Việt Nam News

With Bar Manager Vũ Thị Hồng from Pan Pacific Hanoi

Emeritus Artist Kiều Oanh continues to play leading roles in tuồng and passes on her passion for the traditional art when coaching younger performers.

In Painter Đỗ Đức's works, these noble creatures endure hardships alongside their human companions, embodying a profound bond of resilience and mutual reliance necessary for survival in the wilderness.

Amid Hà Nội’s rapidly growing street wine bar scene, Bouchon arrives quietly: a sign that the city is ready for slower, more discreet, and more discerning drinking.

People’s Artist Đoàn Thanh Bình shares her thoughts with Inner Sanctum on endurance, identity and why faith in the next generation still matters for chèo.

With Chef Nguyễn Như Cường, head chef of Madame Lam, a Michelin-Selected Vietnamese cuisine restaurant in HCM City.

For Hồ Chí Minh City residents, “Seeing the lion dance means seeing Tết” has long been a familiar saying.

NuAge Café is a cute little café with tasty soufflé pancakes in HCM City's expat neighbourhood.

In an era dominated by images and emotions, cinema is not merely the art of visual storytelling, but a silent yet immensely powerful tourism ambassador.

Việt Nam News talks with Lê Trung Hiếu about his journey into ceramics and his vision for the future of Biên Hoà pottery.

With Executive Chef Zack Trương from Pan Pacific Hanoi

Despite many historical ups and downs, local residents still make efforts to preserve the water puppetry art and craft amidst their modern and rapid-paced life, transferring their cultural heritages to younger generations.

Born into a family steeped in chèo (traditional opera) tradition, Ngô Hồng Quang has spent nearly a decade reimagining ethnic minority melodies for international audiences, fusing Mông mouth harp, northern mountain singing styles and Western contemporary music into a soundscape that is unmistakably Vietnamese – and resolutely modern.

It’s a little slice of Armenia, Hà Nội’s first, and only Armenian restaurant.

Once confined to pagodas and religious rituals, the traditional Southern ethnic Khmer pentatonic music is now increasingly finding new spaces for expression, carrying forward a living heritage rooted in spiritual life, communal memory and cultural identity.

Watch tuồng live just once, and your life may never be the same. It captures hearts quietly, then never let go.

With Executive Sous Chef Tống Đăng Khoái from Movenpick Hotel Hanoi Centre

Set against the calm of West Lake, Matsuki Izakaya is made for lingering nights, when one drink leads to another and time slips easily toward 2am.