January 9, 2012
Pho Trach Village in central Vietnam has for centuries been known for making traditional mats from sedge Nguyen Thi Chieu in Pho Trach Village is famous for making beautiful mats Pho Trach, a village in Thua Thien-Hue Province, is famous for its Äá»m, a kind of mat made from sedge. Weaving Äá»m has been [...]
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December 12, 2011
Artist Quach Dong Phuong (R) â at his latest exhibition titled ‘Cong xua’ (Old gates) with nearly 700 photos at Kim Ngan Temple on Hang Bac Street, Hanoi. The exhibition will run until mid-December, one of the events held to celebrate Vietnam Heritage Day, November 23. When Quach Dong Phuong went on a picnic [...]
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October 20, 2011
Entrance to Cuu Village in Van Tu Commune, Phu Xuyen District, Hanoi It is an old village that has literally risen, phoenix-like, from the ashes, but is now in danger of being consumed by unbridled urbanization. Cuu Village in Van Tu Commune of the suburban district of Phu Xuyen is one of the oldest [...]
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October 9, 2011
Lang Co Beach impresses tourists with white sands, clear blue waters, mountain ranges stretching to the seashore, and a peaceful fishing community Long stretches of beach, white sand, plenty of sunshine – these and other visual and sensual treats are on offer in abundance at the picturesque seaside destination of Lang Co Bay in [...]
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September 27, 2011
Praised fish artisan Tran Huy Thoa said he has to store up thousands of earthenware pots to meet the increasing order every lunar new year. The locals of the northern province of Ha Nam’s Nhan Hau riverside village are fish artisans, who export thousands of cooked fish every year nationwide and overseas, including to China, [...]
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September 20, 2011
A pair of female (L) and male (R) Ho chicken Vietnam ’s famous Dong Ho paintings from the northern province of Bac Ninh often depict a kind of chicken considered a cultural and spiritual symbol of the area. Â But raising the chicken is a painstaking job, said local people in Lac Tho, the village [...]
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September 11, 2011
First-time director Siu Pham is betting that everyday moviegoers will relate to the authenticity and realism of her new art-house film Siu Pham said she just pursues her own path, no matter how hard it will be or how great the risk of failure is and she is also not like local young filmmakers [...]
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September 10, 2011
Thai authorities arrested two men as they attempted to smuggle 120 dogs to Vietnam on Tuesday, according to the Bangkok Post. Civil volunteers stopped two pickup trucks carrying fertilizer sacks containing the dogs, 31 of which had suffocated, at Pho Sai village near the Mekong River in Nakhon Phanom province. The volunteers, who are [...]
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September 9, 2011
Soothsaying guide presents the past and foretells the future Tran Thi Dieu, 78, entertains a foreign tourist thanks to her fluent English and fortune-telling skills. Thuy Thanh Commune boasts an impressive tile-roofed bridge that is such an integral and central part of it that the village itself is now called the Thanh Toan Tile [...]
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August 16, 2011
Every part of the lotus creeper is useful, but to make the best tea, it takes a very special flower and very special knowledge Is there a lingering fragrance? Or is it wishful imagination? There are no lotuses, for sure. All the lotus ponds near the West Lake in Hanoi are now completely covered [...]
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