Born in the former imperial capital city of Huế, Lê Thị Thanh Nhàn did not want to learn the local paper flower craft. Huế is famous for the craft, especially in the Thanh Tiên paper flower making village on the city’s outskirts.

Sensationalised and graphic depictions of prostitutes, gangsters and everyone in between have been a big part of Vietnamese movies and television films for the past two decades.

Ethnic minority girls from remote mountainous areas in Sơn La Province are pushing themselves for marriage, despite being underage, in the hope of a better life.

Her family history showed no signs of breast cancer, but despite this, a 27-year-old woman living in the northern province of Hưng Yên still examined herself at home.

Greek fire services on Sunday said three more people were confirmed killed by the wildfires that have devastated seaside resorts near Athens, bringing the death toll in the disaster to 91.

Thu Vân talks about several instances of babies being switched by mistake at birth, and the pain, suffering and trauma that follow for parents and children with the realisation that they’ve been bringing up the “wrong” child and have been brought up by the “wrong” parents for years.

A music video dedicated to 10 young female volunteers who sacrificed their lives for the Đồng Lộc Victory touched the audience’s hearts during its debut yesterday in Hà Nội.

When young Romanian artist Sergiu Moise told people that he has mixed blood, half Vietnamese and half Romanian, most people believe him, because he speaks Vietnamese language like a local, lacking the foreign accent that most foreigners have when they speak.

The HCM City-based Yeah1 Corporation this week signed a contract with Japanese Entertainment Group, AKS, to form a 48-member girl band.

A short story by Lê Minh Khuê