Việt Nam News

Em Là Bà Nội Của Anh (Sweet 20) earned more than VNĐ110 billion (US$4.9 million) after two months of nationwide screening, making it the highest-grossing Vietnamese movie last year.

Việt Nam News reporters traveled to Điện Biên Province last week to investigate how villagers are coping after a cold snap in January killed hundreds of buffaloes and ruined forest land and vegetation. The reporters spoke to a dozen villagers in the province’s Điện Biên Đông District.

Social Club, which is perched on the 23^rd level of the M Gallery Hotel des Arts in HCM City, is one of the most talked about destinations for pretty locals and expats’ nights out, so we headed up there for a dining experience.

Việt Nam’s famous traditional dress, the áo dài, has undergone many transformations over the years to reach its current form, and its allure and appeal has never died.

Nineteen-year-old student Nguyễn Thế Hoàn was one of two gold medallists at the 56th International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) recently held in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He was a member of Việt Nam’s six-member team that helped the country rank fifth among 104 countries and territories. This is the best outcome ever for the Vietnamese team during the past nine years at IMO. Bùi Quỳnh Hoa reports.

A new aquaculture model protects mangrove forests, boosts farmers’ incomes, and mitigates climate change impacts, Phạm Hoàng Nam reports.

Despite efforts of local authorities to stamp out superstitious practices as well as publications of unsavoury reading materials, sales of "mystical cultural” items and books of superstitious practices boomed after the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday in HCM City.

 A small but unique coffee shop located in downtown HCM City is attracting art lovers not only for its quality drinks but also for its exhibitions of young painters.

This is not just a restaurant, but an oasis for experiencing the cuisine and music of Laos

Associate Professor Dr Đặng Thị Cẩm Hà, a former chief of the Environmental Biotechnology Department at the Institute of Biotechnology, was given the 2015 Kovalevskaya award for her research on environmental protection, particularly technology to clean up oil contamination and treat soil contaminated by dioxin. She spoke with Việt Nam News. 

With a strong passion for art, businesswoman Hoàng Yến in Nha Trang City in the central province of Khánh Hòa has come up with a creative and unique way to preserve those sweet memories – by creating lovely pictures entirely made from food.

Office workers in the city are itching more and more to get out of their seats and into nature. Nguyen Quang Huy is one of them. And he finally got to go to his home province’s pride and joy, the world-renowned Son Doong Cave

The practice of martial arts, an integral part of Vietnamese culture, is still being preserved and developed after centuries of existence. Ngọc Phương reports.

 Nigerian coach volunteers to train Đắk Lắk’s U17 team

Ready-to-eat tomatoes, and lettuce, grown without soil, and consumed unwashed, are the future in Việt Nam and people will soon have the chance to experience this form of ‘smart agriculture’.

Hemisphere seafood broth with chef Patrick Morris from Sheraton Ha Noi Hotel

Lương Minh Đồng of the central Quảng Nam province has reduced his work load by inventing a more effective, multi-functional plough using old machinery parts.

The Mother Goddess religion, considered to be Viet Nam’s oldest religion, is rising in popularity. Each year, tens of thousands flock to the Phủ Dầy festival in Nam Định, a traditional event that is being promoted by the Việt Nam National Commission for UNESCO in hopes of developing spiritual tourism in the country.