Vietnamese people devise cool ways to combat raging heat (photos)
The excruciating heat over the past few weeks has pushed people in many cities and provinces in Vietnam to the breaking point
People celebrate New Year in Vietnam (photos, drone video)
Tuoi Tre News offers photos and a drone video showing how people in Vietnam’s major cities, including Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, as well as elsewhere across the country, celebrated the arrival of the New Year
Two suspected dog thieves clubbed to death, again
A local official in northern Vietnam’s Thanh Hoa Province on Saturday confirmed that two men suspected of stealing dogs were clubbed to death by local residents on Friday, while two others are critically injured.
Northern, central Vietnam ‘baked’ in hot spell (photos)
People in Vietnam’s northern and central provinces, including Hanoi, have been struggling with scorching heat in the past few days, with a record 47 degrees Celsius reported; the heatwave is expected to last until later this month
Foreign-made lanterns removed to preserve VN’s identity
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism late last week demanded that foreign-made lanterns be removed from traditional festivals and religious institutes in an attempt to stop the exotic products from tainting the Vietnamese identity
Expats knocked over by Vietnam’s excessive drinking
Expats living in Vietnam have tried to figure out why locals drink so much, as Vietnamese people consumed around 2.9 billion liters of beer in 2012 and 2013.
The happy, hospitable village
The Aur village, home to Co Tu ethnic minority people in Quang Nam province, is a welcoming village where all households honor their tradition of treating strangers as honored guests.
Pilgrimage tourism peaks after Tet
Locals and expat Vietnamese have been increasingly going on pilgrimage tours, usually running until the end of the 3rd month of the lunar calendar (around late April).
‘Dong’ leaf village gears up for Tet (photos)
Since a few weeks before Tet, the Trang Cat “dong” leaf village in Hanoi has been working full steam for the leaf harvest.
North village busy preparing braised fish for Tet (photos)
Just like every year, a few weeks before Tet, Dai Hoang villagers in Ha Nam province have had their hands full braising fish - a Tet delicacy - and distributing them across the country.