Weekend LaoDong

Visit Buon Don to explore the land of the "Elephant King"

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From the center of Buon Ma Thuot ward, the vehicle travels about 45km northwest to Buon Don (or Ban Don, now in Buon Don commune, Dak Lak province). This place is known as the cradle of hunting and purging wild elephants in Vietnam.

The boat carrying the cultural majesty of Dong Son

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Viet Khe boat tomb impresses not only because of its rare boat coffin shape, but also because of its rich and sophisticated storage of buried artifacts to the point of clearly reflecting the pinnacle of metal farming techniques and brilliant artistic thinking of the Dong Son community about 2,500 years ago.

Inside the world of Premier League referees

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Referees can be likened to fighting everyone alone and that is their suffering...

Mother returns to heaven - 50 super short stories by writer Dang Huynh Thai

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In July 2025, the Writers' Association Publishing House officially launched the book "Mother in the Sky" including 50 super short stories by writer Dang Huynh Thai. Each story is less than 200 words, but still contains profound messages: the abundant love of a mother, the filial piety of a child, the wounds after war, and the aspiration to build a country in the new era.

The monk builds a Khmer agricultural tool museum

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Having successfully collected hundreds of ancient agricultural tools of the Khmer people, Venerable Chau Son Hy, Lai Bo (the monk at the head of the Nam Tong Buddhist pagoda) of Sa - mi pagoda, O Lam commune, An Giang province, wants to inspire the fire of good living to young people.

Technology elevates modern advertising

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Billboards are no longer just a medium for delivering messages, they have become a playground for modern technology. From digital screens, augmented reality (AR) to interactive billboards, technology is reshaping the way brands connect with customers.

The world and the night economy

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When the street lights come on, the night-time economic activities begin to flourish. With appropriate support policies from the government, the night-time economy can bring many economic, cultural and social values ​​to urban areas.

Winter Monsoon

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Every season is windy, not just winter, but the end of the year is the windiest.So much so that saying "monsoon" is the default for winter.
Winter is getting less cold, making those who often reminisce miss the "old days" even more.Remember "The Cold Wind of the Beginning of the Season" (1937) by Thach Lam (1910 - 1942) and hope that there will be no more shortage of people knitting sweaters.
Every season can be nostalgic, but winter is probably the most suitable for remembering, the season of flashback memories.

Then winter came

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Winter has finally arrived with the wind cold enough to require a jacket when going out.Gone are the days of opening the weather app on your phone to check the temperature.Gone are the days of being angry at the weather forecast because every day it says the monsoon is coming but it never comes.

104-year-old author Nguyen Dinh Tu: I know I don't have much time left, so I write day and night

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At the 7th National Book Awards ceremony in 2024, researcher Nguyen Dinh Tu is a special author. At the age of 104, he has won the A prize twice, most recently for the 2-volume book series "Gia Dinh - Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City: Long Mile of History (1698 - 2020)", and in 2018 for the book "French Colonial Regime in Cochinchina (1859 - 1954)".

A person dedicated to preserving the cultural identity of the Muong ethnic group

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Ms. Dinh Thi Kieu Dung (born in 1964, Bo area, Bo town, Kim Boi district, Hoa Binh) is one of the dedicated people, keeping a strong passion for Muong culture.

Flowers bloom over the years

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At the age of 81, artist Nguyen Thi My has just held her 7th solo exhibition, titled “Four Seasons of Flowers”. A theme that has run through a quarter of a century of creation, with a lasting, tireless love that is no less moving, evoking many emotions in viewers.

Understanding Tet for workers

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In recent years, the Trade Union Tet Market has been one of the events that many union members and workers look forward to. Because there, union members and workers, especially union members and workers with difficult circumstances, are supported and can buy quality Tet goods at preferential prices.

Wandering Hanoi at night

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Hanoi is a strange city not only because of its rapid development speed, or the combination and harmony between heritage cultural values ​​and modern cultural features, but also because of its appeal and mystery that is difficult to explain.

Ky Cung River - the river flowing upstream in the border area

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The borderland of Lang Son is a place name that always appears in the pages of history. Its position at the head of the country makes Lang Son like a pair of eyes always looking towards the North. The eyes of Nguyen Trai looking at his father through Muc Nam Quan pass, the eyes of To Thi looking for her husband. In those eyes, there is a hidden stream of tears flowing backwards: Ky Cung, the only river flowing backwards in the North.

Strange Quang noodles

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Hoi An chicken rice, Tam Ky chicken rice, Cao Lau noodles, Banh Vac, Banh Hoa Hong... are the identities of Quang Nam cuisine. But they are just a piece of the puzzle and cannot stand alone and "beat their chest and call their name" like Quang noodles. Only Quang noodles are worthy of being the identity of Quang, with all the characteristics of the people, climate characteristics, natural identity, geography...

The short story collection contains a whole range of mountains and forests

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"The Death of the Bees" is a collection of short stories by Huu Vi, a Thai ethnic writer in Nghe An. The 13 short stories are slices of the lives of ethnic people in the mountains, about the struggle between traditional customs and modernity penetrating the mountains and forests, between the old and the new, between the mountains and the city.

Market life

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Tourists to any new land like to go to the market because the market is a place that shows the development of the local economy and traditional industries.

Former wushu athlete Thuy Hien: Only after retiring did I understand the value of medals

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Wushu athlete Nguyen Thuy Hien challenged herself at the age of 45 when participating in "Sister Who Makes Wave" 2024. She started her martial arts career at the age of 12, soon becoming a potential seed of Vietnamese wushu in the 90s and early 2000s, and was nicknamed "wushu queen" by the public. In 1993, she became the first Vietnamese to win a Gold Medal at the World Wushu Championship at the age of 14.

Developing culinary tourism with technology solutions

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Over time, eating and drinking today no longer only serve the basic human need to sustain life. Instead, cuisine has become a pleasure, an attractive experience, leading diners to enjoy food with all 5 senses: sight, touch, smell, taste, and hearing.