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Salt water goes into a container, through pipes where it’s processed to remove salt, and finally pure water comes out. That’s how the desalting machine created by a teacher and a group of students from Nguyễn Đình Chiểu High School, Bến Tre Province, works.

Choreographer-dancer Vũ Ngọc Khải recently stared in the dance Nón (Conical Hat), a performance combining contemporary dance with traditional Vietnamese and ethnic music, along with musician Ngô Hồng Quang. Having worked and performed in different European countries over the last 10 years, Khải often returns to Việt Nam and loves creating dances imbued with Vietnamese identity to show the Vietnamese soul. He shares with Vương Bạch Liên his passion for dance and life.

The journey of two Vietnamese-born wildlife photographers is on display in Hà Nội at an August 4-7 exhibition titled Wings of the Wild. Through the photos, they call for wildlife protection and respect.

Since its establishment in 1999, the small library of Condo A3 in Hà Nội’s Nghĩa Tân Ward has become an interesting rendezvous for residents, enhancing their sense of community.

Lê Nguyễn Thiên Hương, an alumni of California State University Fullerton, founded the Save Sơn Đoòng organisation that works to get people involved in protecting the pristine beauty of Sơn Đoòng Cave and its surrounding natural environment.

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Dr Phan Minh Liêm is the first and only Vietnamese academic to have been honoured four times by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center - Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. He spoke with Bùi Quỳnh Hoa about his determination to pursue cancer research and to contribute to finding a cure for cancer.

Elaborate themes and funky decor are now the standard at many Ha Noi cafes. Business owners aim to attract younger generations who seek out unique social spaces and the perfect "selfie"

A restaurant receiving a facelift is always cause for celebration, even more so when the older version was already a great restaurant. With a new menu recently introduced, Milan Restaurant at the InterContinental Hanoi West Lake hotel is better equipped than ever to guide diners through a comprehensive culinary tour of Italy.

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With dressmaking skills Phúc Danh has become more mature, overcoming his deafness to have more confidence in himself. He has also helped three other people with similar disabilities to earn a living.

Amateur poet Nguyễn Huy Hoàng’s first collection of poems titled Quà Cho Con (Gift for Children) has received much appreciation from parents and other adults in Hà Nội.

A new class in central Đà Nẵng City welcomes eight children suffering from autism and Down syndrome. They learn how to paint, go to the market, and do simple housework. 

Let us try a healthy dish this week with a recipe brought by chef Wong Chi Minh from Crystal Jade Palace restaurant. Have a blast! 

On the bank of the Red River, there is situated a seven-century old pottery village. Bát Tràng, the most famous and long-standing pottery village in Việt Nam is an interesting attraction in the capital that tourists should not miss a chance to visit.

From a beautiful and lively 11th grade teenage girl,Vương Thị Dung, now 25, from Bình Tịnh hamlet, Bình Minh Commune, Thăng Bình District, Quảng Nam Province, became paralyzed overnight, had to leave school and suffered excruciating pain in the hospital. 

Trần Khánh Linh, a junior at Oberlin College in the U.S., is the creator of an upcoming photo essay exhibition and talk titled “When The Birds Fly Home” to be launched in Hà Nội this weekend.