Việt Nam News

The first round of the Western New Year kinda tells you what type of year will follow and, as usual, I got a few rounds in during the first week. This might be a good time for me to go hide in a cave somewhere until 2018 rolls around. It really wasn't funny and shows me that it will be a year of successes, but they won't come easily.

New Zealand-based poet Huyền Thư has become popular among readers recently. She was the first runner-up at the 2016 National Schools Poetry Award, organised by the International Institute of Modern Letters, under the Victoria University of Wellington. She talks with Minh Thu about the inspiration behind her writing.

Under the influence of climate change and overexploitation, the amount of coral reefs worldwide, including in Phú Quốc District in the southern province of Kiên Giang, have reduced significantly. In an effort to preserve and revive nature’s precious gift, Phú Quốc Nature Reserve has been implementing a project of planting a coral reef nursery garden on the seabed. Nguyễn Triều spent a day with conservationists from the reserve.

Among all kinds of Chinese traditional dim sum, shrimp dumpling is claimed to be the most favorite jiaozi (a kind of Chinese dumpling).

Fifth-grader Huỳnh Ngọc Thảo has learned how to grow plants in an unconventional way by watering, tending and harvesting organic vegetables in a greenhouse on her school’s rooftop in HCM City.

A VNĐ 2,000 market (known as E2K) - a local version of "dollar stores" was set up in the capital to help poor people

Would you believe that bonsai trees made from copper wire can be as beautiful as the real thing? Lê Duy Đức, manager of the Handmade Art page on Facebook, can confirm this is the case. Hoàng Trung Hiếu reports.

 A group of young women brave the mostly male atmosphere of a beer garden restaurant inspired by Chinese wuxia novels and films. An Phương reports.

Amateur singers who share a desire to help others have formed the Charity Singing Group in Hà Nội, and their work is making a real difference in the lives of many poor patients, Lương Thu Hương reports.

After visiting almost all Korean restaurants in a certain part of Ha Noi, one that has a flower-sounding name catches the attention of Tu Le and her friend. A few hours later, they walk out, singing its praises and recommending the place highly to others.

Trương Thanh Thủy, dubbed ‘Queen of Startups’ by BBC and included in the "Forbes 30 Under 30" list, was diagnosed with lung cancer last September. She shares her stories and life experiences through a private blog that has attracted thousands of followers who have spread her story far and wide. She speaks to Quỳnh Trân about the insights she has gleaned from her cancer experience.

Smoke beef in clay pot is a simplified version of South West Vietnamese grilled beef on heated clay tile.

Having succeeded at printing photography on stones and leaves, Lê Nguyên Vỹ started working with sea shells – a tough material for photo printing – and pioneered the art of printing photographs on shells in Việt Nam.

With nearly 1,000 kilometres of rivers and canals, the potential for developing waterway tourism in the HCM City metropolitan area is enormous, but this is limited by the lack of a serious effort to avoid pitfalls like increasing pollution.

 Several start-ups in Da Nang City are exploiting a growing acceptance of and demand for pure, natural products, Bùi Hoài Nam reports.

The latest Indian eatery in Hà Nội adds spice to the Xmas Cheer with new dishes and matching wines, writes Hari Chathrattil

Located on Trần Hưng Đạo Street in Mỹ Tho City, in the southern province of Tiền Giang, over the past two years Huynh Đệ restaurant has become a popular eatery for the hundreds of poor people who come to eat affordable meals, share in conversation and enjoy a sympathetic ear.

Situated on the road side of the old National Highway 1, the craft village of Phước Kiều in Quảng Nam Province still preserves the 500-year-old bronze cast trade and lives well from their ancestor’s industry.