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Dinh Nguyen Binh, 51, in Tan Phu District, used 4,000 screws to make portrait of President Donald Trump and 3,000 for portrait of leader Kim Jong-un Mr. Binh has hobby to recycle waste items into useful things. His family has business of mechanical, he makes use of screws to make picture and portraits. His father is a painter so he has basic knowledge of painting. So far, he has made tens of pictures of some people like portraits of football coach Park Hang Seo, goalkeeper Dang Van Lam and footballer Nguyen Cong Phuong to celebrate Vietnam’s successful matches. To mark former US President Barack Obama’s visit in 2016, he used plastic bottle cap to make portrait of the President. The remaining pictures are portraits of his idols and family members.Compiled by NHA CA … [Read more...] about Mechanician makes portraits of Trump, Kim with thousands of screws

Bom Bo locates in Binh Minh commune, Bu Dang district in the southern province of Binh Phuoc. Since days fighting against the US, Bom Bo has been known for the song “Tieng chay tren soc Bom Bo” (the sound of rice-pounding pestle in Bom Bo hamlet) by late musician Xuan Hong. Sai Gon Giai Phong reporters have visited Bom Bo in days near Tet holidays. The tarmacked road leading to the hamlet run through hills green with coffee, cashew and other fruit trees. New houses and villages have gradually been built to replace simple houses on stilts. Bom Bo is now home to 377 households with 1,805 ethnic minority people. Of these, 193 households comprising 972 S’Tieng ethnic minority people. In the evening, there is neither sounds of rice-pounding pestles nor light of bamboo torches as in the song. The national electricity grid has reached each house. The communal center project, Program 135 for socio-economic development in specially-disadvantaged communes in ethnic minority … [Read more...] about Traditional culture well preserved in magnanimous Bom Bo hamlet

Delicious and spicy A good bowl of Bun Bo Hue contains vermicelli-like rice noodles, spicy soup and beef, adding pork pie, congealed pork blood and a plate of fresh and raw vegetables.  In Hue city, gourmets could enjoy the dish for the breakfast, lunch and even dinner at O Huong restaurant on Chi Lang Street or O Phung restaurant at Nguyen Du Street, and a restaurant of Me Keo at Bach Dang Street that have been famous for a long time and attracted a lot of people.  The taste of the dish cooked by chefs in the restaurants will made gourmets to experience a non-descript gustation.  In the chilling days, one hot bowl of Bun Bo Hue can keep body warmer.  Bun Bo Hue ensures the quality of the  brand   Amid food hygiene safety as currently, according to the Regulation "Management and usage of “Bun Bo Hue” brand certification" issued under Decision 1623/QĐ-UBND dated on the July 17, 2016 by the People's Committee of Thua Thien Hue … [Read more...] about Bun Bo Hue – Most popular Vietnam food favorites

In this amazing adventure, Tim Severin had the only Vietnamese partner- Mr. Luong Viet Loi, a Vietnamese 59-year-old man, residing in Truong Son Ward, Sam Son City, Thanh Hoa province. Discovering Vietnamese bamboo raft Mr. Loi talked about the journey like it just took place yesterday when he was a carpenter and shipbuilder.  The shipbuilder was very eager as Tim intended to find a sailor accompanying with him.  After Mr. Tim tested a boat made by Mr. Loi in water, he realized that this man was not only a skilled worker but also a dynamic and enthusiastic sailor with the hard-working character. Before coming to Vietnam, Mr. Tim had ever come to China but the raft there was made of plastic pipes. Colin Mudie, a British shipbuilder and a friend of Tim guided him to go to along coastal areas in Vietnam, about 160 kilometers south of Hanoi.  In 1992, Tim went to Sam Son in Thanh Hoa province. Colin Mudie warned that Vietnamese raft is highly stable but it is also the … [Read more...] about Story of Vietnamese bamboo raft traveling across Pacific

Following the PM’s decision, the municipal People’s Committee has assigned the Department of Information and Communications to work with other competent agencies to hold Vietnam Book Day annually. Thanks to related agencies’ efforts in building the book reading movement, the city has achieved much success. Deputy Director of the Department of Information and Communications said that according to the department’s plan, people’s committees in 24 districts have organized annual book reading-relating activities with various themes for children, seminars, story-telling exchanges and book collection for destitute kids. Head of the Authority of Publication, Printing and Distribution under the Ministry of Information and Communications Chu Van Hoa said that HCMC has been leading the book reading movement because the movement has spread to other neighboring cities and provinces proving that HCMC is really the country’s economic and cultural hub. He added … [Read more...] about HCMC leads in reading movement