitors will frequently spot men and women on streets in the countryside sitting next to piles of yellow tree trunks grinding the bark.

with junior sous chef Vũ Anh Đức from Sheraton Hanoi Hotel

Mexican-Spanish guitarist Mauricio Diaz Alvarez, a widely travelled performer, also teaches classical guitar at the Conservatory of Fine Arts of Choisy-le-Roi (France). After performing at Hà Nội University on April 19, he spoke to Vương Bạch Liên about his passion and his career.

Famous comedian Hoài Linh has reduced his audience to tears in the newly released film Dạ Cổ Hoài Lang (Night Drumbeats Cause Longing for Absent Husband) directed by Nguyễn Quang Dũng. Linh tells Hà Nguyễn that his own experiences helped him play truthfully a character  uprooted from his country.

Enjoying chả cá away from crowded, noisy restaurants gives the iconic dish a homely touch, Hoàng Linh finds

Young entrepreneurs have come up with a creative way to have visitors to Hoi An City take part of its famous nipa palm forest home as souvenirs, Hoai Nam reports

A throat affliction putting paid to her chosen vocation as a teacher, a young woman stumbles on to a new art form, courtesy some lotus flowers and a Buddhist spirit. Hồng Vân tells an inspiring story.