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 Artisan Hoang Anh Suong shares with Pham Oanh his experience of enjoying tea in Vietnam as well as the art of tea in Vietnamese culture.

 Chang Son village in Thach That district, about 30 kilometers from the center of Hanoi, is one of age-old carpentry villages in Vietnam.

 Quang Ngai province in central Vietnam saw fierce fighting during the war. The province’s historical and cultural relics attract many tourists and are evidence of the local people’s great contributions to national liberation.

 A red-haired Italian priest who wrote over 40 operas and a Latvian musician with strong environmentalist feelings – Saigon plays host to the music of both of these on July 19 in its magnificent Opera House.

 Concerns about losing Thai ethnic culture have motivated Ca Van Chung, Deputy Head of the Science and Technology Center in Son La province, to apply new technology in the preservation work.

 Breakups are difficult and sometimes feel like the end of the world. For many people, nothing starts the healing process faster than immediately getting rid of all ex-related items.

 An increasing number of foreign investors are eager to invest in metro projects in Vietnam to cash in on the country's growing public transportation demands.

 Having experienced months of negative growth due to drought, climate change, floods and saltwater intrusion, the local agriculture segment is demonstrating its inability to serve as a cornerstone of the country’s economy.

 A commercial sea transport route from the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang to Con Dao islands was launched on July 14 with the first ship setting sail from Tran De sea mouth at 8:30 am.

 The State will divest its capital in the Saigon Beer, Alcohol and Beverage Corporation (Sabeco) and the Hanoi Beer Alcohol and Beverage Joint Stock Corporation (Habeco) through open tenders.

 A forum on the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity 2025 Initiative and Project Concepts and the 8th ASEAN Connectivity Symposium took place in Alabang, the Philippines, from July 12-14, according to Vietnam’s delegation to ASEAN.

 It is high time that Vietnam strengthen education on laws and life skills for young citizens so they have self-restraint in conflicts, psychologists have said.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has assured Governor of Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture Kuroiwa Yuji that the Vietnamese government is stepping up the improvement of the domestic business climate. 

 The quality of the marine environment in the central region becomes stable, meeting safety requirements for aquaculture, tourism and conservation of aquatic animals and plants.

 Vietnamese students won three gold and one silver medals at the 49th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) that has concluded in Thailand. 

 Cambodian Defence Minister Tea Bank and Commander of the Royal Gendarmerie of Cambodia (RGC) Sao Sokha have valued the valuable assistance of Vietnam’s Defence Ministry for the RGC and other armed forces of Cambodia in general.

The Vietnamese stock market has surpassed its counterparts in the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand to become the fastest-growing market in the region in the first six months of the year.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged ambassadors andheads of Vietnamese diplomatic agencies abroad for the 2017-2020 term to work hard to promote the image of Vietnam to the world at a meeting with them on July 14.

 Just like rice, fish sauce is a staple of almost every dish in Vietnam. “For Vietnamese people, a meal without fish sauce is considered incomplete,” culture expert Tran Ngoc Them once wrote in his book Vietnam Culture Foundation.

 Vietnam and Singapore have shared concern over terrorism in the region and the world and affirmed willingness to fight terrorism and extreme violence. 

 Vietnam’s best young tennis player Ly Hoang Nam and Sun Fajing won the China F12 Men’s Futures’ men’s doubles on July 14 in Shenzhen City, China.

 Major challenges facing the Mekong Delta remain climate change and natural disasters, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Dang Huy Dong told a conference in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on July 14. 

Export processing zones and industrial parks in Ho Chi Minh City attracted about $384 million in investment in the first six months of 2017, up 39 percent year on year, including nearly $160 million of foreign investment, a rise of 24 percent.