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“Dieu sao” are Vietnamese kites that make music, so interesting! If you are in Vietnam, you will have a chance to fly the interesting “dieu sao”.
Kite flying is popular throughout the year, especially in summer. Vietnamese people of different ages make kites of many shapes, sizes, materials and with bamboo [...]

Irish folk artist Mick Moloney speaks to Thanh Nien Daily ahead of a charity concert for Agent Orange victims on Saturday night in Hanoi.

Renowned Irish musicians Mick Moloney (R) and Athena Tergis
The world needs to wake up to the plight of Vietnam’s Agent Orange (AO) victims and take more action to help, says [...]

Le Hoanh Khanh is the only ve thuc artist (one whose sketches are used to guide wood carvers) left in the central region.
Himself a master carver, Khanh says ve thuc artists must have a vast knowledge of traditional patterns, historical tales, myths and literary masterpieces.

According to Khanh, mastering the art requires great passion, boundless [...]

They are emigrants who do odd jobs at the Long Hai fish port, in Long Dien district, the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau.
Their life is insecure because their jobs depend on fishing boats. Whenever fishing boats land, they have jobs. They become unemployed when the sea is choppy.
VietNamNet captures the life [...]

Hồ Ngọc Hà (born 25 November 1984) is a Vietnamese singer, model and actress. She became famous when she won first prize in the supermodel contest of Vietnam in 2003 and 2004. Since then, she has begun working as an actress and singer.
   
Hồ Ngọc Hà was born in Đồng Hới city, [...]

The country’s movie industry has to make a choice: look at itself honestly to seek a way for development or be drowned by a wave of foreign films. The Vietnam Cinema Agency’s vice chief Le Ngoc Minh and director Bui Thac Chuyen talk about this.

 
Audience members lining up to buy tickets for New-Year-holiday films.

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This special market is held every Saturday at the foot of Can Chu Su Mountain in Can Cau Commune, Si Ma Cai District in the Northeastern mountainous province of Lao Cai.

The market attracts many farmers and ranchers in the region, and even traders from China and beyond.

The market first opened ten years ago to meet [...]

Residents in Moc Chau plateau in the northern mountainous province of Son La are confronting the most serious cold spell so far this year. Hoarfrost falls every morning. The gap between temperature at night and during day is between five and six degrees celsius.
On these days, firewood burned the whole day in each household in [...]

Many overseas Vietnamese singers have returned to perform in HCM City during Lunar New Year Festival (Tet).

Singer and composer Duc Huy

 
The evenings are an exciting time for local singers now that live shows occur more often on the large stage. But overseas Vietnamese singers prefer smaller venues like bars, hotels and nightclubs.

“I hope my performances [...]

The festive atmosphere associated with Tet (Lunar New Year) has arrived sooner than usual this year.

Fighting lions: Members of the Thanh Nghia Duong Lan Su Rong team perform a lion dance to welcome the new year.

A festival to highlight the traditional activities that Vietnamese often enjoy during the three days of Tet commence tomorrow night, [...]