Vietnamese people often visit pagodas, temples or cultural relics in spring. During my trip to Phú Quốc Island over Tết (Lunar New Year), I followed a local friend to a temple dedicated to national hero Nguyễn Trung Trực.
Forty kilometres west of Đà Nẵng along the Cu Đê River, Nam Yên Village in Hòa Bắc Commune has emerged as a popular destination for community-based tourism and education among city day-trippers eager for tranquillity at the weekend.
with Executive Chef Angela Brown from Hotel des Arts - MGallery Collection
HCM City's Department of Health is continuing its focus on developing the application of state-of-the-art healthcare techniques at general and specialised hospitals that its counterparts in Asia have also been pursuing.
The Việt Nam Theatre Artists Association has recently been carrying out a project to build and develop a new generation of audience for the theatre.
Along with bánh canh, a thick rice-noodle soup, hủ tiếu (thin rice-noodle soup) is a popular dish in southern Viet Nam, and it also happens to be my favourite.
All of the delta’s 12 provinces and its major city, Cần Thơ, have been able to turn more unproductive rice fields into fruit tree and other crop growing areas, or for aquaculture.
Recent music activities like the Veston Concert held by singer Hà Anh Tuấn have demonstrated how local tourism preferences have changed in Da Lat in central Viet Nam.
Thạch Thất District on the outskirts of Hà Nội is known for many original ancient architectures, one of which is Khum Bridge. Located in Yên Village in Thạch Xá Commune, Thạch Thất District, it is one of three ancient bridges of the former Hà Tây Province that has existed until today.
An ambassador for Global Wellness Day Vietnam since 2018, Henri Hubert, director of Le Nom Group, a visual communication agency, believes that good health and a good spirit can help convey the true beauty of life.
With Thai chef Suriyan Boon-Oi, executive sous chef of Windsor Plaza Hotel
It’s unfortunately quite common for children in Việt Nam’s remote mountainous areas to drop out of school because they simply don’t have anything for lunch. In response, one young man launched a project offering them free meals so they could stay in class, and he hopes such help won’t only be limited to disadvantaged children in the country in the future.
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With Chef Nguyễn Ngọc Quyên from Movenpick Hotel Hanoi
Hà Thị Phượng is one of only two female Vietnamese referees to have passed the rigorous physical and rules tests to officiate games in V.League 2 2021, which kicked off last month. It was a history-making achievement, and the first time professional Vietnamese football featured female assistant referees. She spoke with Thanh Nga.
Doctors at the National Children’s Hospital performed 60 surgeries last year on patients suffering these types of heart defects, with a success rate of 96.7 per cent.
Made-for-TV series have gained in popularity as cinemas lose their appeal.
Đặng Huy Hoàng was recently inspired by Việt Nam’s architecture and has created a number of buildings from the bricks.
During my first visit to the newly opened Capella Hanoi's restaurant for brunch one recent Sunday, I was overwhelmed by the lavish theatrical design that transports people back to the 1920s and the “heyday” of opera and performance.
Đặng Thanh Huyên is the author of the colourful Vietnamese history artbook ‘Việt sử diễn họa’, the artist behind the historical animation series ‘Hào khí ngàn năm’ (Thousand years of pride) aired on National Việt Nam Television VTV and is the co-administrator of ‘Đại Việt cổ phong’ (The great Đại Việt), a Facebook group on history research.
Born in Nga Sơn, a rural district in the central province of Thanh Hóa famed for its traditional products made of sedge, Trần Doãn Hùng has been involved in a business endeavour using the material to create fashionable handbags and decorative items that sell well on Amazon.
