Hanoi College voluntary project: Paint, Sweat and Inspiration

Hanoi College voluntary project: Paint, Sweat and Inspiration

(VOVWORLD) -We arrived at the Projects Abroad’s Hanoi office at around 8:45, the volunteers shuffling into the kitchen for morning tea. Riyaad, our project assistant, pointed at a collection of supplies in the corner of the room, buckets of paint, brushes...
Doi Tam village and the art of drum making

Doi Tam village and the art of drum making

(VOVWORLD) - In Vietnam, drums are a traditional instrument at festivals and weddings. They are also used to announce arrivals to the community, signal when school starts or ends, and accompany musical performances. Depending on...
Nguyen The Ky's play performed in Long An

Nguyen The Ky's play performed in Long An

(VOVWORLD) - The play “Thay Ba Doi” (Teacher Ba Doi) was performed on Sunday night in the southern province of Long An to mark 100 years of cai luong (reformed opera). Deputy Prime...
Party leader pays state visit to Cuba

Party leader pays state visit to Cuba

(VOVWORLD) -Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong left Paris on Wednesday to pay a state visit to Cuba at the invitation of First Secretary of the Communist Party of...
Former PM Phan Van Khai remembered abroad

Former PM Phan Van Khai remembered abroad

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the UN held a ceremony in New York on Tuesday and Wednesday to pay tribute to former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, attended by foreign delegations...
Former PM Phan Van Khai remembered abroad

Former PM Phan Van Khai remembered abroad

(VOVWORLD) - Algeria’s Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia and other officials from ministries and sectors paid tribute to Vietnam’s former Politburo member and former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, who passed...
Spring festivals open across Vietnam

Spring festivals open across Vietnam

(VOVWORLD) - Several spring festivals are underway across Vietnam this week. The Mother Au Co Temple Festival opened on Thursday in Phu Tho province with a worshipping ceremony and a palanquin...
Air-defence hero in 1972 Christmas bombings

Air-defence hero in 1972 Christmas bombings

(VOVWORLD) - 45 years have passed, but memories of the 12-day battle against the US carpet bombing in Hanoi are still fresh in the mind of Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Phiet...