An artist has created a collection of dolls dressed in the traditional clothes of 54 ethnic groups with the hope of introducing Vietnam's multiculture to the world. 

Nguyen Nhu Quynh is making the final touches to her work. She has just completed a dream miniature-bakery that she has planned for a decade.

Simple materials such as rattan, bamboo and sedge at the hands of Tran Van Hung can be turned into beautiful, sophisticated handbags, favored in Vietnam and the world market.

Born and bred in Van Phuc Village in Hanoi’s outskirts Thanh Tri District -- a traditional craft village once famous for bamboo weaving – Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong was taught basic weaving skills when she was just four years old.

Making handbags for dolls may seem an odd pursuit for a man, but for Nguyen Le Lam Doan it provides him with a stable income from orders as far away as Australia and the US.

Many agricultural by-products, such as banana peels, straw, water hyacinth stalks, areca sheaths and bagasse, are valuable and can be reused instead of thrown away.

 The EU-Vietnam FTA (EVFTA) is expected to bring more opportunities to Vietnam’s enterprises to export products to the EU. However, it will be not easy for handicraft producers to obtain bigger market share there.

A collection of 20 linen dresses painted with an image of a kissing couple is on display in Hanoi by Austrian-Vietnamese painter Duong Thu Phuong.

The first Vietnam Market in Malaysia with 200 pavilions is scheduled to open in March 2020.

In the memories of many Hanoians’ generation, Lo Ren street in Hoan Kiem District houses many forging furnaces.