Việt Nam News

Long-time V.League fans recognise the opportunity the league and clubs have been given to grow the local game, but some say they haven’t done enough to take advantage.

Though the main streets leading to Thủ Dầu Một Town, the hub of Bình Dương Province, are full of good places to eat organic chicken, Gà Nướng Hai Chiến, more than others, is always crowded with diners, especially during weekends and holidays.

The 2020 V.League 1 season is almost upon us and (coronavirus permitting) the season will kick off this coming week. To mark the start of the season, Viet Nam News has put together a 14-team preview of each club.

The V-League runner-up, the Ho Chi Minh City Football Club, had a successful season last year with a silver medal for V-League 1 and a bronze medal for the Vietnamese National Football Cup.  The left-back defender, Nguyễn Công Thành, was one of the most important elements of Coach Jung Hae-seong's strategy that led to the club's success. Việt Nam News reporter Xuân Đăng talks to Thành about the team's preparation and goals before the league kicks off next weekend.

with Chef Phạm Hoàng Hiệp from Pullman Hanoi Hotel

Chả Ká offers a wide range of fish dishes.

An is seeking his second berth at the world's biggest sporting event, which will be held this summer in Tokyo.

The group is trying to turn the area at the foot of Long Biên Bridge, which is mostly frequented by homeless people and scrap-iron dealers, into an attractive spot for local youths and tourists.

Nguyễn Anh Thư, founder and president of the non-profit Women in Aerospace and Aviation, plans to circumnavigate the globe solo in her single-engine LANCAIR IV-P aeroplane from May 15 to July 1, 2020, covering some 26,800 nautical miles or nearly 50,000km.

With Executive Sous Chef Bình Vũ from Novotel Suites Hanoi

In a country where cat meat is considered a delicacy in some quarters, some cat lovers are striving to help cement a love for cats among the younger generation, many of whom frown upon eating the animal.

I first met Nguyễn Phương Hải in Hà Nội a month ago when he was holding a class to teach people how to make bánh chưng (square sticky rice cake). The free class attracted a lot of people of all ages who were eager to make their very first bánh chưng.

Nguyễn Tú Anh, co-founder of the Chủ Nhật Yêu Thương (Beloved Sunday) volunteer group in HCM City, together with his fellow volunteers, spends every Sunday purchasing children's books, then classifying, packing and sending them to remote areas.

From the doorstep to the decorative objects and graffiti on the walls inside, La Grupa Steak House stated a message: meat is the only thing that matters. Minh Thu takes the fork and knife.

Maybe not many Vietnamese people know Việt Vũ Đạo, a kind of Vietnamese traditional martial arts), but in France, it is the popular martial arts sect and is known widely in Marseille port city.

With chef Nguyễn Ngọc Quyên from Movenpick Hotel Hanoi.

Associate Professor Trần Tân Văn, director of the Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources, has been preparing dossiers for many of Việt Nam’s natural heritages to seek UNESCO recognition.

Drama troupes in HCM City are focusing on attracting audiences and tourists by staging more musical productions.