Việt Nam News

For swimmer Vũ Thị Sen, now 73, President Hồ Chí Minh was not only an idol, but her short meetings with him in her youth shaped her future.

He may be just 15-years-old, but Trần Nam Long’s artistic skills are way beyond his tender age.

with Executive Chef Ingo Stöneberg at The Alma Resort, Cam Ranh, Nha Trang

A long-established restaurant group has tweaked its menu to reflect the cultural and culinary heritage of HCM City's District 5, formerly known as Chinatown.

It would be a good idea to adopt Uncle Hồ's house on stilts as a model for a 'post-corona' world, a more modest, more sustainable, more elegant and environmentally friendly future.

Hội An-based artist Nguyễn Quốc Dân, a pursuer of non-cubism digital painting, has recently realised an art project of many elements. He talks with Như Hà about his project, Internal Energy.

A graduate of the Việt Nam Trade University and University of Amsterdam in Holland, Nguyễn Tuấn Cường (Cường Nguyễn) is the co-founder of Amanotes, which is listed in the top 15 of Android application developers in the US.

American teenage singer Billie Eilish has stolen the hearts of young people around the world, and Vietnamese teenagers are no exception, who report on her activities on social media.

Stretching 90km along the coast over the Hải Vân Pass to Hội An, fishing villages and crowded fishery communities have been around for centuries. However, temples dedicated to whales – fishermen's guardian angels – are now the last vestiges of ancient fishing villages that have been replaced by high rise buildings and mass tourism.

Phạm Văn Tâm at Bình Tân District is taking a traditional Vietnamese activity of kite flying to new heights by flying four of them at the same time.

For Nguyễn Thị Xuân Hằng, a plastic straw was the one that broke the camel's back.

During the weeks of social distancing in Việt Nam, switching to online shopping was a must for millions of housewives living in cities like Hà Nội and Hồ Chí Minh City.

with chef Francesco Conzattu at Italian Restaurant La Casa, Alma Resort, Cam Ranh peninsula

No one knew the Geneva Agreement's signing ending Việt Nam's French-American War (1945‒1954) was imminent. This included the Vietnamese, French, Europeans, and Africans who fought at Cầu Lồ in northern Việt Nam's Red River Delta on July 14, 1954, nine weeks after Việt Nam's victory over France in the prolonged battle at Điện Biên Phủ and a week before the Geneva signing.

The bombing over Tân Sơn Nhất Airport, the airbase of the Republic of South Việt Nam, by Quyết Thắng Squadron on April 28, 1975, was a glorious victory of the Việt Nam People’s Air Force and helped accelerate the collapse of the American supported Sài Gòn regime just two days after. Việt Nam News reveals the stories of the silent heroes behind the success of the squadron.

Viet Nam has now been reunified for 45 years, but 86-year-old Ca Lê Du in Tân Thành Bình Commune in the southern province of Bến Tre is still overwhelmed when she recalls the Đồng Khởi Movement and the Long-Haired Army.

During his lifetime, President Ho Chi Minh held a special affection for the people of the South of Việt Nam. He said on numerous occasions that: "Our endearing land of the South has always been in my heart."

HCM City, which has many of the conditions needed to become the first smart city in Việt Nam, is still finalising plans for its ambitious goal to build an innovative ‘city within a city’ in the eastern part of the sprawling metropolis.