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Arts & Culture
[Photos] The Alluring Life and Art of Lê Phổ
The art of Lê Phổ, one of Vietnam's most celebrated painters, evolved significantly during his career.
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Eat & Drink Partner
Along with red envelopes, homemade bánh chưng and elegantly written câu đối, kumquat trees are one of the most ubiquitous symbols of the Tết holiday.

Vietnam
It would be Vietnam's ninth UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Music & Arts
Tteokbokki, sushi, dim sum, pizza, croissants, burritos: during an average year, many people in Saigon eat dishes from a great variety of global cuisines.

Retail
Saigon is constantly evolving, with some districts taking on new personalities. In addition to Thao Dien and Phu My Hung, parts of Binh Thanh District are quickly joining the ranks of the city’s most desirable residential areas. Nowhere else is this as evident than on the peninsula around Saigon Pearl where elegant villas on tree-lined streets are flanked by hulking residential towers along the Saigon River.

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Architecture
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Vietnam
With a profit of VND70 billion (US$3 million), it is one of the only airlines in the world to not reduce its workforce and remain profitable last year.
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Film & TV
Simply titled Kiều , the adaptation will hit theaters on March 5.

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Music & Arts
Rarely does preparing a traditional Tết meal put you at risk of papercuts.

Hanoi Ngõ Nooks
Nestled in a nook so small that not many Hanoians even know of it, Lily Coffee is a true hideaway, with its entrance tucked on the side of an alley. The gate held ajar separates two worlds — one bustling with traffic, the other tranquil.

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Hanoi
Over the weekend, the increasingly complex development of new COVID-19 outbreaks in Vietnam has prodded education authorities to shut down schools.

Literature
“Vietnamese communities can sometimes/often demand conformity and tradition of people in order to feel a part of things; I have always seen diaCRITICS as an opportunity to trouble the definitions, push the boundaries, to include the atypical voices and stories and viewpoints.”

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Vietnam Hẻm Gems
Walking down Da Lat’s Robin Hill amid emerald pine trees and languid fluffs of cloud, one’s eyes will inevitably encounter a visual disturbance in the form of bright orange plastic maple trees. They are not the heroes of this story, but reluctant antagonists that nonetheless serve as hurdles on the journey to discover a hidden treasure.

Travel
It could be argued that mushrooms are among nature's strangest creations.

Vietnam
As Vietnam confronts a fresh COVID-19 outbreak, it has scored exceptionally well in a new global analysis of pandemic responses.

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Vietnam
Health authorities are moving fast to contain Vietnam’s latest COVID-19 outbreaks — which so far include a total of 84 new cases — in northern provinces.