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With chef Lưu Đình Hà from Silk Path Hotels & Resorts Chef Lưu Đình Hà For this year-end festive delight, super chef Lưu Đình Hà from Silk Path Hotels & Resorts will help you maximize your expensive purchase and jingle every kitchen corner with a bold, impressive, recipe that comes in under 2 hours: Sous Vide Australian Veal Tenderloin with Vietnamese Tương Bần (Vietnamese traditional thick soy sauce) and Grilled Vegetables. Eye-catching, enriching, even explosive – this luxurious East meets West dish will leave you stunned from the very first bite. Sous Vide Australian Veal Tenderloin Main ingredients: 2 servings - Australian veal tenderloin: 400g - Zucchini: 100g - Carrot: 100g - Red pepper: 100g - Salt - Pepper - Olive oil Sauce ingredients: a) Meat Seasoning - Tương Bần: 2 tsp - Oyster sauce: 1 tsp - Soy sauce: 1 tsp - Chili sauce: 1 tsp - 5 spices powder: one-third of a tsp - Shallot (minced): 20g - Garlic (minced): …

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At the working session between Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyễn Hồng Diên and Swiss State Secretary for Economic Affairs Marie-Gabrielle Ineichen-Fleisch. — VNA/VNS Photo BERN — Economic and trade ties between Việt Nam and Switzerland have developed strongly and effectively across spheres, and would grow further in the future. This was the view shared by Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyễn Hồng Diên and Swiss State Secretary for Economic Affairs Marie-Gabrielle Ineichen-Fleisch during their working session on November 26, as part of President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc’s ongoing official visit to Switzerland. Diên expressed his belief that economic and trade cooperation will be the centre and main momentum of the relations between the two countries, and suggested Switzerland work with Việt Nam to successfully build up new cooperative foundations. Both officials lauded efforts of the two countries’ negotiators during the talks on a free trade agreement …

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At the working session between Vietnamese Minister of Education and Training Nguyễn Kim Sơn and Switzerland’s State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) Martina Hirayama on November 26. —VNA/VNS Photo BERNA — Vietnamese Minister of Education and Training Nguyễn Kim Sơn and Switzerland’s State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) Martina Hirayama on November 26 discussed measures to improve the efficiency of educational cooperation between the two countries. Their working session took place within the framework of President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc’s official visit to Switzerland. Sơn suggested strengthening collaboration between Vietnamese and Swiss universities, covering training programmes in such areas as tourism, insurance, banking and high-tech, along with innovation. The two sides should step up the exchange of lecturers and students, and establish research groups that gather professors from Vietnamese and Swiss universities, he said. The …

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The elderly are the main makers of sedge bags in Tống Vũ Village. Photo dantri.com.vn By Hà Hiền Sedge bags made in Tống Vũ Village in the northern province of Thái Bình have been much favoured among Vietnamese with a green lifestyle in recent years. These environmentally-friendly products are meticulously woven, largely by senior villagers who are around 70 years old. In the past, about 90 per cent of households in the village used to practise the craft. However, like other traditional craft villages, Tống Vũ has been severely affected by rapid urbanisation. Most of the young locals have left the village to seek jobs in big cities or industrial zones, so only a few dozen villagers still engage with the craft, mostly the elderly. 83-year-old Phạm Thị Việc still weaves sedge bags despite her poor eyesight. Photo dantri.com.vn Phạm Thị Việc, 83, is a tireless artisan of the village. Despite her poor eyesight and hunched back, she weaves the bags at home in the morning …

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Master craftsman Nguyễn Hồng Phấn repairs a knife for a customer. — VNS Photo Thanh Nga By Thanh Nga The small road leading to Đa Sỹ forging village is winding. From afar, the sound of anvils and hammers can be heard. Nestled on the gentle Nhuệ River, Đa Sỹ Village in Hà Nội's outlying district of Hà Đông has a history going back hundreds of years, being formed in the late 16th century. Through many ups and downs, the village has constantly developed and plays an increasingly important role in social life. The village’s products such as knives, scissors, sickles, hoes, spades and other farm and domestic tools have spread to all regions in the country. After hundreds of years, Đa Sỹ people are still proud of their craft. “My family has had six generations doing forging. This profession requires experience and skill. Customers directly come to my house to buy wholesale and retail,” master craftsman Nguyễn Hồng Phấn told Việt Nam News . “During the recent COVID-19 outbreak, …

