Việt Nam News

With its open-plan kitchen looking out onto Hai Bà Trưng Street in downtown HCM City, NAMO catches the eye of many passersby, especially lovers of authentic Italian cuisine.

Thu Ngân spoke with Guitarist Bill Frisell, widely known as one of the most versatile players in jazz history, about his first trip to Việt Nam and his views about bringing the jazz music to Vietnamese audiences.

The roads children are forced to take to school in the poor mountainous district of Ngọc Định in the southern province of Đồng Nai used to be a hazard. But now all that has changed thanks to local man Nguyễn Ngọc Sơn.

Thành Quang Minh is working as a construction engineer in HCM City but he does not give up passion for bolero music. For the past one year, he has traveled across the country to sing for the poor and raise funds to help them.

Children all over Việt Nam are out of school and excited about the summer holiday. How are they going to spend their free time? Phương Mai, San Hà and Ngọc Diệp talk to kids and their parents.

Nestled down a small lane, U Hòa Restaurant provides a quiet place to enjoy Vietnamese food from all over the country

Farmers have been applying innovative methods on their land.

You may be familiar with the sweet lemons of the Italian Amalfi coast, but did you know California remains ahead of Italy on the list of the top 10 citrus-growing countries globally?

I am no great fan of most fish dishes. I usually find them too greasy and fishy. But there is something alluring about chả cá (Vietnamese grilled fish) at a great restaurant that truly sets it apart from any fish one could cook at home.

Mỳ Quảng (Quảng Nam­­­-style flat rice noodle) restaurants can be easily found throughout central Quảng Nam Province. But centuries-old Phú Chiêm Village on the banks of the Thu Bồn River is known as the original home of the traditional spicy meal. Villagers still preserve the trade and hundreds of local vendors serve the food in neighbouring provinces and cities.

Seven-hundred years after it was constructed, a sculpture continues to surprise visitors to Bảo Hà Temple in Bảo Hà Village, Đồng Minh Commune, Vĩnh Bảo District, the northern city of Hải Phòng.

Suzhou is considered one of the most important cities in the Yangtze River Delta in Jiangsu Province, eastern China. Throughout this modern city, visitors can find traces of its ancient culture.

Having previously settled in Canada, overseas Vietnamese Trần Bá Cương John returned to Việt Nam to help build the first automobile manufacturing project in Quảng Nam Province in 2003. More recently, nano-biological research lured him back to develop hi-tech solutions for the Vietnamese farming community.

Teed Off with Robert Bicknell

with culinary expert Hoàng Nguyên from Movenpick Hotel Hà Nội

Thousands of people donned raincoats and carried umbrellas on May 8, braving the driving rain to enjoy the art performance held to commemorate the 990th anniversary of Thanh Hóa Province.

Music researcher Nguyễn Quang Long speaks with reporter Bùi Quỳnh Hoa about his dream to make xẩm (blind busker’s singing) and other traditional Vietnamese music more accessible for young people.