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Gia Lai province focuses on specialty coffee branding

The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai – one of Vietnam’s coffee growing centres - is striving to develop its specialty coffee brand by focusing on increasing the quality and value of products. Over the past years, coffee production has contributed to creating direct and indirect jobs for hundreds of thousands of workers. As a result, the living standards of locals, including ethnic minorities, have gradually improved. VNA Photo: Hồng Điệp

Dao Thuc Water Puppetry – National Intangible Cultural Heritage

Silent trash collector help local beach clean

Preferential policies help people in Lang Son’s mountainous areas escape poverty sustainably

Plum flowers blossom all over Northwest region

Saint Giong Festival – World Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

The Saint Giong Festival has been evaluated by domestic and foreign researchers as the most unique among the 8,000 traditional folk festivals of Vietnam with special cultural and religious values. For this reason, the festival has been recognized by UNESCO as a world intangible cultural heritage of humanity. The Giong Festival is held annually in Phu Dong village, Gia Lam district, Hanoi, between the seventh and ninth day of the fourth lunar month to commemorate Saint Giong, a local hero who sacrificed his life to defeat invaders. Photo: VNA

Terraced rice fields - Typical cultural feature of northern mountainous region

Terraced rice fields are a unique type of farming of ethnic minorities in many northern mountainous provinces. They bring prosperous seasons, help people ensure food security, and are also a special type of cultural heritage, emmerging as a typical, attractive tourism product to lure domestic and foreign visitors. Photo: TTXVN

Xoan singing - an intangible cultural heritage of humanity

Xoan singing comes from the northern province of Phu Tho, and is practised in front of communal halls at spring festivals. It is said to have appeared about 4,000 years ago, during the time of legendary Hung Kings. Xoan singing was recognised as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity from UNESCO. Photo: VNA

Ninh Binh Tourism Week 2024: The Yellow Colour of Tam Coc - Trang An

The Ninh Binh Tourism Week 2024 themed “The Yellow Colour of Tam Coc - Trang An” features various special activities that will satisfy visitors to the northern province between June 1 - 8.

Dien Bien Phu Victory: A Triumph of Vietnamese Resolve and Intelligence

At 5.30pm on May 7, 1954, the “Determined to Fight, Determined to Win” flag of the Vietnam People’s Army was raised on the top of the command bunker of French General De Castries, marking the end of 56 days and nights of steadfast, brave, and ingenious fighting by our soldiers and people. The Dien Bien Phu Campaign was a complete victory - a triumph that “resounded across the five continents and shook the world.”