Dong Ngu village keeps water puppetry alive

Dong Ngu village keeps water puppetry alive

(VOVWORLD) - Dong Ngu village in Thuan Thanh district, Bac Ninh province, continues to draw crowds to its water puppet shows. Its troupe is one of 14 active water puppet troupes in...
Autumn – Hanoi’s most seductive season

Autumn – Hanoi’s most seductive season

(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi is at its most graceful and poetic in autumn. It is often vividly colorful. Autumn is a time when the scent of milk flowers lingers in air, chilled by...
Vu Lan festival held online

Vu Lan festival held online

(VOVWORLD) - Because of the COVID-19 pandemic the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha has asked its branches in provinces and cities to organize the Vu Lan Festival, also known as the filial piety ceremony...
Tan Trao revolutionary base lives on in memory

Tan Trao revolutionary base lives on in memory

(VOVWORLD) - In May, 1945, after moving from Cao Bang to Tuyen Quang province to direct the national revolution, President Ho Chi Minh chose Tan Trao commune to set up a revolutionary base for...
Artisan strives to preserve clay statue making

Artisan strives to preserve clay statue making

(VOVWORLD) - Clay statues are a traditional type of toy in Vietnam and common during the Mid-Autumn Festival and Lunar New Year (Tet). They are usually figurines of animals, like turtles and birds...
Former Party General Secretary Le Kha Phieu

Former Party General Secretary Le Kha Phieu

(VOVWORLD) - The Communist Party and the people of Vietnam paid final respects to their outstanding leader, former Party leader Le Kha Phieu last week. During his tenure as the Party’s General Secretary from 1997...