Việt Nam News

After two years of stagnation due to the pandemic, performance art has been revived. Recently, the circus has made a strong comeback. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Vietnamese circus, People’s Artist Tống Toàn Thắng, vice director of the Việt Nam Circus Federation, talks to Ngô Minh about the plan to develop a national circus.

Adapting to the pandemic, many services suppliers in Hạ Long City have gradually shifted to approaching customers online, implementing all transactions like booking, advertising and paying. The touch tourism trend has become popular.

With home chef Nguyễn Thị Thanh Phương

Dalgoogi Makchang is located in the Nam Trung Yên urban centre in Cầu Giấy District, which is dubbed as “little Korea”, about 10km from central Hà Nội.

To teach future generations about the symbolic meaning of the traditional house, an artisan in Plei Kte Village in the central province of Gia Lai has weaved many miniature communal houses from bamboo wicker.

Nguyễn Hoàng Thiện (Jay Thiện Nguyễn) is a musical theatre performer who has come into his own over the last decade with performances in Việt Nam, Thailand, Indonesia, Egypt and other countries. A self-taught artist who honed his craft in local and international performing arts programmes, Thiện envisions driving social change through the arts.

Artists from the State-owned HCM City Tuồng Theatre will perform a new experimental play set in the Nguyễn Dynasty of the 19th century in HCM City.

Việt Nam has a long tradition of silk production and silk weaving. However, the Vietnamese silk brand is faint on the world map, a silent shadow behind foreign big brands. This concerns those who make Vietnamese silk, love traditional values and have national pride.

with Executive Chef Bernado Cabrera at Azerai Cần Thơ restaurant

Young Vietnamese singers have recently been busy bringing new music content to audiences.

When Phạm Thị Giáng Sinh fuses oil painting with model clay flowers, a new art form blossoms, giving her a deep sense of satisfaction. Somehow the oil paintings become more lively and vibrant when she attaches the colourful clay bouquets.

With the booming food scene and numerous upscale dining outlets opened in recent years, gourmands no longer have difficulty finding a place outside the luxury hotels.

In a village nestled on a section of the La River in Trường Sơn Commune, Đức Thọ District, Hà Tĩnh Province, locals make a living by raking mussels at the bottom of the river and then cooking them to sell.

​​​​​​​The Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) province of Kon Tum has launched a series of activities highlighting the cultural heritage preservation of ethnic minorities in the region as a way to boost tourism.

Nguyễn Tuấn Khanh wanted to discover Việt Nam’s nature and culture and record all the memories on camera.

with Chef Lê Đức Hải of Ngon Garden Restaurant in Hà Nội

Vietnamese divo Tùng Dương will hold a concert to celebrate his 20-year journey in music on November 25. The avant-garde singer talks with Thúy Hằng about the upcoming show and his family life.

The eatery can be found on Xuân Thủy Street, where many restaurants have opened to appeal to the large population of expats living there.