Việt Nam News

For movie-lovers in Hà Nội, next Wednesday (November 30) will be their last chance to watch films at the Hanoi Cinematheque before it closes its doors. This cinema will soon be destroyed. Vietnamese and foreign movie-lovers, who have frequented this cinema for 14 years, are mourning the loss of this important cultural site.

The Viet Nam National Academy of Music has sustained its work for 60 years, with classes continuing in underground shelters amidst bombing raids

A drama project featuring cải lương (reformed opera), the traditional music genre of the south, will be completed this year following 15 years of writing and recording by a veteran HCM City artist and his young staff.

Police officer Trần Anh Tuấn spends every Friday evening teaching visually impaired students from the Nguyễn Đình Chiều High School for the Blind to play the guitar. Thanks to his dedication and the beautiful sounds of the instrument, many students have been able to experience more colour and happiness in their lives. Lương Thu Hương reports.

Authentic southern Vietnamese preparations delight the palate at a HCM City restaurant ruled by family recipe. Mỹ Duyên reports

Kang Tae-oh has amassed a large following in Việt Nam after playing Lee Jun-su, a talented K-pop star in the Forever Young series that was screened on VTV3 in 2014. His portrayal earned Kang the title of Impressive Actor at the VTV Awards last year. Minh Thu talks with Kang, who continues to play Lee in Forever Young Season 2, currently on air on VTV.

Having operated a garage in Đà Nẵng, Đoàn Chí Thành, 27, has started a business of car modification, drawing on his ample experience with cars to design and create innovative models for his demanding clients.

Hội An Shredded Chicken and Local Herb Salad is a specialty from the northern province of Quảng Nam.

Making beautiful garments with flax has for long been a way of life for the Mông; now, it is offering them a stable livelihood, Lương Thu Hương reports.

Starting from scratch, a Mekong Delta farmer learnt everything he could about growing oranges and decided quality was more important than quantity. It paid off big time, report Minh Tuấn & Hà Nguyễn.

As year’s end is approaching, indulge yourself in a new dish with deputy chef Nguyễn Chí Chung of Silk Road Restaurant. Stay warm this weekend!

Vị Quảng Restaurant brings the authentic, distinctly strong taste of Đà Nẵng cuisine to the heart of the capital city, Nguyễn Mỹ Hà reports

A graphic design graduate of the HCM City University of Architecture, Nguyễn Công Trí now devotes all his energies to his  "big love" – fashion. He is the only Vietnamese member of the Asian Couture Federation.

Ebooks are a new, inevitable trend, but a majority of Vietnamese readers prefer printed books. The market will accommodate both, but the most important thing is to promote a reading culture and develop ebooks as a means to promote print books, academics and experts tell Hong Van.

The Trà Sư cajeput forest offers a captivating respite from urban madness, Bùi Quỳnh Hoa finds.

In three years, the merry expats behind last weekend’s Quest Festival have built it into something improbable, a force bringing sleepover music festival culture to Viet Nam and infusing it with Vietnamese culture. They also throw quite a party. Max Marshall has the story.

Located on Lê Quý Đôn Street in HCM City’s District 3, Ryu Gyong Restaurant offers a variety of dishes from North Korea.

Phàn Giào Huẩn, 31, a man of Mông ethnicity in the northern province of Hà Giang’s Thuận Hòa Village, is not an artisan but has become rich through his artworks carved from waste wood.