Human rights

Another striking story comes from the film ‘Truyen thuyet ve Quan Tien’ (the Legend of Quan Tien or Fairy Station) by 30-year-old director Dinh Tuan Vu. The film is about three females in the Voluntary Youth Force opening a food shop in a cave on Truong Son mountain range to serve soldiers passing by. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese film industry promotes national identity, diversity

The peacock is one of the rare and precious species, named in the Việt Nam’s Red Book. However, this bird being raised and bred on farms that registered under the law  was still allowed to legally trade. The peacock has a large body and colorful feathers. … [Read more...] about Nurturing peacocks at home bringing high income to a family in Nam Định

Ninh Binh (VNA) - Cave tourism, especially in the Trang An site in the world heritage complex, is one of the focuses of tourism in Ninh Binh province in the time to come. Not only an ecological tourism destination, in the near future, Ninh Binh will focus on the utilisation and development of the cave tourism on the basis of its 230 cave. This was confirmed by Hoang Thanh Phong, Deputy Director of the Tourism Department of the province. Small in the natural area of only 1,400 square km, yet Ninh Binh boasts huge potential and advantages in the field of tourism, both natural and man-made. Prominent tourism products of Ninh Binh now are ecological and spiritual, including those in Trang An, Tam Coc-Bich Dong, Van Long, Cuc Phuong, ancient capital Hoa Lu, Bai Dinh and Phat Diem rock church. Provincial authorities are now focusing on a new product: cave tourism in the Trang An complex and other destinations, especially the bird sanctuary in Thung Nham, according to Phong. The official … [Read more...] about It’s time for cave tourism in Ninh Binh

Bruce Weigl is the first American poet who has ever translated a collection of Vietnamese poems into English and introduced it to US readers since 1987. The collection was entitled “Poems from the seized documents”. The poems were written by Vietnamese troops during the Vietnam War. He and me together with other American poets have co-translated the poem collection of “Rivers and mountains” and he has self-translated the collection of “Desire for peace”. … [Read more...] about Americans with special love for Vietnam as their own motherland