Traditional festivals, cuisine and the arts of ethnic groups living in the central region will be reflected during a festival held August 24-26 in the central province of Quảng Nam. 

Farmers in the countryside district of Chương Mỹ in Hà Nội were putting in efforts to keep their farm animals fat and healthy for the upcoming year-end festive season. Their main and only concern now was how to keep the herds away from fatal diseases.

Teed Off with Robert Bicknell

A short story by Cát Lâm

Feeling pity for ‘smallest boy in Việt Nam’ who used to live isolated from the outside world, Đặng Văn Cương – the principal of Sơn Ba Primary Boarding School in the central province of Quảng Ngãi – persuaded Đinh Văn K’Rể’s parents to let him attend his school. Over the past three years, he has been treating and teaching K’Rể like his own son.

With specially imported ingredients, the dishes at Tavola are as authentic as they come. For a real Italian experience, make sure you grab a table. Thu Ngân reports

War veteran Nghiêm Quý Dân rides around the city on his tricycle, designed and assembled in a garage many years ago. Dân is just one of hundreds of war veterans and invalids who rely on self-made tricycles to get around Hà Nội, HCM City and other towns and cities.

One does not always need to use hard materials to build walls to keep flood waters out of fields and villages.

Burning offerings a hot topic

An ancient tradition or a money making ploy?

The practice of burning paper has been with us for generations. But in recent years what once just fake cash and the odd gift has developed into something much more. Paul Kennedy reports.

The Asian Games was declared open by Indonesia's President Joko Widodo late on Saturday during a colourful opening ceremony in Jakarta dominated by the joint march of North and South Korea.