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Dao San country fair in spring
The Dao San country fair in Phong Tho district, Lai Chau province is busy and colorful on spring days. At this time of the year, groups of H’mong, Dao, and Ha Nhi flock to the Dao San market on Chung Sua Dan mountain to trade their specialties.
Ethnic people strive to keep traditional craft alive
Zeng, the traditional art of brocade weaving, has long been a skill among the Ta Oi ethnic people in the mountainous district of A Luoi in Thua Thien-Hue province. Recently, with the support of various agencies and organisations, local ethnic people have made their way to combine brocade with other materials to commecialise the products, while upholding the traditional craft.
Over 49 percent of enterprises expect business to improve in Q3
Nearly half of firms in a recent survey of the General Statistics Office on business trend of firms operating in processing and manufacturing, expect business situation to improve in the third quarter of 2020.
Former Chelsea star Ivanovic’s Facebook account allegedly hacked by Vietnamese
The verified Facebook page of Chelsea FC’s former defender Branislav Ivanovic has been compromised to post content in Vietnamese.
Insider’s view: All good in the “hood in Vietnam”
To say there was a stark contrast between my local lifestyle in the city center in Da Lat, located in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, and the suburban expat villa discussed in my last update would be the understatement of the year. I stumbled and bumbled through the transition, suddenly acutely aware of ‘reverse culture shock.’
