Việt Nam News

Nguyễn Đình Trứ of Việt Nam was presented with the ASEAN Award as an outstanding herbalist who had made significant contributions to the community.

Phương Mai Vegetarian Restaurant serves up colourful dishes and sweet desserts.

An injury caused by a serious accident 10 years ago did not deter Nguyễn Thị Thanh Trúc from taking up martial arts, Văn Đạt reports.

In Bình Dương Province’s Dĩ An Town, a 24-member motorbike first-aid team is always available at intersections where accidents frequently occur.

Hanoian Vũ Đức Cường has made an unusual device that helps people with a fear of water learn how to swim.

For vegetarians, mushroom is one of the best protein sources. Let’s try an easy yet tasty veggie dish, brought by chef Minh from Crystal Jade Palace.

Tân Lộc Islet residents don't wait around for things to get done. Instead, they take to the streets to repair infrastructure on their own. Tuấn Quang and Thu Hương report.

Farmers nationwide have improved their lives considerably by cultivating medicinal herbs, but over exploitation threatens their extinction. Despite the country's tremendous potential as a grower and producer of herbal medicine, it has gone from being an exporter to an importer of medicinal materials. Viết Tôn and Bạch Liên reports.

While they are already popular in Japan and elsewhere, Vietnamese artists are penning books in this vivid style that merges the comic and art worlds. An Vũ reports.

Nguyễn Thị Lụa, the No 5 female wrestler in the 48kg category at the 2009 World Wrestling Championships, has made history by becoming the first Vietnamese female wrestler to qualify for the Olympics twice in different categories after she reached the finals of the Asian qualifying event in Astana, Kazakhstan.

An otherworldly atmosphere, coupled with flavourful Vietnamese dishes, makes The Forest in Tay Ho a must-try restaurant. Edward Daltonreports.

Did the same woman create a famous vase in Turkey and an inscribed ceramic corner of a building found 70km east of Ha Noi?  Nguyen My Ha investigates.

Summertime is loved for its fruity treats and icing sorbets. Be prepared to be tempted by the flavour of raspberry again this week!

Nearly thirty years on, I have neither doubts nor regrets. I have had many trying experiences but have never tired of the profession.

Water puppetry is a special treat for tourists in Hà Nội - a must-see show for all foreign visitors.

Excerpts from memoir Ship With Paper Sails, Story of a Hanoi Newsman* by Nguyễn Khuyến, former Viet Nam News Editor-in-Chief

In 2011, as a budding reporter who had just started a career at the Việt Nam News, I was lucky enough to have a life-changing field trip out to the East Sea.

In early December 2010, Vietnamese tra fish (basa fish) made headlines when the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) placed it on its red list, which names produce that is farmed under unhygienic conditions or traded illegally.