December 31, 2011
 Beautiful stalactites and stalagmites inside the new cave in Bac Kan Province Caves always carry an aura of mystery and wonder about them. We were reminded of that very strongly when we visited a newly found cave in the northern province of Bac Kan. The stalactites and stalagmites of different shapes and colors were [...]
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December 31, 2011
White H’mong girls In the high mountains of northern Vietnam, the H’mong are all set to celebrate their New Year next week. Vietnam’s eighth largest ethnic group is renowned for its colorful clothes and the New Year is an occasion for flaunting them. For the H’mong, in fact, clothes do make the man – [...]
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November 8, 2010
Long me (Motherâs heart), a silk painting by Le Pho. Low market demand and high technical requirements are discouraging Vietnamese artists from taking up silk painting. At a time when many arts are enjoying a resurgence based on increasing prosperity and greater market demand, it was a very drastic and shocking thing to say. Famous [...]
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January 2, 2010
Clothes from top designer Vo Viet Chungâs Spring-Summer collection Fashion designers predict that simple and relaxing clothes in neutral color will be the fashion trend in Vietnam this year. Vo Viet Chung, one of the countryâs top designers, said since the clothing industry would factor into the equation that the Earth is getting hotter, practical [...]
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January 2, 2010
Fashion designers predict that simple and relaxing clothes in neutral color will be the fashion trend in Vietnam this year. An ao dai from Ngo Nhat Huy’s Spring-Summer collectionVo Viet Chung, one of the country’s top designers, said since the clothing industry would factor into the equation that the Earth is getting hotter, practical fashion [...]
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December 22, 2009
A young visitor looks at pictures at the first exhibition of embroidered Exhibition of embroidered pictures by the national museum seeks to infuse fresh originality into a fading art. As one of Vietnamâs most famous handicrafts, embroidery began in the 1st century but it was not until the 17th century that it developed into an [...]
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December 2, 2009
On the cramped loft at 13 Tran Quy Cap Street in the central ancient city of Hoi An, for many years, people have seen a man painstakingly making chicken hair collages. Artisan Dinh Ngoc Dat. (Photo: golshops.com)Dinh Ngoc Dat, born in 1960, has been making feather pictures since he was in middle school. Initially, he [...]
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August 1, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Everyday, a Cham woman called Gai sits by an old loom in her soil-walled house in My Nghiep Village to weave fabric. The work creates a merry clopping sound when the loom components hit together. An artisan sells Cham-style brocade products from My Nghiep village, Ninh Thuan province. (Photo: VNS)The simple but good-to-listen-to [...]
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June 20, 2009
The “King of stones,” has been making pictures with stones for two decades. Veteran Pham Quang Phap poses with a picture of the Temple of Literature made from colored stone from his communeThat’s the nickname locals from central Binh Thuan Province’s Tuy Phong District have given Pham Quang Phap, a 79-yea-rold veteran of Binh Thanh [...]
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June 20, 2009
The “King of stones,” has been making pictures with stones for two decades. Veteran Pham Quang Phap poses with a picture of the Temple of Literature made from colored stone from his communeThat’s the nickname locals from central Binh Thuan Province’s Tuy Phong District have given Pham Quang Phap, a 79-yea-rold veteran of Binh Thanh [...]
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