Việt Nam News

Lâm Hạnh, a reporter at Thể Thao & Văn Hóa (Sports & Culture) newspaper, interviews photographer Dương Minh Long about his exhibition on celebrated late songwriter Trịnh Công Sơn, which ended earlier this month in HCM City. Long met Sơn in the 1990s and captured him in photos over 11 years before the latter's death on April 1, 2001.

As people's living standards have been improved and lifestyle enriched, there are more and more pet care services available in urban areas.

The Vagabond Patisserie & Cafe in HCM City's District 1’s Trần Cao Vân Street is well-known among cafe-goers and sweets-lovers for their meticulously made seasonal cakes and drinks.

Ka Lăng Commune in Mường Tè District in the northern mountain province of Lai Châu has established a folk singing and dancing club, collecting and restoring tunes of folk songs and dance figures, and organising classes to teach them to locals, particularly the young.

With baker Trần Quỳnh Chi from The Warm Oven CS

Đông Cứu Village lies on the bank of the Nhuệ Giang River in Hà Nội’s suburban Thường Tín District, and has been long famed for its traditional embroidery.

Artist Trung Dân directed many comedy programmes of southern regional television stations. He is also the author and director of many popular TV series.

Despite being a small city and hard hit by climate change, Hội An is famed nationally and internationally as a tourist attraction. Rapid urbanisation and socio-economic development are putting the city under environmental pressure, risking damage to the natural ecosystem.

Meritorious Artist and theatre star Tú Sương is working on new art projects to expand 'cải lương' (reformed opera), among young people in HCM City.

Nguyễn Thành Triệu claims that the sculptures he has made from used tyres can resist adverse weather conditions and have a high level of durability.

Cao Hoàng Long is a young contemporary artist in Việt Nam who has become a popular name in visual art with many exhibitions organised in the country.

Phở Thìn Tokyo is an excellent homage to one of the best bowls of noodles on the wider continent. We’re fortunate to have the original on our doorstep.

The Việt Nam Circus Federation is working with art troupes to offer a new long-term programme of Vietnamese circus for kindergarten and primary students this year.

By Atlantis Chef de Cuisine Nguyễn Quang Thành, The Alma Resort

An exhibition at the Việt Nam National Museum of Fine Arts offers a rare chance for fine arts lovers to look back at masterpieces by some of the country's greatest 20th century painters, and learn about the artistic response to the “Outline of Vietnamese Culture” 80 years ago.

Izakaya Ten in District 1’s Thái Văn Lung Street is an izakaya, a type of informal Japanese bar that serves alcoholic drinks and snacks, and is one of Japan’s unique cultural features.

Hà Anh Tuấn's artisan soaps are decorated with numerous layers of colours, carefully calculated to every detail, with small representations of natural settings, landscapes, and iconic paintings and movies.

Phạm Văn Đằng has been composing cải lương songs and plays for nearly two decades. His hard working is appreciated by famed directors and artists. His works are shot and staged in many televisions and theatres nationwide.