There is a joke that the social distancing turned everyone into a Master Chef. It’s partly right because you have to cook for yourself instead of enjoying food outside. Ngô Minh recommends some restaurants that can inspire you at home, Italian style.
The Hà Nội authorities have drafted a plan to develop the culture industry from 2021 to 2025, with a vision to 2045. The document is considered important to paving the way for the city’s culture industry to develop sustainably.
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai is the only Vietnamese author to reach the 2021 finalist of Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Bảo Ngọc talks to her about the journey to this prestigious prize.
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With home cook Nguyễn Lê Quỳnh Anh
Hạ Village, Phùng Xá Commune, in Thạch Thất District, is some 50km on the western outskirts of Hà Nội’s centre. It is a cool autumn morning, and the sound of weaving machine echoes steadily from various workshops.
The idea of Từ Thanh Phương, principal of Phương Độ Secondary in Hà Giang Province, for a self-sustaining school has helped hundreds of poor minority students continue to fulfil their dream of going to school
Modernisation and industrialisation are breathing new life into ethnic minorities in remote Mù Cang Chải District in the northern mountain province of Yên Bái. However, it is also threatening many traditional cultural and economic activities, particularly the local handicraft of bamboo and rattan weaving of the Mông.
with Chef Lê Đức Hải of Quán Ăn Ngon Restaurant in Hà Nội
The internet is flooded with vloggers specializing in food and travel, but with many borders closed they now need to refocus their work. One such vlogger in Việt Nam has almost 2 million subscribers. Đinh Võ Hoài Phương goes by the name Khoai Lang Thang, and his videos specialise in the normal lives of Vietnamese people.
Provinces and cities where the pandemic is under control, such as Quảng Ninh, Kiên Giang and Hà Nội, are planning to open to both domestic and international tourists, but strict pandemic prevention measures will be applied
After three months of residents being locked down at home, Hà Nội has lowered its coronavirus alert mode a level. Public exercising is allowed again, provided it is no more than 10 people in a group. Restaurants can deliver food, and hair salons are up and running at full speed.
Đồng Ngọc Hà, 19, is the only Vietnamese student in the Top 50 Global Student Prize organized by the Varkey Foundation, a partner of UNESCO
Sẳm Minh Phát has finally found his passion and dream in life. The rising star will compete for an international title at the WBO Oriental Title Match in South Korea in October and hopes to be first Vietnamese boxer to be a world champion
Traditional music is facing a decline since imported foreign sounds, right through from Rock to Hip-Hop, are becoming ever more popular, but one man is trying to reverse the trend.
Khang A Tủa runs a project selling authentic agricultural produce grown by his people and does his best to reduce the consequences of climate change in his hometown.
Since September 16, Hà Nội has loosened social distancing restrictions, allowing restaurants to reopen. To fully implement epidemic prevention measures, food service establishments only serve take-out and close before 9pm daily.
Two designs made of tiles and bricks, traditional building materials of Việt Nam, are representing Việt Nam’s architecture at the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism that is being held until October 31.
Việt Nam’s Núi Chúa National Park and Kon Hà Nừng Plateau were recently recognised by UNESCO as Global Biosphere Reserves. This is a great honour for Việt Nam in nature conservation but also poses many challenges in terms of preserving and promoting the values of the two sites, experts and authority officials have said.
With Chef Kim Hoàng Anh of Bếp Trưởng Review
Despite having won prestigious prizes and many artworks displayed at exhibitions around the world, painter Nguyễn Đức Hùng does not see himself as a famous person but an art lover who “steps into imaginative worlds” in his own paintings.
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