Bà Đài Village's wooden boat industry was recognised in 2015 as an important cultural heritage of Việt Nam, but now the 100-year-old tradition is under threat from a double whammy of climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng met voters in Hà Nội’s districts of Ba Đình, Đống Đa, and Hai Bà Trưng, both online and offline, in preparation for the second session of the 15th National Assembly.

The Hà Nội authorities have drafted a plan to develop the culture industry from 2021 to 2025, with a vision to 2045. The document is considered important to paving the way for the city’s culture industry to develop sustainably.

Every year, from the end of August to the beginning of September of the lunar calendar (which falls in October), the weather in the highlands starts to get cold and the yellow rays of the sun shine on the ripe golden rice fields, signalling a bountiful "golden season". This is the time when ethnic minorities in the highlands of Hà Giang celebrate the New Rice festival.

Russian motorcyclist falls in love with Việt Nam

Wearing a dark mask, dark glasses, a helmet and riding a rusty motorbike, you would be forgiven for thinking Ivan Os is not a usual part of the scenery in the central province of Bình Thuận. However, he is well-known to the locals. Os, who is 43-year-old and originally from Russia, had travelled widely around the world before his first visit to Việt Nam in 2015.

A new epic documentary about Việt Nam’s wartime history is set to be subtitled in English for the first time so that foreign audiences can have a panoramic view of the Vietnamese people's victorious struggle and their huge sacrifices during their wars of resistance in the 20th century. 

Migrating from the north to the far south of the country, the forefathers of Định Yên villagers brought an elegant craft that is now much sought after throughout the region and beyond

The ethnic Rơ Ngao people of Kon Tum Province are working hard to keep alive a traditional craft that is central to their culture and identity.