South Korean Lee Chang-kun, a descendant of the Vietnamese Lý Royal family, has just been re-appointed as the ambassador for Vietnamese tourism in South Korea between 2021 and 2024. This is his second term in this role.
As a form to connect people’s aspirations with the divine world, xòe dance has long been an indispensable part of the Thái ethnicity's spiritual life in the four northern mountainous provinces of Yên Bái, Lai Châu, Sơn La and Điện Biên.
When you need to get away from daily routine but cannot travel far, a day or two escape to some of the city’s widely available hotels can be a good choice.
Tea has been a central cultural feature of East Asia for millennia, and Việt Nam is one of the earliest tea-drinking nations in the world. The art of tea drinking in Việt Nam is simple but elegant, with features that are hard to find anywhere else in the world.
Fans of water puppetry can now explore one of Việt Nam’s oldest folk art forms through the new book Kể Chuyện Trên Mặt Nước (Telling Stories above Water).
In a resolution on the socio-economic tasks to be accomplished in 2022 and financial outlays, the Government has designated it as a year of economic recovery. Efforts made by both foreign and domestic enterprises will play a key role in achieving the goals.
The year 2021 was full of difficulties and challenges for Việt Nam, but the country overcame them with resilience.
The genomes of over 1,000 people have been analysed to form a gene database that will serve medical research and practices for the first time in Việt Nam
Thousands of people of different generations have volunteered to join the country’s efforts in the fight against COVID-19, and their acts of kindness have contributed to helping many overcome the most difficult times in their lives.
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how important grassroots health units are to the whole system. However, the grassroots health systems in many provinces and cities in Việt Nam are underdeveloped due to a lack of investment.
In the exuberant atmosphere of the new Year of the Tiger 2022, Politburo member and National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ spoke with the local press on parliamentary activities in the first year of the 15th-tenure and its priorities for 2022.
Vũ Thùy Dương has been creating her own brand of painting on watch faces in which she highlights Vietnamese folk paintings, along with classic international works of art.
The unique architecture of stilt houses has been inextricably linked with Central Highland culture and tradition for thousands of years. Ethnic minorities in the region have built their houses with designs suitable to their customs and living habits.
The rice-wine making of the S’Tiêng ethnic minority in the southern province of Bình Phước has been recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage in folk knowledge and traditional craft.
with chef de cuisine Thơm Nguyễn at Saigon Café Restaurant, Sheraton Saigon Hotel
Director Lê Quý Dương proselytises for the online direction of performing arts, even though this form of performance loses the direct vibrancy of theatrical art. He talks to Ngô Minh about his work and the value of online performances.
What distinguishes Cây Bàng from other seafood restaurants in Vũng Tàu, Bà Rịa Vũng Tàu Province, is its unbeatable location and its fine but affordable dishes offered in a cool and airy atmostphere with brilliant ocean views.
The outlying district of Cần Giờ in HCM City is becoming an ideal eco-destination for stressed-out urbanites to visit on two-day, one-night tours as it is considered one of the safest places in the city amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Starting out as a voluntary group since 2011 to safeguard some 20 flocks of Hatinh langurs (Trachypithecus hatinhensis), a team of 14 farmers in Tuyên Hóa District of Quảng Bình Province is working hard to protect the endangered species, which can only be found in Việt Nam and Laos.
An artist has created a collection of dolls dressed in the traditional clothes of 54 ethnic groups with a hope of introducing Việt Nam's multiculture to the world.
