(VOVworld) – Hanoi’s Old Quarter has long been famous for its architecture and traditional crafts, many of which have been lost to rapid urbanization. Nguyen Phuong Hung is the last practitioner of his family’s traditional craft of iron forging.
(VOVworld) - Vietnam has a 4-day holiday for this year’s Reunification Day (April 30) and Labor Day (May 01). The tourism market has turned busy with a large number of inbound and outbound tours, mostly in Southeast Asia, marking the beginning of the 2016 summer vacation.
(VOVworld) – The ongoing photo exhibit in Hanoi by former French journalist Michel Blanchard has attracted the public attention. Nearly 60 photos on display capture various aspects of Vietnamese life sin the 1980s when Vietnam still faced many difficulties.
(VOVworld) – Creative centers such as Hanoi Creative City, Heritage Space, Hanoi Rock City, and Nha San Collective and Station 3A in HCM city are places where artists can exchange ideas and introduce their new works to the public.
(VOVworld) – Phu Quoc island in Kien Giang province has been approved to become a centrally-run special administrative-economic zone by 2020, a strategy designed to boost tourism, one of Phu Quoc’s spearhead economic sectors. In response to Vietnam’s National Tourism Year 2016, local travel agencies and service companies are offering promotional programs to attract more tourists.
(VOVworld) – Hanoi’s old quarter has 36 streets and each street is generally associated with a handicraft. It’s easy to recognize the trade of a street by the available products and the sounds from their workshops. We now introduce Hang Bac street, a silver casting guild.
(VOVworld) – French photographer Réhahn Croquevielle travelled to 32 countries but then settled in Vietnam because, he says, this place has brought him endless inspiration. Hong Bac has a report on the French photographer’s love for Vietnam.
(VOVworld) – Activities are underway across Vietnam to mark Earth Hour 2016. Students and young people are among those responding most enthusiastically to the campaign.
(VOVworld) - A group of young people have become a link between benefactors and poor workers through voluntary programs in Hanoi. They are members of the Hanoi Young Inspirers Club.
(VOVworld) –20 Mong children in Can Chu Phin commune, Ha Giang province, recently participated in the production of a radio musical. The program was organized by Plan International, an international children-centered community development NGO, and iSee, the Institute for Studies of Society, Economy, and Environment.
