Season’s Greetings: Festive Dining for All

This isn’t an election, it’s Christmas. Picking a spot for seasonal celebrations should be a choice, not a conundrum. I ate my way through Hà Nội’s best offerings to help Việt Nam News readers make the right choice for their festive meal this year.

Sơn La links rural tourism with agricultural specialties

The province has launched a number of tourism products integrated with agriculture and local specialties, such as farm-stay resorts, native cultural experiences, community-based tourism, and agricultural experiential activities.

Chuông Village conical hats: symbol of Vietnamese heritage

The conical hats of Chuông Village are not only practical items but also works of art, meticulously painted and adorned with intricate patterns. They have gained recognition as diplomatic products of Việt Nam and have been showcased at various celebrations.

The magic of ethnic Tày stick puppetry

Stick puppetry is often performed by the Tày people on traditional holidays, the Lunar New Year, as well as on the first and fifteenth day of each lunar month.

Cross the bridge: Italy meets France at Quinza

This restaurant is a narrative of origins – it draws inspiration from the successes of other beloved eateries in the city, the culinary legacies of the owners' homelands, and the carefully sourced ingredients that traverse great distances to maintain the quality Quinza prides itself on.

New media art pioneers aim to create digital archive

With a desire to experiment with technology and explore the capability of the human voice, two artists have developed a surreal art-technology project Voice Gems – a generative system and voice archive that transforms human voices into digital gems.

Bodybuilder goes from strength to strength

Over the course of his 25-year career, Phạm Văn Mách has not only claimed six world championships (in 2001, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2017, and 2023) but has also emerged victorious in the Asian championship on eight occasions and attained numerous victories at the SEA Games.

Abalone siew mai

With international Master Chef Ken, from the award-winning Cantonese restaurant of Man Ho, JW Marriott Hotel Sanya Dadonghai Bay

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