The tasty East meets the delicious West at Hà Nội’s Âu Lạc Club

As soon as social distancing measures were relaxed in the city early this month, my friends and I immediately took the chance to get together, visiting Âu Lạc Club by Sword Lake.

Hanoians adapt to disruptions caused by COVID-19

As Hà Nội started to impose stricter social distancing measures yesterday, locals say they are getting used to and learning to adapt to disruptions caused by the pandemic.

Hà Nội: Many people still ignore rules on COVID-19 prevention and control Many Hà Nội residents are ignoring the new restrictions recently imposed by the authorities to prevent the growing risks of COVID-19 infections in the capital city.

Hà Nội shuts in-person dining, barbershops starting July 13 Ha Noi will once again enforce further restrictions on non-essential services in response to growing risks of COVID-19 transmission from arrivals from outbreak-hit regions as well as insufficient public observance of COVID prevention measures.

Spaghetti alla puttanesca

With Chef Đỗ Minh Hạnh from Italian Restaurant Pane e Vino

Home delivery food still a good shout amid pandemic

When Hà Nội announced dine-in restaurants could open again last Monday, everyone rushed out to have their much-longed-for bowl of phở. While phở recipes are widely available online, traditional restaurants with secret recipes still have a strong allure.

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Samaritan, friends cook meals, donate to less fortunate on streets around HCM City1

With the COVID-19 pandemic leaving many people in HCM City poor and hungry, a small group of friends in District 10 have cooked up a wonderful initiative: making food and distributing it to people they see on the street.

Passion fruit mojito

With Restaurant & Bar Operations Manager of Pan Pacific Hanoi, Nguyễn Hồng Kiên

Melancholic USSR cafe, reminder of a bygone era

This week, Svetlana Nguyễn's personal story made headlines online. "Ukrainian lady who spent 20 years helping her husband recover from strokes" was the article that went viral. Svetlana Nguyễn opened a small cafe serving Russian food in their home on Ngọc Khánh Street in 2004 and they named it Cafe CCCP (Russian abbreviation of the USSR).