Việt Nam News

Đồng Tháp Mười (Plain of Reeds) region in the Mekong Delta is just hitting the peak of flooding season, a time for the southern province of Long An to show off the charming natural beauty of its vast wetland areas.

As a Vietnamese pioneer of ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response) YouTube cooking videos, Frank Phạm (Phạm Thế Phương) inspires people around the world to stay calm and enjoy their meals through his wonderful cooking skill, creative camera angles and stunningly realistic cooking sounds.

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

After spending hours teaching online, due to the pandemic, Ngô Minh Khôi uses his free time for creating pictures on small stones and glass bottles. He now has a particularly deep passion for mandala painting, which surprises many.

In a small house in the port city of Hải Phòng, a middle-aged woman is meticulously creating petals from a recycled plastic bag to gradually create a flower painting made entirely from recycled materials.

Miss Việt Nam 2020 Đỗ Thị Hà has been selected to represent Việt Nam at the Miss World 2021 beauty pageant in Puerto Rico in December. Hà talks to Vân Nguyễn about her plans for the competition and her charitable projects during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Despite the coronavirus pandemic and lengthy lockdowns putting a huge strain on access to many of the capital’s key cultural sites, the use of advanced online technologies has enabled many of them to flourish.

It is not difficult to see the influence of Korean culture in the daily life in Việt Nam. Korean BBQ restaurants and Korean-style grocery stores packed with young customers are visible evidence of that influence.

The classical Vietnamese theatre form tuồng has faced difficulties in broadening its appeal to the general public, particularly the young, but this could be changing thanks to a series of programmes created by the Việt Nam Tuồng Theatre.

Faced by the tests of time and the import of other martial arts such as taekwondo, karate and MMA, Võ Bình Định is still growing, not only as a sport, but as an art form and a valuable aspect of Bình Định and Việt Nam's culture

With Cold Kitchen's chef de cuisine Thơm Nguyễn at Saigon Café Restaurant, Sheraton Saigon Hotel

Located in a small dark alley on Hàng Gai street, Cà Phê Phố Cổ is a hidden cafe in the middle of the capital. Visitors come here for the famous egg coffee and the exotic architecture preserved from a century ago.

The coronavirus pandemic has caused much trouble for co-operatives in the northern province of Lào Cai. Among a total of 431 local co-operatives, 310 are still in operation while 121 have ceased their operation and await dissolution.

In the context of globalisation and increasing economic development, Viêt Nam is looking to develop its cultural industries as a strategic asset for diplomatic and international cooperation, which help showcase the country's identity.

The recent long social distancing period in HCM city and some provinces in Việt Nam saw the emergence of many new hobbies and habits among the public. Of these, podcasts and audio streaming have been popular.

After Hà Nội authorities ended the lockdown and allowed dining services to return, we were all anxious to put on our casual Sunday best to go out for a family meal. Discussion touched upon a steakhouse, a Russian restaurant whose menu looked great with grilled meat on charcoal, and a small place offering delicious sweet treats. 

Đỗ Đức Hải, 29, manipulates the cubes to create famous faces and even landscapes as works of art. One picture alone contains more than 500 Rubik's cubes. 

Quảng Ninh Province is one of the localities that have well-controlled the pandemic, with almost no cases of COVID-19 infection in the past 3 months. With many solutions to catch up with the “new normal”, it is gradually recovering its tourism industry by domestic travellers a focus.