Programme reduces poverty in ethnic minority areas

The improvements have come since a socio-economic development programme in extremely disadvantaged communes of ethnic minority and mountainous areas was launched.

Việt Nam and China to work together on tourism Lạng Sơn is promoting tourism development and ties between the province and Việt Bắc with Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China, launching tours, co-operating in promoting tourism markets and training tourism workers.

Drug trafficking and corruption crimes heat NA deputies’ debate Deputies at the National Assembly (NA) are growing increasingly concerned more and more young people are developing drug habits. And they fear Việt Nam is becoming a transit route for the narcotics smugglers.

Making knives in the heat

Making knives is a job that needs people to be both calm and angry. Angry to do the hard work of working with iron when a fire is very hot and calm to be able to make a knife very carefully. People in Phúc Sen Village in the northern province of Cao Bằng have been making knives for a long, long time. There are around two hundred households who make a living out of it.

A stinging experience Five passengers and the driver of a limousine minibus en route to the northern province of Cao Bằng suffered the fright of their lives on October 23 when a moving truck struck their vehicle sending it spinning across the road.

Cao Bằng reviews a decade of implementing accords on Việt Nam-China border

Cao Bằng People’s Committee on Tuesday held a meeting to review a decade of the implementation of three Việt Nam-China border accords – a Protocol on Border Demarcation and Marker Planting, the Agreement on Border Management and the Agreement on Border Gates and Border Gate Management, signed in 2009.

Non Nước Cao Bằng Geopark, a wonderland on Earth

Non Nước Cao Bằng UNESCO Global Geopark is an exceptional area in which it is possible to explore the history of planet Earth for more than 500 million years. It’s also a land of tangible and intangible cultural heritage sites. Bùi Quỳnh Hoa explores.

Knife village retains traditional craft

Phúc Sen Village in the northern province of Cao Bằng is home to about 350 blacksmiths of the Nùng An ethnic minority.

Never too old to do good deeds

At the age of 87, People’s Artist Lê Thu is not that interested in growing old peacefully, she's more concerned about staying healthy so she can help other people.

Pili nuts are really the nuts Pili nuts, or trám, are often described as the Vietnamese olive.