• Trader’s bloodsuckers leave neighbors jittery

    Trader’s bloodsuckers leave neighbors jittery

    31/10/2011 12:55

    A trader in Ho Chi Minh City’s outlying Hoc Mon District is involved in an unusual business -- buying leeches to sell to China.

  • “My Village” Circus-play on an International Tour

    “My Village” Circus-play on an International Tour

    30/10/2011 09:52

    Having performed in many places both at home and abroad, “Lang toi” or “My Village” circus-play has won the hearts of thousands of audiences. The most interesting aspect of the newly-arranged play is the use of bamboo to design the stage...

  • VN’s centenarian couple: Love is as strong as ever

    VN’s centenarian couple: Love is as strong as ever

    09/09/2011 09:28

    Huynh Van Lac, 110, and Nguyen Thi Lanh, 106, in Dong Hung Thuan Ward in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 2, have been certificated by Guiness Vietnam Records as the country’s oldest couple.

  • National Day of Vietnam

    National Day of Vietnam

    08/09/2011 03:17

    National Day of Vietnam is celebrated on 2nd of September. September 2nd in Vietnam symbolizes the August 1945 Revolution and Vietnam National Day.

  • Vietnams Liberation Day

    Vietnams Liberation Day

    08/09/2011 03:07

    On 30th April, 1975 the Vietnam People’s Army (NVA) captured Saigon, the South Vietnamese Capital

  • A mini Brobdingnag in Vietnam

    A mini Brobdingnag in Vietnam

    06/09/2011 08:21

    A Ha Nam Province village is known as the village of tall people since many of its residents tower above the average Vietnamese.

  • “Banh Phu The”– Vietnamese conjugal cake

    “Banh Phu The”– Vietnamese conjugal cake

    29/08/2011 02:30

    In Vietnam,“Banh Phu The” is a special cake, which symbolises the loyalty of a husband and wife.

  • Hung Temple Festival

    Hung Temple Festival

    24/08/2011 08:21

    The festival begins with a palanquin procession performed by three villages of Co Tich, Vi Cuong and Trieu Phu. The procession carries bamboo elephants and wooden horses symbolizing the submission of animals to the Kings Hung and the wedding of...

  • Industrialization and Modernization in Vietnam

    Industrialization and Modernization in Vietnam

    23/08/2011 07:24

    he industrialisation and modernisation process implemented over the last 10 years according to resolutions of the Party’s 8th and 9th National Congresses has brought about important socio-economic changes to the country. However, the process has...

  • Tet Tao Quan Vietnam

    Tet Tao Quan Vietnam

    19/08/2011 03:45

    The Vietnamese people have a zest and reverence for life that is quite admirable and it no wonder that the Vietnamese calendar is actually one long procession of festivities and celebrations.In Vietnam, December is a busy month and the Tet Tao...