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A 'brick cave' is a Hanoian’s castle

A 'brick cave' is a Hanoian’s castle

The owner of an unusual award winning dwelling, made of exposed bricks and porous walls, said his greatest joy when retiring was to live in his ‘brick cave’.
Inside an international architecture award-winning kindergarten

Inside an international architecture award-winning kindergarten

The Farming Kindergarten in Dong Nai Province, set up in 2013, is well-known for being a sustainable educational space and won many architecture prizes.
June 28, 2020 | 08:05 am GMT+7
A timeless passion: Saigon collector boasts 1,000 clocks

A timeless passion: Saigon collector boasts 1,000 clocks

Le Chi Dung has been hunting old timepieces at various scrap markets to restore and hang in his Hoc Mon District abode in Saigon.
June 26, 2020 | 08:00 pm GMT+7
Hanoi poor broil in merciless weather

Hanoi poor broil in merciless weather

Poor households are struggling these days to cope with Hanoi’s scorching weather as temperatures hover around the 40-degree Celsius mark.
June 24, 2020 | 01:58 pm GMT+7
Artist thanks Mekong Delta with skilled clay play

Artist thanks Mekong Delta with skilled clay play

A Saigon artist expresses his gratitude to the Mekong Delta by creating lifelike clay models of the region’s bountiful seafood offerings.
June 23, 2020 | 05:58 pm GMT+7
70 years and counting: Vietnamese artist, wife keep making embossed fabric paintings

70 years and counting: Vietnamese artist, wife keep making embossed fabric paintings

84-year-old Ho Van Tai and his wife have been keeping alive the almost forgotten art of making embossed fabric paintings for 70 years.
June 21, 2020 | 08:00 am GMT+7
Da Lat café goes back a century on a train car

Da Lat café goes back a century on a train car

A train car more than 100 years old has been transformed into a quaint coffee shop, adding to Da Lat Town’s considerable charms.
June 19, 2020 | 08:00 pm GMT+7
Vietnam boasts world’s largest conservation of crested argus

Vietnam boasts world’s largest conservation of crested argus

Of just three conservation sites of the rare crested argus in the world, Saigon zoo Thao Cam Vien has the largest with more than 30 birds.
June 18, 2020 | 05:44 pm GMT+7
A Hanoian collector goes on the warpath

A Hanoian collector goes on the warpath

Bitten by the assembling bug 10 years ago, Nguyen Anh Tuan has amassed an army of aircraft carrier, warship and tank models.
June 15, 2020 | 05:42 pm GMT+7
Pets’ peeves get serious as Hanoi swelters

Pets’ peeves get serious as Hanoi swelters

Pets in Hanoi are having to get IV fluids and other heatstroke treatments as northern Vietnam endures its longest heat wave in decades.
June 13, 2020 | 03:12 pm GMT+7
Saigon crooners on song as karaoke parlors reopen

Saigon crooners on song as karaoke parlors reopen

Amateur crooners are singing their heart out and there are smiles all around as karaoke parlors reopen in Saigon after a long hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.
June 13, 2020 | 10:53 am GMT+7
HCMC seeks approval for metro lines No.3A and 5

HCMC seeks approval for metro lines No.3A and 5

Ho Chi Minh City has submitted proposals for work to begin on Metro Line No.3A and Metro Line 5 to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
June 10, 2020 | 08:09 am GMT+7
Vietnamese architect brings the outside inside, gains space

Vietnamese architect brings the outside inside, gains space

Architect Nguyen Hoang Manh took three years to have 200 sq.m of indoor living space encounter outdoor greenery in every nook and corner.
June 09, 2020 | 12:10 pm GMT+7
Central Vietnam island wakes from a tourism slumber

Central Vietnam island wakes from a tourism slumber

Binh Hung Island in Khanh Hoa Province has been a hidden gem, geographically and in terms of tourist awareness. That’s changing now.
June 07, 2020 | 07:00 pm GMT+7
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