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.

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.

Cuisine in the digital age

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Digital age technology will create a Revolution, carrying out the mission of liberating women from the obsession of the kitchen.

Bringing digital transformation to the kitchen

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In the era of rapidly changing information technology, jobs that seem to be only human-powered, such as cooking and kitchen work, are also following the general trend as machines are increasingly appearing in hot kitchens.

Sous vide and the role of technology in modern cuisine

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A package of food in a vacuum-sealed plastic bag is placed in a clear glass jar filled with hot water and in the corner of the jar is a tool that looks like a curling iron. Just like that, the food is cooked and the dish is completed without using a stove. That is the modern method of sous vide cooking.

Visit Linh Tien Temple, the capital's Taoist worship center

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Linh Tien Temple is located in Cao Xa village, Duc Thuong commune, Hoai Duc district, Hanoi. This is an important place for Taoist monks to practice. Currently, the temple still preserves valuable artifacts proving the uniqueness of the relic through the ups and downs of time.

Memories of Beauty in Paintings and Sculptures by Katsumi Mukai

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There have been large-sized sculptures displayed at the Flamingo Dai Lai space (Vinh Phuc). This is not the first time Japanese artist Katsumi Mukai has come to Vietnam, but his 3-month stay (July - October 2024) here has resulted in a solo exhibition of paintings and sculptures, currently on display at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum (Hanoi).

The Outpost CEO Ariel Pham: Art starts from very small things

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Officially launched to the public on November 29, 2022, after 2 years of operation, The Outpost art space - operating as a small-scale private museum model - has left more or less its mark on the art community in Vietnam. Lao Dong Newspaper had a conversation with CEO Ariel Pham - founder of The Outpost, to share practical experiences from the position of CEO of this art center.

Following the unique rivers: Da River - the proud river

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In Vietnam, among the proud rivers, only the Da River is famous for eternity in the saying: "All rivers flow to the East, only the Da River flows to the North." That means, all rivers flow to the East, only the Da River flows to the North.