Việt Nam News

Traditional handicraft villages have started to resume operation after more than two months of suspension due to the fourth coronavirus outbreak in late April that forced the capital city to follow strict social distancing measures.

As the citywide lockdown causes blood shortage in Hà Nội, many foreigners in Hà Nội have called on the expat community to donate their blood in the hope of saving more lives and spreading positive messages during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Covering an area of 97,000 hectares at an average height of 700m above sea level, Gia Lai coffee is a high quality centre of the Việt Nam coffee map and global value chain, bringing the ‘Gia Lai taste and flavour’ to the world’s coffee connoisseurs.

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.

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.