A twin-pilgrimage to pray for good luck and sample local culinary specialties leads to a discovery - Sáu Hiệp BBQ Restaurant in An Giang Province and its specialty - "nem nướng" or charcoal-grilled pork balls.
Nguyễn Thị Kim Hồng is among the rare artists whose art aims to protect the environment.
Phương Thảo talks with Chef Phạm Thị Ánh Tuyết about Vietnamese food and Michelin's plans for Hà Nội and HCM City to be added as destinations in the Michelin Guide, a collection of the world's most prestigious culinary addresses.
Craft and eco-tourism have merged on the Chàm Islands, located off the coast of the ancient town of Hội An. Visitors to the islands can now have hands-on experience in weaving a hammock using strings taken from tree barks.
The preservation of craft villages aims to maintain and promote local cultural values and traditional crafts, and boost tourism. Phương Mai reports.
With Sous chef Burin Pongchang from Feast restaurant under Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers Bangkok
Nguyễn Băng Nhi converts wasted coconut shell pieces into beautiful and valuable jewellery, favoured by the market. She is currently the owner of a brand specialising in handicraft products made from coconut shells quite famous in the province.
Bottle decorations, car tyre chairs and light bulbs made from discarded containers are just a few examples of how recycled coffee shops collect seemingly useless objects to create a one-of-a-kind space that is reminiscent of childhood but very creative.
Thái Thị Hồng Đào is a 32-year-old book author and screenwriter in Long An Province, who also works in the media.
Photographer Vũ Đức Hải participated in 368 international photo contests in more than 70 countries on five continents, having 6,354 works exhibited and winning 1,128 prizes, including 290 gold medals in less than two years.
The recognition of the Sa Huỳnh relic site not only brings pride to the Quảng Ngã populace, but also opens new opportunities for tourism promotion, turning the province into a hotspot on the national tourist map.
The film Children Of The Mist explores the clash between traditional customs and education through the story of an ethnic Mông teenage girl named Di in the northern province of Lào Cai.
With restaurateur Lê Thị Ngọc Hân
Homesick nationals, expatriates and locals alike with a taste for the heavyweight champion of cuisine that Italy undoubtedly is can rest easy in the knowledge they have a little slice of Tuscany on their doorstep.
Born and grew up in Bao Vinh township – an 18th century wharf just 8km east of Huế City – Phan Nữ Phước Hồng, 45, a college lecturer, revived her childhood memories by buying the house that had sheltered her three-generation family for 62 years.
Dr Lê Thái Hà, an economist and Managing Director of VinFuture Prize, is the only female Vietnamese scientist on Elsevier's list of the top 100,000 most influential scientists.
Taking advantage of the many resources and good weather, tourism activities in many localities in the Southeast and the Mekong River Delta continue to prosper and build momentum.
A giant wood bas-relief depicting a pastoral landscape has recently wowed the public with its elaborate designs.
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