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A corner of the complex in theTrần Mai Ninh Secondary School. VNA Photos Khiếu Tư By Nguyễn Bình Newly built replicas of relic sites and landscapes at the Trần Mai Ninh Secondary School are making history and geography classes more vivid for junior students in the central province of Thanh Hoá. Autumn sunlight is spread out over the replica complex in the schoolyard inspiring students to learn a new subject -- location education. Some of the 15 replicas such as the Hồ Dynasty Citadel, the Hàm Rồng Bridge, Ba Đình Square and others are set in a 2,000 square metre yard in the school. The complex was completed two months ago to meet the demands of teaching the new subject for the 2021-22 school year. CARBON COPY: A replica of the citadel of the Hồ Dynasty (1400-1407). The citadel was recognised as a World Culture Heritage site by UNESCO in 2011. The complex was built during the summer vacation with a view to serving Grade 6 students under the Ministry of Training and …

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FANTASTIC FEAST: A hotpot with horse meat, herb-flavoured alcohol, lots of fresh vegetables and signature black sticky rice bars. VNS Photos Mỹ Hà by Nguyễn Mỹ Hà After more than a year of social distancing, lockdown and devastating health issues, we got a chance to sneak away to the mountains and stay at So H'mong Homestay for a few days. Of course, we all had our obliged two-shot vaccination and declared on national COVID health apps on our phones. Even a 72-hour real-time PCR test would not be accepted. At a health control post, we all had to get out of the bus to provide health certificates and get the backs of our palms stamped with blue ink. Only then were we allowed to get on the highway heading to Bắc Hà District in Lào Cai Province. I still remember the good impression So H'mong Homestay left on my last visit. It's a stilt house overlooking a lawn with Sa Pa rose plants leading down to a guava orchard in the valley below. The lawn provides a makeshift centre stage for …

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Melaleuca forest at Tan Lap Floating Village is seen from above. — VNA/VNS Photo Minh Hưng The Đồng Tháp Mười (Plain of Reeds) region in the Mekong Delta is just hitting the peak of flooding season, a time for the southern province of Long An to show off the charming natural beauty of its vast wetland areas. Like many other regions in the country, the COVID-19 pandemic has all but wiped out tourism in the region, but it is now mobilising a wide-scale plan to recover. Coronavirus aside, the province faces another threat. With its large swathes of low lying wetland, it is at particular risk from climate change, with a study from Cần Thơ University estimating that if sea levels rose by just one metre almost half the province would be underwater. Long An needs tourism but it also needs to be eco-conscious. It is with this in mind that it wants to pivot to green tourism with a focus on the eco-friendly “smoke-free” industry, putting its diverse waterways, wetlands and attractive …

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Since childhood Frank Phạm has nurtured a passion for cooking. The turning point of his career came when he decided to study Culinary Art in Singapore. Photos courtesy of Frank Phạm. As a Vietnamese pioneer of ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response) YouTube cooking videos, Frank Phạm (Phạm Thế Phương) inspires people around the world to stay calm and enjoy their meals through his wonderful cooking, creative camera angles and realistic cooking sounds. With 383,000 subscribers and 211 videos, the future looks tasty for this 28-year-old chef. Việt Nam News reporter Hoàng Hồ spoke with Phạm about his career and views on food. Inner Sanctum: Tell us more about your channel ‘Culinary Frank’ as well as the style of your videos? Before deciding to make ASMR cooking videos, I tried many different styles but it wasn’t until watching Ryoya Takashima's YouTube channel ‘Peaceful Cuisine’ that I found my path. His videos induce love at first sight, due to the peaceful and …

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Illustration by Trịnh Lập by Anh Đức "Treat others as you would like others to treat you" is probably one of the most common teachings people come across. The great philosopher Confucius is widely known as among the first to preach this idea, and it can also be found in other religions and cultures across the world: in a verse of the Bible, the teachings of Buddha and Prophet Muhammad's Hadith. It is called "the Golden Rule". As society and technology progress, it is confusing and sad that the Golden Rule is being ignored. People now tend to mistreat others, and do whatever they want without consent. And sadly, in most cases it is women who bear this mistreatment, offering little to no retaliation. An expat TikToker in Việt Nam has become famous for his "crazy" videos. One of his latest videos was, however, polarizing. It shows a young girl sitting alone, happily eating noodle and sausage. The TikToker then shows up, scooches closer and closer to the girl, and gestures for her …

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