The Con Son-Kiep Bac Autumn Festival in Hai Duong Province is one of the biggest and most important annual celebrations in North Vietnam which honors Tran Quoc Tuan, also known as Tran Hung Dao, considered a hero for playing a significant role in the country’s triumph over the Mongolians in the 13th century. Dao passed […]
Amid the increasing number of negative connotations about State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), a new wave of trade agreements are being established between Vietnam and a specific group of trading partners. This is in response to certain criticisms to SOEs as being favored above private sectors; bad management; lower profits than their counterparts; ability, or otherwise, to […]
Chu Mo Commune in La Pa District in the Central Highlands Province of Gia Lai was known for breeding elephants. But recently, only one man in the whole region has remained true to the duty. Ksor Cham lives in Plei Pa Kdranh Village. Perhaps like everyone else in the place, he belongs to a […]
Hieu Van Le, a former Vietnam refugee, is now South Australia’s governor. But this distinction didn’t come easy. In fact, Mr. Le had to endure discrimination and other anti-immigrant experiences when he first arrived in Australia 36 years ago. But through sheer hardwork and determination, he achieved his long-time dream “to live in a […]
Windy Days is a non-profit program organized by a group of Ha Noi-based students with the goal to entice the youth to travel and live more as a way to learn and appreciate traditional Vietnamese culture. The members, composed of students and Vietnamese folk culture experts, get together once a month to go to specific […]
My Son Relic is in danger of destruction as large cracks and sinkage have been found at the cluster of two ancient Hindu Temples. Deputy Director of the management board of My Son Relic Nguyen Cong Khiet stated that the B3 and B5 temples are currently in serious condition because of the discovery and that […]
In its mission to monitor its marine and island environmental resources, Vietnam has released a partial result of spatial database on its seas and islands. The database is composed of multi-temporal spatial images of all the territorial waters of Vietnam including Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos. The new database highlights the following […]
In Hanoi, and perhaps anywhere else in the world today, it has become an ordinary sight to see young people hanging out in coffee shops, the sidewalk and other “in” spots and staring down on their smart phones surfing the internet for popular websites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, among others. While a significant portion […]
While Vietnam’s real estate market seems to be going down, it’s also actually attracting foreign investors at the same time, triggering a strong trend of Buying & Selling and Mergers & Acquisitions (M & A) in the particular sector in the future. From January to August of 2013, Vietnam reeled in more than US$12.63 billion […]
Son Doong Cave is an UNESCO-recognized World Heritage Site located at Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh Province. It is also currently the world’s largest cave, and therefore a growing tourist attraction. But a recent proposal to build a cable car system inside the structure is raising opposing opinions from different sectors of the […]