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A house in the outer city's district of Hà Đông is 35m long and only four-metre wide, but it was designed in a way that creates more living spaces despite the limited width.

Recipe for stuffed pigeon stew with Masterchef Nguyễn Thị Lâm

Ngoặm started out around a year ago, selling burgers online to raise funds for charity purposes. Hoping to serve more and not just over pop ups, they now opened a new bistro on 19 Chân Cầm street. The menu has widened to serve much more than just burgers and sides. 

Việt Nam News chats with Vũ Thế Bình, deputy chairman of Việt Nam Tourism Association on the sector this year.

 Members of volunteer ocean animal rescue team SaSa can spend as long as eight hours underwater at a time replanting coral off Sơn Trà Peninsula in Đà Nẵng.

The recognition that came Tùng Dương’s way at the recent Devotion Music Awards saw him set a record of 13 such awards over the years. He spoke with Minh Thu about what motivates him in music and his upcoming plans.

Sustainable Mekong Delta Barramundi with Đà Lạt vegetables, basil, heirloom tomatoes, and white wine

Delicacies made from freshwater snails are on the menu at Ốc Thị Nở Restaurant, a friendly space where diners can enjoy the street-food staple with a glass of draught beer. Ngô Minh takes a bite.

Private theatres and drama troupes have been offering training courses in performance skills as the number of talented actors has declined in recent years.

Images of two Vietnamese girls dressed in áo dài (the traditional Vietnamese dress) bearing the country’s national flag in landmarks around the UK and at cultural events made a strong impression on those who’ve seen them.

Though bonsai is an imported art form from Japan, it is growing more and more popular in Việt Nam and local bonsai enthusiasts are getting more creative with this art.

Experts and architects want to preserve the old style Hà Nội by an idea to turn a myriad of old factories into creative hubs in the inner capital city.

The only female artisan to have pursued Đông Hồ folk painting in the northern province of Bắc Ninh, Nguyễn Thị Oanh was recently honoured with the title of “Meritorious Artisan” by President Nguyễn Phú Trọng.

Every year, after the harvest is completed or around the end of the Lunar New Year, the Rơ Ngao ethnic minority in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum’s Đăk Hà District celebrate a festival called Nước Giọt (Water Drops).

Đào Huy Hoàng, 28, a graduate of Hà Nội Foreign Trade University, is known as a pioneer in Western calligraphy in Việt Nam. Reporter Thu Ngân talks with Hoàng to find out what inspired him to pursue calligraphy and about the difficulties he faced, as well as his plans for the future.

Belonging to the South Central Coast, Ninh Thuận is known to be the land of “little rain and too much sun and wind”. Long coastal lines with mountain ranges pointing towards the sea make bays with white sands, golden sunlight and jade green sea.

For the first time, renowned poet Nguyễn Quang Thiều hosted a solo exhibition in Hà Nội showing 53 paintings with some metaphors for people’s lives and Vietnamese countryside.

There are plenty of popular dishes on the menu at Ba Mùa, with its talented chefs using fine ingredients and creating decorative presentations that will linger long in the mind.