In recent years, Vietnamese music lovers have witnessed the birth of many works combining traditional and modern music.

Many hotels have been put on sale in Nha Trang and Danang cities due to losses caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

With a strong certainty that air travel will recovery when the pandemic ends, airports are seen as long-term asset. In that case, any decision related to airport projects must be for the long-term view.

Vietnam’s rise of three ranking positions to 8th overall is the fastest rise in the top half of the Index and displaces regional partner Thailand in the top 10.

After the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) took effect on December 31, 2020, both sides saw impressive growth in their two-way trade though exports faced formidable challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Born and bred in Son Tay town in Hanoi, painter Nguyen Tan Phat has a deep love for the Vietnamese countryside, especially buffaloes. 

At any number of social and cultural events around Vietnam, especially traditional festivals, drums feature as the centrepiece of almost all activities.

A man from the southwestern region of Vietnam started his business with a female buffalo that was then extended to hundreds of buffaloes, earning him annual revenue of over a billion VND.

The idea of giving seashells a second life first came to Tran Thi Ngoc Hieu after she had a bloody experience one day on a beach, when a rather sharp shell pierced the skin on the sole of her foot.

If the long jumper can add a small distance to his personal best, he will become the first Vietnamese athlete to jump 8m and prove he belongs on the world stage.

A young man in central Vietnam has helped his family escape poverty by chicken breeding and planting peach trees.

Large-scale Covid-19 vaccinations are expected to help restore travelers’ confidence, loosen travel restrictions and normalize tourism activities.

Recent weeks has seen healthcare workers spare no effort in tracking down, quarantining, testing, and treating people infected with COVID-19 to slow the spread of the virus among the community.

Two schoolboys in Binh Duong have created an automatic body temperature measurement machine that can also be used to disinfect hands and take the roll-call. The machine is being used at their school.

The tugging rituals and folk games were honored by UNESCO in 2015 as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity, a multi-national project of Vietnam, the Republic of Korea, Cambodia, and the Philippines. 

Many religious places have gone online to stay connected with their devotees during the COVID-19 outbreak, which has been supported by the Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam.

Export value skyrockets over Lunar New Year

Growing tomatoes via smartphones and sitting on the top of mountain selling vegetables to the US from a distance are what some Vietnamese farmers are doing today.

Vietnam has actively participated in UN peacekeeping missions in many regions of the world over recent years, most notably by establishing field hospitals in South Sudan. 

A number of domestic businesses have announced their plans to purchase COVID-19 vaccines for use among their employees and family members following the arrival of the first batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine.