The right moves to reach the top

At the age of 16 Nguyễn Thiên Ngân has championed the national chess tournament after winning two world gold medals. The rising star wants to grab more success in the future

Fine dining amid fine arts

Lê Art Café Wine Bistro offers great outdoor seating and an extensive menu featuring several flavourful dishes that could tickle anyone’s taste buds.

Up close and personal with Coach Park

From Guus Hiddink’s assistant in the World Cup 2002, Park Hang-seo has gone a long way to become the most successful manager in the history of Vietnamese football. Though ups and downs, the 63 years old manager has so many experiences as well as valuable life lessons to learn from. This time, Việt Nam News and Thanh Niên had a talk with Park to understand more about his personal life in Việt Nam and his experience working with the Vietnamese players.

Colours burst in floral creations

Under the skilled hands of artist Nguyễn Thị Hương Thủy, balls of clay became beautiful flowers right before your eyes. Beyond her clay flowers and flower pots, she also creates 3D flower paintings that are sophisticated and impressively realistic.

Better futures on offer from tourism

The local ethnic Mông in Hang Kia and Pà Cò Communes have made substantial contributions to protecting the environment and preserving the natural surroundings, maintaining resources associated with the development of sustainable eco-tourism.

Walk of fame for village’s shoes

Visitors to the northern province of Điện Biên might be impressed by the colourful traditional costumes of Xạ Phang ethnic people, particularly their sophisticated embroidery shoes.

Much more than just a new home

Stella Ciorra, vice chairwoman of Friends of Vietnam Heritage, not only loves Vietnamese heritage but also its culture, and especially áo dài. She spoke with Ngô Minh about why.

Quảng Nam keen to whip tourism into shape

Due to a long period of closure for pandemic prevention and anti-contamination, tourism industry’s corporates’ financial resources have run low, and more than ever, they need assistance from different sources to recover and revive to become the spearhead economic sector once again.

Back on the mat after mental struggles

Karate fighter Nguyễn Thị Ngoan won her fight against depression and stress to return to national team. She will vie for a gold medal at the coming SEA Games on hometurf

Bodily limits overcome by creativity

There is no limit for creativity and no disadvantage could prevent you from being creative - Triệu Hồng Hồ Em from Chợ Mới District in the southern province of An Giang is the typical example of that saying.

Young woman devotes career to wildlife protection

Studying in the UK, Nguyễn Ngọc Như Thảo had many opportunities to choose a job with a high salary. Thảo, however, decided to go to Africa to take part in wildlife protection programmes and returned to Việt Nam with many dreams. Việt Nam News talks with Thảo about her desire to protect wild animals and her future plans. 

An oasis for veggie-lovers in Cà Mau

An Lạc Vegetarian Restaurant is a genuine oasis for hungry vegan tummies, serving options from rice to noodles together with plant-based drinks.

Keeping culture, language and song alive

Excellent Singer Lê Đại Năm, a Sán Dìu man in the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc’s Tam Đảo District, has vowed to “light a fire” among the young in his homeland to study, preserve, and promote the values of the minority’s origins.

Hà Nội’s sleeping beauty awakens

Aficionados of Hà Nội who love and care about Việt Nam’s age-old architecture have been enthralled over the last week after hearing of a beautifully-preserved mansion in the capital’s Ngọc Hà Village.

Tradition winning out over tourism

Hội An local Võ Tấn Tân and his craftsmen created the Taboo Bamboo Workshop in the middle of the Cẩm Thanh nipa palm forest as a sustainable bamboo craft and preservation centre in the ancient town in central Việt Nam.

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