The traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and Sri Lanka have increasingly developed since the two countries established diplomatic ties in 1970. As a dynamic diplomat, Ambassador to Vietnam Hasanthi Urugodawatte Dissanayake has made great efforts to boost the friendship and cultural exchange between the two countries.
Associate Prof. Nguyen Thi Chinh is among the first to bring various varieties of mushrooms to Vietnam, which are now widely cultivated in many small and large farms across the country. She is lovingly called the “Mushroom Queen” by her associates and many people.
Famous for his warm voice in the overseas Vietnamese community in the US, the singer with Vietnamese and American blood, Randy has an original voice without any modification as his narratives come from his heart.
Professor Pham Thi Tran Chau is among Vietnam’s leading biochemists. Now working as Chairwoman of the Vietnam Association for Intellectual Women, she has played a significant role as a bridge to link and assemble the strength of Vietnamese women intellectuals, contributing to the country’s knowledge economy.
Being a faithful follower of both Vinh Xuan (Yong Chun) - Vietnam and Viet Vo Dao (Vovinam) schools, martial arts master Phan Duong Binh converges the quintessence of both the world arts of fighting and the Vietnamese traditional ones. He is, therefore, not only the representative of North Vietnam’s Vovinam - Viet Vo Dao School, but also the person who greatly contributes to disseminating the spirit of Vietnamese martial arts to the world.
At noon on April 30, 1975 among some officials and soldiers of the Southern Liberation Army in Saigon Radio’s studio, there was a special man who witnessed the historical moment when President of the Republic of Vietnam Duong Van Minh and the cabinet of the Saigon administration broadcast the statement of unconditional surrender. He is Nguyen Huu Thai, former President of the Student Association of Saigon.
With an ability to sing lullabies in different ethnic languages, Cao Minh Hien has spent her life collecting and performing ethnic lullabies across Vietnam to promote the exquisiteness of these folk songs.
With the launch of his book “Ngan nam ao mu” (A thousand years of caps and robes), Tran Quang Duc, a researcher of Han Nom (classical Chinese and Chinese-transcribed Vietnamese) born in the 1980s, has created a phenomenon in the field of cultural studies which is inherently academic.
