Việt Nam News

Many grown-ups in Việt Nam are keen to make up for lost time, learning art skills they could not pick up earlier

A new community-based tourism project in Hà Giang Province seeks to avoid typical pitfalls and give everybody a role

Tạ Mỹ Dương, one of the popular faces of contemporary Vietnamese architecture, has written at length on the subject. He also edited Dấu Ấn Thời Gian (The Mark of Time), a book authored by his father Tạ Mỹ Duật (1910 – 2010), a first generation architect. Dương recently had three new books published. An Vũ talks to him about the new books and his upcoming plans.

A unique book entitled Bà Triệu’s 21st Century Daughters introduces 20 Vietnamese women leaders of varied ages, backgrounds and professions.

Lift up your health with 3 kinds of well-being drinks from The Lounge mixologist. Let’s choose your healthy lifestyle with the yummy mix of apple, carrot, orange juice or the green one from cucumber and guava!

There are several reasons why Tandoor in HCM City has become the place of choice for Indian food, but it stands out from its peers in how it invites you in and makes you feel you are in for a treat, writes Hari Chathrattil.

Moved by the plight of children  risking lives to get to school, two HCM City youth came up with way to provide practical, sustainable assistance, Bạch Liên reports

Colourful bamboo dragonflies perched on thin, pointed bamboo sticks are not just cute souvenir toys, they reflect the agricultural traditions and craftmanship of Vietnamese farmers.

When some storks chose Nguyễn Ngọc Thuyền’s garden to nest in, he made them feel welcome, and they kept coming.

Tamoya Udon serves homemade udon and soup dishes that originate from Sanuki in Japan’s Kagawa Prefecture. Phương Mai samples the fare in downtown HCM City.

A free-of-charge clinic in the Mekong Delta province of Cần Thơ’s Hưng Lợi Ward, has been much praised by local people, particularly the poor.

A fresh theatre graduate of the University of New Hampshire, Vietnamese director Nguyễn Phi Phi Anh, returned to his home country in April to prepare for his latest Broadway musical-inspired project entitled Hope.

The 11th century Vinh Nghiem Pagoda and its collection of 3,050 rare Han-Nom woodblocks are just two of a plethora of attractions that await tourists visiting Bac Giang Province. Bui Quynh Hoa reports.

Lê Trường Giang lost his chance to become an artist due to his disabled condition, which was a result of American bombs left in a rural district in central Quảng Bình Province. But today Giang stands strong for his art works made from rice.

Nguyễn Thanh Tú, 54, a former commanding officer of the Cà Roòng border post in the central province of Quảng Bình’s Tuyên Hóa District, is known far and wide as a discoverer and protector of langurs. He talks with Toàn Vũ about his passion.

Its location notwithstanding, Mountain Retreat is a world away from the pretension of big-city restaurants downtown. Mỹ Duyên reports on its rural, traditional dishes that attract a steady stream of diners.