Weekend LaoDong

The paradox of measuring sleep

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As technology enters the bedroom, people have more tools to understand themselves better - but it is easy to lose the naturalness of sleep. In the journey to find a "good night's sleep", many people are falling into the paradox: The more you try to measure, the more difficult it is to reach peace.

Small version at the foot of Lung Cu flagpole

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The Then Pa village at the foot of the Lung Cu flagpole of the H'Mong people is like a "living museum" in the middle of the Dong Van stone plateau (Tuyen Quang). The houses with thick walls and mossy Yin-yang tiles are shining by the Dragon Eye Lake, preserving the rustic beauty of many generations.

Following the mark of Russian playwright Dostoyevsky

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Located on the small street of Kuznechny Pereulok (Russia), there is a house where time seems to have stopped. Museum of the great writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821 - 1881) - one of the greatest writers of Russian and world literature.

Hon Dau Jewel Island, a journey to explore heritage

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When mentioning Do Son, people often immediately remember a coastal tourism area famous for its vibrant beaches and unique buffalo fighting festivals, rich in identity. However, hidden in the sea of the Northeast sky, there is also a "precious gem" called Hon Dau - a place where unique heritage values converge, inviting visitors to embark on a meaningful journey of discovery.

The lives of large families in the US

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The number of households with 3 or more children in New York City (USA) has decreased by nearly 17% over the past decade, while the cost of caring for young children and renting a house is increasingly out of reach for many middle-class people.

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.

Poetry Page: Slow Love

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Slow living is a concept mentioned and discussed as a wish for a spiritually rich life to feel the subtlety and happiness from simple things.The industrial pace of life makes many people eat fast, live in a hurry, become mechanical, even program emotions.
Slow love is not only for love, it is a way of living carefully to love every beauty of a book, a piece of music or a promise that is awaited as a motivation for life.
Winter is the season of slow love when the year comes to an end and Christmas begins in the wish of reunion.

Lost in the dream of slow travel

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On luxury trains, every step is a refined experience, where the journey is the destination, bringing endless peace and romance to passengers.

Living in a small "matchbox" apartment

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To survive in big cities with high living costs, many young Asians accept living in apartments as small as “matchboxes,” according to an article on CNA.

Backpacking in Dong Van in the cold windy season

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Returning to the northernmost part of the country after many years but not in the bustling spring, this time I came to the rocky plateau on the early winter days with cold winds and fog everywhere.