Last updated: Monday, February 6, 2012
The biggest holiday of the year is passing by without any hint of festivity for an ethnic group living in a northern village.
Local reports say large numbers of uneducated children are a factor that puts most families in the village close to starvation every day.
Mo Ba village of Dao...
Last updated: Thursday, October 20, 2011
Entrance to Cuu Village in Van Tu Commune, Phu Xuyen District, Hanoi
It is an old village that has literally risen, phoenix-like, from the ashes, but is now in danger of being consumed by unbridled urbanization.
Cuu Village in Van Tu Commune of the suburban...
Last updated: Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Praised fish artisan Tran Huy Thoa said he has to store up thousands of earthenware pots to meet the increasing order every lunar new year.
The locals of the northern province of Ha Nam’s Nhan Hau riverside village are fish artisans, who export thousands of cooked fish every year nationwide and overseas, including to China,...
Last updated: Sunday, August 14, 2011
The Nom Bridge with nine spans has not outlived its usefulness for locals
The Nom Village is more than a typical village although it has all the needed features, including a village square, a big tree at the entrance and a bridge with nine spans.
Located 30-km east of Hanoi,...
Last updated: Monday, June 27, 2011
Nha rong Kon Klor on inauguration day on June 19
Last week, small Ba Na communities throughout Kon Tum Province were abuzz with excitement.
After nearly a year’s wait, they had gathered to celebrate the reconstruction of the largest communal structure in the area that...
Last updated: Thursday, June 23, 2011
A famous village in the suburbs of Hanoi, with houses dating back hundreds of years, has decided to turn its back on history, aesthetics and healthy living
A man walks past a house under construction in Cu Da Village in the outskirts of Hanoi. Famed for its century old European-style...
Last updated: Monday, February 28, 2011
Red tape and a lack of funding have reduced Vietnam’s first national heritage village to a decaying tourist trap while officials near Hue argue that stalled preservation plans should be abandoned in two villages
Harvest day in Duong Lam Village
Six years ago,...
Last updated: Sunday, January 2, 2011
Japanese experts help residents understand each house in their village is part of a precious heritage
Yamaguchi Yoriko (L) and Inoue Aiko in the garden of an ancient house in Duong Lam Ancient Village.
They know the village like the back of their hand.
But the two young women leading...
Last updated: Monday, August 30, 2010
Vietnam has an age-old and special culture that is closely attached to the history of the formation and development of the nation.
Vietnam has an age-old and special culture that is closely attached to the history of the formation and development of the nation.
Hat cheo
Historians have shared a common view that Vietnam...
Last updated: Sunday, August 29, 2010
Vietnam has an age-old and special culture that is closely attached to the history of the formation and development of the nation.
Vietnam has an age-old and special culture that is closely attached to the history of the formation and development of the nation.
Hat cheo
Historians have shared a common view that Vietnam...
