Tri ton district

A jewelry box made from mollusk shells is pictured in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Hoang An / Tuoi Tre Hieu said that her ideas for a painting only pop out when she is holding a different type of shell in her hand, then she will find the suitable shells and arrange them into flowers. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese woman breathes life into inanimate shells

The skinny one said his identification papers had been stolen when he was sleeping in the garden a few days ago. Now he could not find a job, but still did not want to go back to his hometown. The other, who was 14 years old, said he was from the northern Bac Kan Province and his father was in prison. … [Read more...] about ​Hanoi charity’s young volunteers spend nights rescuing homeless children

The artists were asked to consider their everyday urban spaces in Hà Nội that were significant to them and their community, and create an artistic piece for those spaces. Aiming to make the artists become more open and socially engaged, the project looked for works that the public could interact with, such as the city’s historical, political and social nature. … [Read more...] about Art exhibition exists forever in public spaces

Though Vietnam is the world’s fifth biggest exporter of tea, consumption in the country is lower than in many other Asian countries. Vietnam’s annual tea consumption per capita in 2016 was 0.44 pounds (200 grams) compared to Japan’s 2.13 pounds, China’s 1.25 pounds, Malaysia’s 1.06 pounds, and Singapore’s 0.81 pounds, according to German statistics portal Statista. … [Read more...] about Traditional tea losing flavor for young Vietnamese

Residing in Phia Thap Hamlet at the foot of Pha Hung mountain, the Nung ethnic minority people are renowned for producing agarwood incense sticks. For several hundreds of years, members of the Nung ethnic group follow their traditional craft of making incense sticks from agarwood trees. Their incense sticks are made of natural materials, with artificial chemicals free. Each piece is soaked four times in a flour mixture of sawdust and agarwood powder in order to create beautiful incense sticks. Producing these items requires great skills, including eye movement, from makers. Generations of the Nung community have passed the tradition down to younger members. The craft is closely associated with the Vietnamese custom of burning incense on the first or 30th days of every lunar month and other special occasions, such as the ancestors’ death anniversary. The most time-consuming stage of the process is drying the incense. Locals often dry them … [Read more...] about Incense-making craft of Nung ethnic group in Cao Bang