Made from delicate silk, intricately embroidered and with vast, flared sleeves: Vietnamese 19th-century outfits do not seem a perfect fit for life in the country’s hectic modern cities.
Alice Philipson
Vietnam Bureau Chief for AFP
89 Year-Old Vietnamese Artist Gets First Solo Exhibit
Aged almost 90, Vietnamese artist Mong Bich picks a spot on the tiled floor of her favourite room, checks the light and sits down to paint.
Sex, Violence and LGBT: Vietnam Filmmakers Challenge Censors
Sex, violence and LGBT relationships have long been taboo for Vietnam’s film censors, but they are now finding their way into the open as a new wave of directors push the boundaries set by the nation’s conservative communist leaders.
Vietnamese Beauty Queen Helping Girls to Stay in School
Skin-whitening, child marriage, a curtailed education: Vietnamese model and literacy campaigner H’Hen Nie has defied traditional expectations laid on her — and is now determined to show the next generation a different way.
Life Still Precarious for Pangolins Despite Vietnam’s Illegal Trade Crackdown
Head keeper Tran Van Truong gently takes a curled-up pangolin into his arms, comforting the shy creature rescued months earlier from traffickers in Vietnam.
Stories of Vietnam War Told from the Women’s Perspective
Women bore much of the burden of the Vietnam War but their voices have long been absent from the trove of literature on the topic, says acclaimed author Nguyen Phan Que Mai.
Chinese Millennials are ‘Waking Up’ Shifting from Wealth to Environment
China’s millenials are increasingly pursuing happiness and sustainable living rather than wealth and luxury, award-winning sci-fi writer Chen Qiufan says, insisting the nation’s youth are waking up to environmental issues.