A 10,000-square-meter house bearing architectural features of the Muong ethnic group was built of disposal materials like used wood and railway sleepers. The house was built on the land of Le Hong Kien’s parents in Tan Son Village, northern Hoa Binh Province. The 10,000-square-meter property is called NaLa, which includes …
Read More »Ethnic artist shines light on human bond with nature
Painter Dinh Thi Tham Poong still remembers with joy her childhood in the northwestern mountain province of Lai Chau shaped the artist that she has become. Though she grew up in a town, her father, a folk culture researcher and ethnic Muong man, would often take her on trips to …
Read More »Vietnam International Fashion Week highlights up-cycled designs
Vo Cong Khanh, Nguyen Tien Truyen, and many Vietnamese designers debuted dresses made of coffee fiber and oyster shells at Vietnam International Fashion Week 2022. “ReFashion”, the theme of this year’s fashion week, from May 26-29 in Ho Chi Minh City, captured the audience’s attention with 1,000 designs made from …
Read More »“Elvis” director Baz Luhrmann fascinated by Vietnamese spring rolls
The dish doesn’t just enjoy the spotlight in award-winning animation “Spring Roll Dream” at this year’s Cannes Festival, but is also a favorite of Australian Baz Luhrmann, director of “Moulin Rouge!” and “Elvis”. Luhrmann, who premiered his latest biographical musical movie about the “King of Rock and Roll” at the …
Read More »Vietnamese director wins award for short film at Cannes
Mai Vu, director of the short animated film ‘Spring Roll Dream’, has won the Lights On Women award at the Cannes Film Festival. Hollywood actress Kate Winslet presented it and a prize of €30,000 (US$32,000) to Mai on Saturday. According to Viguier-Hovasse, the representative of the sponsor, said the short …
Read More »Vietnamese students in US petrified by gun violence
Worried about becoming victims of mass shootings, Vietnamese students in the U.S. try to protect themselves and pray but do not let it deter their dreams. Nguyen Quoc Bao Lam woke up on May 24 to find his Twitter feed flooded with news about the shooting at Robb Elementary School …
Read More »Vietnamese students in U.S. petrified by gun violence
Worried about becoming victims of mass shootings, Vietnamese students in the U.S. try to protect themselves and pray but do not let it deter their dreams. Nguyen Quoc Bao Lam woke up on May 24 to find his Twitter feed flooded with news about the shooting at Robb Elementary School …
Read More »Traffic chaos in Hanoi after heavy downpour
Many streets in Hanoi were flooded following a downpour that lasted hours, triggering traffic chaos across the capital Sunday afternoon. A section of Nguyen Trai Street in Thanh Xuan Disitrct was heavily flooded, forcing cars to move slowly in the outermost lane. Some residents attempt to push their vehicle onto …
Read More »Wives allergic to housework
Nguyen Hung hasn’t eaten at home in the last half month. His family eats out for lunch and supper, and his wife orders food for dinner. Hung is content with the family’s income. But, the sole concern of the 34-year-old employee for a tech firm in Hanoi’s Cau Giay district, …
Read More »Crypto scammers hack Vietnam’s YouTube channel with 13 mln subscribers
FapTV, a high profile YouTube channel in Vietnam with 13 million subscribers, has been hacked and rebranded to promote crypto scams. Around 9 a.m. Saturday, many FapTV subscribers discovered that the channel had been renamed “Tesla US” and that it was playing a live video of Elon Musk and other …
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