Weekend LaoDong

Turning the festival space into a resource for cultural industry development

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Exploiting festival resources has become the key to opening up a wide door for the tourism industry, promoting cultural consumption habits and empowering a series of creative service industries to reach international level.

Nghiem Quan Chua with Tram Gian Pagoda

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Over hundreds of years with many changes of the times, Quang Nghiem Pagoda (also known as Tram Gian Pagoda) still stands majestically as a historical witness of Xu Doai.

Culture to consolidate inner spiritual strength for workers

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Resolution 80-NQ/TW on Vietnamese cultural development that the Politburo has just issued establishes a new approach: Investing in culture is investing in sustainable development, putting people at the center, emphasizing removing "bottlenecks" of institutions, resources and infrastructure. This raises expectations that cultural and spiritual gaps for workers will soon be filled.

Producer Mai Thu Huyen: My ambition for cinema is increasing

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Mai Thu Huyen became famous from the movie "Candles in the Night".

Books will never be lost

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And I want to say thank you to my soulmate, who is silent but contains all the miracles of this world. That is the book.

Thu Phuong sings Xam in everyday life

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Xam singing artist Nguyen Thi Phuong (art name Thu Phuong, born in 1985), was born and raised in the mining land of Quang Ninh.

When young people open a new path for preserving traditional heritage

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Not choosing the familiar preservation method, the young people of the "Stay awake with the heritage" project have tried another path: Bringing Dong Ho folk paintings out of the paper, moving on the contemporary circus stage.

Technology trends will shape 2026

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Technology has never progressed as fast as it does now.

Coriander with the flavor of the Northwest mountains and forests

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Born from a hasty meal in the fields, in the great forests of the Northwest, com lam is the crystallization of working life and the persistent adaptation of mountainous people to nature.

Duc Thanh Nguyen Temple: Mark of Ly Quoc Su on the land of the ancient capital Hoa Lu

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Located quietly by the Hoang Long River, belonging to Dai Hoang commune (Ninh Binh), Duc Thanh Nguyen Temple (also known as Thanh Nguyen Temple) is one of the most unique and sacred architectural and artistic relics in this land. This is a place to worship Zen Master Nguyen Minh Khong - a historical figure, an immortal saint in Vietnamese folk consciousness.

Shooter Trinh Thu Vinh and the desire to conquer a new peak

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Female shooter Trinh Thu Vinh of the Vietnamese Shooting Team continues to be included in the list of outstanding national athletes in 2025.

Actress Huyen Trang: After the storms, happiness for me is peace

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Removing the sharp and powerful appearance of female chairman Dao My Trinh in the TV series "Lan ranh", actress Huyen Trang in real life is a woman who has experienced many upheavals.

The brilliant Spring of the nation

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Spring for a nation does not only come from the first days of the year marked on the calendar.

Poetry page: Hello 2026

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The New Year 2026 has arrived all over the world. Year-end work is piled up, Winter is not cold but "heated up" because of the intensity of labor and plans. The New Year reminds us that Spring is approaching, we need to do countless necessary things to welcome Tet and Spring. The great author of Avar literature, Russian poet - Rasul Gamzatov (1923 - 2003) left a masterpiece full of love for life: "Spring - like the happiness of my heart / I think you will come and never pass away / Come, joy, and Spring, come / So that the heart can sing on the human chest!

Journey to sow precious medicinal seeds at Sam Ta peak

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On the top of Sam Ta, which is foggy all year round at an altitude of more than 2,000m, Ngoc Linh ginseng seeds have germinated and achieved fruit after 7 years of rooting in the great forest. Not only is it the story of planting a precious medicinal herb, but it is also a persistent and challenging journey to create sustainable livelihoods associated with forest protection and local economic development.

Experience with the "Hanoi 5 Cua O" train

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In the increasingly urgent urban rhythm, a slow train, carrying the cultural story of Thang Long - Kinh Bac, is quietly rolling daily, for more than 3 months now. That is the cultural tourism train "Hanoi 5 Doors", a new railway tourism product, inspired by the old 5 Doors of Thang Long (O Cau Den, O Quan Chuong, O Cau Giay, O Cho Dua, O Dong Mac), with 2-story interior, serving tourists to experience Vietnamese traditional culture and art, departing from Hanoi Station, passing through Long Bien, Gia Lam, Yen Vien, Tu Son (Bac Ninh) and then returning.

Sunset on flying sand dunes

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If it weren't for the deep blue Truong Son mountains turning purple under the overlapping sunset, this scene would surely take us away from geographical reality. It would be the Gobi desert or Rub' al Khali desert or the sandy Sahara region shivering in heat and transforming by wind.

Poetry page: Belief

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Winter nowadays is not very cold. In fact, the most frightening cold is in spirit. In all fields, trust and determination are needed.

Young people accompany the Do Hai horn craft village

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In Binh Son commune (Ninh Binh), Do Hai horn craft village is located hidden behind bamboo groves and narrow village roads. Without large signs, bustling display space, Do Hai is present quietly like the rhythm of life of the people here.

From coach Kim Sang-sik reflecting on Vietnamese football

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There is no official election yet, but it is not too much to affirm that coach Kim Sang-sik is one of the Persons of the Year 2025 for Vietnamese sports.