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Recently, French tiktoker Will Courageux posted three short clips on his channel “Will in Vietnam,” featuring French Ambassador Olivier Brochet exploring Hanoi’s street food. French Ambassador Olivier Brochet (right) and tiktoker Will Courageux sample  Hanoi’s specialty of banh cuon . Photo: Screenshot Shortly after assuming his post in September, the ambassador wasted no time in delving into Hanoi’s culinary delights. Accompanied by his partner, he tried out bun cha , grilled pork,  banh cuon , steamed rice crepes, and ca cuong , dipping sauce made with Lethocerus indicus. The ambassador found these dishes to be incredibly delicious. The adorable videos of Will and the ambassador quickly won the hearts of Vietnamese netizens, particularly among the young audience. In one of the clips, Will and the ambassador visited a renowned banh cuon eatery on To Hien Thanh Street in Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi. They ordered two servings of banh cuon and eagerly savore...

Tu San Agricultural and Tourism Service Cooperative, the sole provider of tourist boat services on the Nho Que River in Meo Vac District, announced the reopening of boat transportation to Tu San Canyon via the Nho Que 1 Hydropower Plant route. Starting at 7:00 am on Thursday, tourists can once again enjoy the breathtaking scenery of Southeast Asia’s deepest canyon, which stretches 1.7 kilometers and features imposing cliffs reaching heights of up to 800 meters. This announcement follows a directive from the Ha Giang Province People’s Committee and a productive meeting between the cooperative, Nho Que 1 Hydropower JSC, and the Meo Vac District People’s Committee. The cooperative had temporarily suspended boat service after the expiration of their contract with Nho Que 1 Hydropower JSC. Despite facing challenges in extending the contract, the cooperative and Nho Que 1 Hydropower JSC have now resolved the issue, allowing for the resumption of this popular tourist activity. On Tuesday, the...

Under a decision recently signed by Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha, the programme is set to be implemented nationwide and in several countries that have long-term cultural relations with Vietnam. It will primarily focus on cultural heritage, grassroots-level culture, performing arts, fine arts, photography and exhibitions, cinematography, library, training, national culture; foreign culture, and cultural industry, among others. The scheme puts forward eight groups of tasks and solutions, including perfecting cultural policies, improving the operational efficiency of cultural institutions, and building a healthy cultural environment. It underscores the importance of developing a contingent of writers, artists, intellectuals, and human resources for cultural management, training, and scientific research; creating distinctive cultural products of Vietnam; as well as promoting Vietnamese culture to the world. Efforts will be made to preserve and protect heritages and indigenous...

The exhibition themed “Femmes du Vietnam: Tradition et Modernities” (Vietnamese women: Tradition and Modernity) is being jointly organised by the France-Vietnam Friendship Association and the authorities of the Loire-Atlantique region in France. More than 60 artworks highlighting Vietnamese women’s beauty seen from their back, along with their costumes, working tools, and household utensils were photographed by Thiery Beyne during his past tours throughout Vietnam. Beyne began travelling in the 1980s, traversing several Asian countries, including India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam. During his Vietnam tours, including a 7-year-stay, he has had a chance to travel from north to south, meet many different people, and showcase different perspectives about life in Vietnam through his work. The exhibition also showcases black-and-white photographs featuring Vietnamese landscapes and people in daily lives snapped by French photographer Jean-Miche...

Doctors said this week that Pele’s cancer had advanced and that he requires care related to renal and cardiac dysfunction. His family said he would remain in a Sao Paulo hospital over Christmas. Pele has received regular medical treatment since a tumor was removed from his colon in September last year. “Almost all of them. Merry Christmas. Gratitude, love, togetherness, family. The essence of Christmas. We thank you all for all the love and light you send,” his daughter Kely Nascimento wrote on Instagram with a picture of their family in the hospital. Pele’s son Edinho, who played in goal for Santos in the 1990s, posted a picture of himself holding his father’s hand to Instagram on Saturday, with the caption “Father… my strength is yours.” Brazilian soccer legend Pele’s family members gathered at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo on Saturday, where the 82-year-old, widely considered one of the greatest footballers of all time, has been since late November. Docto...