With over 10,000 books on offer, Le Ba Tan allows his customers to bring books to exchange for a cup of coffee every weekend. Located at 50 Nguyen Khac Nhu Street in Dis…

The costume of women in South Vietnam has gone through many stages of development, but still preserves its distinctive and unique imprints of the traditional culture. In…

Vietnamese life is profoundly influenced by ancestor worship. Children learn at a very early age that they owe everything to their parents and their ancestors. Doing wel…

The Klong put is the Xe Dang language name of a musical instrument of the wind family, air driving-in branch. It is played by ethnic groups in Tay Nguyen (Central Highla…

Lullaby songs are a sort of folk music often heard in Vietnam, especially in the countryside. They are used not only to lull small children to go to sleep but also to ex…

The Dan Ty Ba is a four-string instrument which is frequently present in a traditional orchestra. Its sound-box is shaped like a pear cut in half lengthwise. Its soundbo…

mong other members of the extended noodle family, bánh cuốn almost ranks first. It is a paper-thin steamed rice flour pancake, much like delicate sheets of fresh rice no…

Because of 1000 years under the cruel domination of Chinese, there are no records which indicate that a formal education system in Viet Nam was established Before Christ…

Vo Van Rang has been restoring books for 40 years, and is now the only person doing it in Saigon. He lives and works in a small alley off Ly Chinh Thang, District 3. Cus…

Thousands of years ago in the country of Linh Nam, there lived a clan chief with superhuman strength called Loc Tuc who took the title of King Kinh Duong. Endowed with m…

Five women at the Ba Ren Market in the central province of Quang Nam make a living carrying and weighing pigs. Tran Thi Thao, 58, gets to the market on an old motorbike …

Whoever coming to Vietnam and most Southeast Asian countries (such as Thailand, Laos, Cambodia) is much fond of a special condiment – Fish sauce (or nuoc mam in Vietname…

Long ago there were two very close friends. One named Luu-Binh, came from a wealthy family; the other, named Duong-Le, came from a poor family. Knowing that Duong-Le did…

The Gie Trieng ethnic group in Quang Nam Province has called halt to a tradition that prohibited unmarried women from delivering at home. Ho Thi Thuy, a Gie Trieng ethni…

The best rice noodles have only two ingredients: rice or rice flour, and water. Rice vermicelli are thin, translucent noodles that are similar to cellophane noodles, wit…

Woken by the night rain, Lam takes his motorbike inside before returning to his hammock, strung up among dozens of others. "I want to buy shampoo," Lam told th…

Makes 8 satisfying (American-sized) bowls For the broth: 2 medium yellow onions (about 1 pound total) 4-inch piece ginger (about 4 ounces) 5-6 pounds beef soup bones (ma…

Spiritual life is a belief or practices irrationally maintained by ignorance or by faith in magic or chance. It is totally unscientific; however, there is a lot of super…