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.

Early Tet with meaningful banh tet

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Leaving aside the hustle and bustle at the factory or podium, union members and workers in Can Tho City gather together around sticky rice baskets and green banana leaves to take care of each banh tet. For them, each knot is not only for the competition, but also to wrap up a warm Spring gift to give directly to workers far from home who are clinging to their rented rooms.

Poetry page: Warm memories

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After the full moon of December, Tet is approaching, but winter is still lingering amidst the complex feelings of people busy with year-end tasks.After Valentine's Day, Spring arrives.The exposure and mystery, revealing and magical of the new season, the new year is waiting for us all the right to "forget", "put aside" fatigue and worries.Like the line in the famous song Closing Time by Semisonic: "Each new beginning originates from a different ending".
Poetry page of LĐCT.The year-end party closes in 2025, a year of poetry living with the meaningful pace of life.

To help Vietnamese technology rise and move forward

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From processing and assembly to creativity and mastery of technology, Vietnam enters 2026 with a clear aspiration for an intelligence-based development future.

IP protection to make innovation a driving force for growth

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In the digital age, intellectual property (IP) not only protects creativity but also determines competitiveness, becoming the "hardcore" that is lacking in the economy.

Uzbekistan through slow living days

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The trip to Uzbekistan opens up authentic slices of culture, people and rhythm of life of a Central Asian country, where Islam, Soviet heritage and the ancient Silk Road mark intersect.

The complexity of tennis copyright

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World tennis is still developing strongly, but is facing copyright issues that need to be resolved.

Phieu Scarf - preserving the soul of Thai ethnic women's culture

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In the great mountains of Son La, the image of Thai women in traditional "com" dresses, wearing bright "pienu" scarves, has become a sustainable cultural symbol through many generations.

Preserving childhood memories through "Festival Storytelling

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In the increasingly hurried pace of modern life, traditional festival seasons - places that preserve lifestyles, customs and family memories - seem to pass faster in the lives of young children. Stemming from the desire to preserve and retell those values in a close and clear language, the book series "Festival Storytelling" by two authors Nguyen Hanh and Doan Quach Tung Huong was officially launched in January 2026, targeting young readers.

Oc Eo - searching for the origin of a place name

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At the foot of Ba The mountain, the name Oc Eo quietly remains in the southern sky and earth, carrying layers of sediment of time. As the heritage is preparing to step out into the world, the question about the origin of that place name echoes with a sound from the distant past as a challenge.

Slow living on a paradise island in the Mediterranean

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Palmarola Island has no town or roads. Electricity, mobile phone signals and even ferry terminals are absent. Most days, the only way to get to the island is by small boat from the large island of Ponza, about 5 miles away, across the Tyrrhenian Sea - part of the Mediterranean in western Italy.

Phan Thiet fish sauce brings fishing village stories to US supermarkets

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Phan Thiet sea area, formerly Binh Thuan province (now Lam Dong province), has long been associated with the traditional fish sauce profession with a history of more than 200 years.

AI boyfriend, a new wave emerging in China

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As technology accelerates and artificial intelligence creeps deep into everyday life, a new trend is forming in China: Young women are seeking emotional companionship from "AI boyfriends", opening up a space of both virtual and real relationships, clearly reflecting the loneliness needs of modern society.

Architectural wonders imbued with historical and cultural values

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Proudly located in the heart of St. Petersburg (Russia), Saint Isaac's Cathedral is not only a religious work, but also an architectural wonder recounting the most heroic chapter of the Russian Tsarist Empire.

Can Cau market preserves its ancient beauty

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Can Cau market fair (Lao Cai province) meets in the middle of the sky, on a mountain, one side bordering provincial road 153 connecting Bac Ha commune with Si Ma Cai commune, and the other side is a deep abyss. This is a rare fair fair that does not fade away with the wind of the times.

Going up to Cao Bang mountains, listening to the whispers of dry grass, stars

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Under the night sky, amidst the wide yellow color, the dry grass hills overlapping with a golden brown color embrace Vinh Quy hill.