Weekend LaoDong

Maintaining the color of Dong Ho paintings

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Mr. Nguyen Huu Qua is one of the last artisans of Dong Ho painting village (Thuan Thanh, Bac Ninh), the 500-year-old painting making craft has just been recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage that needs urgent protection.

A place to preserve the memories of scents

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Osmotheque in Versailles, France is the world's largest museum of perfume, where experts have restored thousands of ancient recipes to the original. Here, the traditional scents are revived and stored as part of the cultural heritage of humanity.

Reviving cans, reviving dreams

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The entrepreneurial journey of Luong Thanh Nguyen, a Dong Nai boy born in 1992, began with a very coincident moment: Seeing a hat made from a beer can.

Bringing craft villages to the world

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On December 9, UNESCO included Dong Ho folk painting making craft in the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage that needs urgent protection not only as an honor but also a reminder of protecting traditional values passed down from ancient times...

Oil trees that keep Ao Ba Om

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Standing in front of the almost square rectangular clay block of Ao Ba Om - a water containing works dug completely by hand - in the mind cannot help but admire.

Love story by the Yamuna River

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The Yamuna River acts like a soft silk strip spanning the city of Agra (Uttar Pradesh, India), beautifying the beauty of this ancient capital.

Refining music with value and aesthetics

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Faced with the reality of many songs containing offensive and culturalally deviant language spreading online, management agencies and experts have spoken out. Many musicians affirmed that it is time for music to be "purified" with beauty, aesthetics and human values.

Actor To Dung: Stage holds me back with inexorable emotions

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Actor To Dung belongs to the Vietnam Drama Theater. In recent years, he has been known for a series of roles in prime-time TV series such as: "Life is still beautiful", " Marriage Contract", "Flavor of Love"... Most recently, To Dung was praised by the audience for his acting technique when playing the role of Toan in the movie "The Wind Rings the Blue Sky". The film is adapted and Vietnamized from the original Chinese version of 30 is not yet the end.

Badminton player Vu Thi Trang and the championship at the age of over 30

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Vu Thi Trang is no longer the number one female face in Vietnamese badminton. However, fans always cheer her on enthusiastically in every match she participates in.

The proactive thinking of the Trade Union when choosing digital transformation is a breakthrough

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Speaking at the First Congress, term 2025 - 2030 of Dong Da Ward Trade Union (Hanoi), Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor - Nguyen Xuan Hung emphasized the need to build a digital Trade Union, digitize union member data, and trade union finances according to the digital transformation policy implemented by the General Confederation.

The quintessence of Buddhist art in the flow of history

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Towards Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day, the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in collaboration with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Hung Yen province organizes an exhibition "Buddhist Sculpture Art" introducing 21 artifacts that are versions of typical sculptures in the history of Vietnamese Buddhist fine arts.

Recollecting for screens

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When artificial intelligence develops to the point of understanding humans only through eyes, gestures or voices, the screen - the technological symbol of the digital age - will gradually disappear.

Royal treasure, a relic of a thousand years of history

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After more than a billion years of history, the Imperial Citadel still preserves the brilliant traces of the golden age of the capital Dai Viet.

Ca Mau mangrove forest: Giant fish climbing trees and crabs in Dat Mui

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Standing stunned at the entrance to Ca Mau Cape National Park is a giant crab model made of composite measuring 5m x 2.8m x 1.72m. They are typical creatures of mangrove forests, especially in the Nam Can mangrove forest, and are also a source of livelihood that helps people not only escape poverty but also become rich.

Boxer Nguyen Vu Quynh Hoa and the opportunity to make history at the 33rd SEA Games

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Boxer Nguyen Vu Quynh Hoa received an official ticket to participate in the 33rd SEA Games with the Vietnam mixed martial arts team (MMA). She hopes to achieve good results just as she has prepared herself professionally.

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.

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.

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.

Hanoi's autumn spark

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At the end of October, Hanoi entered the most beautiful period of autumn. The sun is no longer harsh but golden, sparkling on every tree, street corner, old window... The soft afternoon sunshine makes the city suddenly so gentle and warm.

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.