Central province promotes Sông Thanh National Park The central province has promoted the Sông Thanh Nature Reserve as a National Park for the conservation of its rich biodiversity covering nearly 77,000 hectares, of which more than 58,000 was tropical, evergreen primary forest in districts of Nam Giang and Phước Sơn.

Japanese retailer MUJI to open flagship store in Việt Nam MUJI, the renowned Japanese home-and lifestyle-goods company, openned its first store in Việt Nam yesterday at the Parkson Saigontourist Plaza Shopping Center in HCM City's District 1.

JICA, FIDR help build craft development model in Quảng Nam About 80 local ethnic groups have been involved in developing 230 brocade products, offering 150 products to the market for sale and earning VNĐ2 billion (US$87,000) over past four years.

Border soldiers foster disadvantaged children

Soldiers from La ÊÊ visited poor children’s houses to ask the families to let them adopt the children.

Brocade weaving network revives traditional handicraft

The first weaving network for the traditional brocade of ethnic groups in the central and central highlands region has been launched connecting weaving groups and preserving the handicraft trade.

Cơ Tu people offer traditions to tourists

A few years ago, Cơ Tu villagers in Nam Giang District could not imagine that their community’s daily activities could bring them a significant income source. By sharing their rice preparation, rattan knitting, cooking, singing and dancing with tourists, they make money while preserving traditions.

Hot weather parches central province, residents suffer from lack of water

Prolong hot weather is causing severe shortage of water in central province of Quảng Nam. Thousands of local people had to go to forest to get water from streams.

Thousands of Nghệ An garment workers protest allowance cuts

Thousands of employees of a garment company in central Nghệ An province on Tuesday afternoon went on strike after discovering the company had cut their housing, petrol and hazardous working condition allowances.

$80,000 set to improve child healthcare in Quảng Nam

ExxonMobil has pledged US$80,000 to help improve child healthcare in central Việt Nam, contributing $50,000 to VinaCapital Foundation’s Survive to Thrive programme and $30,000 to Operation Smile Việt Nam.

ASEAN tourism people and services honoured at ATF

Trần Minh Hội, owner of a restaurant in the central highlands province of Pleiku is among 20 people featured in the book Tourism Stories - The Việt Nam Edition.