Việt Nam News

With turquoise seas, spectacular sunsets and lush rainforests, Phú Quốc Island provides tourists with an unbeatable combination of silky white sand, great hospitality and tasty cuisine. Bồ Xuân Hiệp reports.

Thousands of people across the nation, including professionals, have improved and are improving their English language skills via activities organised by the IZI English Community for more than five years now.

Compact eatery in an upscale HCM City mall serves delicious, reasonably priced Thai food, Mỹ Duyên reports

with la table du chef Alain Dutournier from Press Club Hanoi

Born and raised in a small village on the bank of Thu Bồn River, potter Lê Đức Hạ started creating items out of clay in the late 1980s, after leaving the army as a volunteer soldier in Cambodia. He now works hard to preserve the craftsmanship of traditional pottery in Viet Nam, with a range of unique designs.

The National Museum of History is showing 18 artefacts which have been recognised as national treasures, some dating as far as the Đông Sơn era (2500-2000BC) . They are on display together for the first time at a special exhibition titled "Việt Nam’s National Treasures" in downtown Hà Nội.

29-year-old Dương Anh Vũ from the central province of Bình Thuận currently holds four memory world records. He speaks about his journey to conquer the titles and the secret behind his prodigious memory.

A sleepless potential market like Việt Nam is fertile territory for start-ups in the fashion industry, and few of them are breaking new ground and reaching a lot more wardrobes.

This January, let’s indulge yourself in a whole new flavour of ocean, brought by chef Morris from Sheraton Ha Noi Hotel.

A 140ha forest planted in the 18th century has sheltered and nurtured generations of Cẩm Thanh Commune residents through wars and natural disasters like storms and floods. The grateful residents have responded by preserving it, Công Thành reports.

A number of new films will be released to entertain Vietnamese movie buffs on the occasion of Tết (Lunar New Year), one of the two busiest seasons for the Vietnamese film industry.
 

Multiple awards winning Dr Trần Ngọc Lương, Director of the National Hospital of Endocrinology, Head of Surgery Department and Associate Prof. at the Hà Nội Medical University, tells Hà Nguyễn that seeing young women mentally affected by post-surgical scars on their necks motivated him to pioneer a minimally invasive procedure that has since helped thousands in the country.

The central city of Đà Nẵng has taken full advantage of being able to start afresh, unencumbered for the most part by outdated infrastructure, to become the most livable place in the country. Bùi Hoài Nam charts a few milestones of this growth.

Students from 30 HCM City universities are offering house-cleaning services to raise funds for Tết charity.

Ask any visitors to Việt Nam about a place to sit down and can cater to any dining cravings, they would possible utter the word Ngon without hesitation.

Midfielder Phạm Thành Lương deserved the honour for his playing during the 2016 season.

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.