Fading artform reborn in silver and gold

Having revived Pháp Lam art, a kind of enamel painting and carving on copper, in early 2000, local artisan Đỗ Hữu Triết refreshed the art on silver and gold for making fashionable jewelries, interior decoration and paintings.

Value harvested from superior salt

Blanketing 110 hectares of one of the longest and most beautiful stretches of coastline in central Việt Nam, the Sa Huỳnh salt fields -- 60 kilometres south of Quảng Ngãi City in the province of the same name -- was as a source of salty food centuries ago.

Influence endures after final whistle

Việt Nam News reporter Hoàng Hồ spoke with Lê Công Vinh, a superstar of Vietnamese football, about his academy, his many experiences in life, and his future plans

Panna Cotta

with Chef Francesco Conzattu @La Casa restaurant at The Alma Resort

Niche inventions lessen load on farmers

Nguyễn Thanh Hùng from Hồng Ngự District in the Mekong Delta province of Đồng Tháp is famed locally as the “inventor” of a whole host of unique farming machinery.

Much to do to bring tourism back to life

Phùng Quang Thắng, director of Hanoitourist Company, vice chairman of the Việt Nam Society of Travel Agents (VISTA), talks to Minh Thu about hard time of Vietnamese tourism.

A young and enquiring mind takes to travel

Lê Thu Quỳnh enjoys the beauty of Cát Bà National Park, one of the best protected areas in the country in terms of biodiversity, with the tropical and sub-tropical ecologies common to Asia.

Fettuccine Bolognese

with Chef Francessco Conzattu from La Casa Restaurant, The Alma Resort in Long Beach, Cam Ranh Bay

Fast & Furious fare by the harbour

Viễn Dương Restaurant has its entire facade open to customers, with aquariums of fish and squid, shells and shrimps for diners to choose from.

Footsteps on a well-worn path

Vua Dép Lốp has introduced Việt Nam’s rubber sandals abroad. As their customers are mainly foreigners, the sandals have been estimated to travel to 60 countries worldwide and exported to five countries, including England, France, US, Japan and China.

National dress deserving of UNESCO recognition

ossier for submission to UNESCO, the UN cultural agency, seeking recognition of the traditional costume as a heritage of humankind. A range of scholars attended and shared their views.

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