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Vietnam's rare doll makeup business finds a global market

With his family’s support, a Vietnamese artist combines creativity and craftsmanship to breathe new life into dolls, attracting a growing international clientele.

Coppersmith village preserves 100-year tradition in HCM City

Craftsmen from the An Hoi Coppersmith Village in HCM City’s Go Vap District are busy with orders for the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, with customers crowding shops buying their famous brass incense burners.

Dong Xam silver craft village

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dong Xam is a famous silver carving craft village in Thai Binh Province. The village also embraces a rich cultural tradition.

Vietnam runs short of souvenirs for tourists

 VietNamNet Bridge – Either love them or hate them, but many tourists snap up souvenirs that can be put on a shelf to remind them about a particular location. Oddly enough, Viet Nam does not seem to have enough of them!

VN, NZ connect cultures via fashion

Four garments in the "fusion" fashion collection of two student designers, one from Viet Nam and the other from New Zealand, won first prize at the first-ever New Zealand-Viet Nam Fashion Collaboration and Show

Tourists can play part in lifting standards of living

 VietNamNet Bridge – It's not a surprising fact to hear that Viet Nam has become one of the main booming destinations in Asia. The number of international arrivals in 2012 grew by 13.86 per cent over 2011,