Fatal coronavirus infects Spring festival

The Perfume Pagoda Festival, Việt Nam's oldest, biggest and longest-running festival, has officially been opened but due to the Covid-19 epidemic, the number of visitors has dropped sharply. 

Startup CricketOne pursues sustainable food concept

CricketOne, a startup supplying food ingredients extracted from crickets, was recently named the winner of a competition for social startups called Blue Venture Awards. The company’s sustainable food development target has helped it win many other awards. Việt Nam News reporter Thu Ngân talks with Bicky Nguyễn, a co-founder cum Business Development Director of CricketOne, about the company's business and development plans for the future.

Kim Bồng carpentry village struggles to keep trade alive

Hội An has approved an eco-tour and craft project to promote Kim Bồng carpentry village as a destination in the eco-tour chain of the most popular sites among the garden village of Trà Quế, the nipa palms of Cẩm Thanh Village, and Thanh Hà pottery village.

A love that echoes through the ages in poetry

Màu Tím Hoa Sim (The colour of myrtle flowers) is considered one of the most touching poems composed by poet Hữu Loan (1916-2010). It is a lament dedicated to Loan’s first wife Lê Đỗ Thị Ninh, who drowned in her homeland of Thanh Hóa Province in 1949.

Coronavirus continues, but is it time to panic?

As coronavirus continues to spread around the world and the number of patients infected with the virus rises, it can be hard to understand how the epidemic is affecting those on the ground. 

Shopping for fun

A market on the western outskirts of Hà Nội holds a surprise. There is nowhere else in the city you can find fish traps and hundreds of other utensils made of bamboo like Hà Đông Market.

Moulding a passion for replica fighter planes

A former defense worker of the A32 Factory belonging to the Air Force , Bùi Xuân Thành has made replicas of fighters since the 1970s and has created thousands of various kinds, many of which have become souvenirs for many veterans, politicians, heads of state and collectors.

Singer, educator calls creative arts 'the new currency of tomorrow’s world'

In 2010, singer Thanh Bùi returned to Việt Nam after living and growing up in Australia. He quickly became a famous singer in Việt Nam with many hits. Thanh is continuing to follow his passion for music while investing in advanced educational models and collaborating with international partners in education. Việt Nam News talks with Thanh Bùi about his career as well as his love for music and education.  

Female artists dominate the big screen in 2019

In her role as producer and actress, Vân, known as Veronica Ngô, was instrumental to the success of the last year's martial arts film Hai Phượng (Furie), the highest-grossing Vietnamese movie of all time.

Ninh Bình's time to shine

The magnificent province of Ninh Bình, home to winding water flows among beautiful karsts, rice fields and lotus swamps, the natural studio for the blockbuster Kong: Skull Island is now back in the national spotlight.

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