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Vietnam
A Vietnamese professor recently clinched a prestigious prize for young individuals who have made significant contributions to the development of mathematics.
![[Video] Hanoi Studio Turns Local Student's Drawings Into Kickass Earth Day Animation](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2020/04/29/superunicef_SGNR1h.jpg)
Film & TV
Don’t you wish that every time 10-year-old you came up with a kickass comic, a team of veteran artists would step in to turn it into a professional animated short?
![[Photos] A Saigon Studio Made 'Cơm Tấm' Out of Discarded Styrofoam and Sponges](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2020/04/17/food-plastic/plastic0h.jpg)
Food Culture
Are you tired of your trash looking plain-ol' trashy and your food too temporal and foody?
Literature
“In good times arts are magical, and in tough times they are essential. That’s when you need them the most. Art makes you human.”
![[Photos] Inside a New School for Lao Cai Children, Built by Hanoi Architects](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2020/04/15/lao-cai/daoschool0h.jpg)
Architecture
While some students in Saigon bemoan slow internet that hampers their distance education at home, there are communities in Vietnam’s remote areas whose only school can barely withstand the elements.
Music & Arts
A feeble limb of cucumber supports a plastic cup filled with mango pulp. Enoki strands grow out of the orange mush, hoisting up a sheet of bánh tráng . The translucent rice paper bends, as if wilting, looking down from above.
Tech
What have you accomplished today while practicing social distancing at home? Did you work on the family’s trellises of gourds, attempt to whisk up a frothy glass of dalgona coffee , or learn a new language?
Film & TV
Production on the film adaptation of Vu Trong Phung's satirical masterpiece Số Đỏ , or Dumb Luck , is set to begin this August.
Architecture
When it comes to architecture in Saigon, a tiny fraction of buildings receive the vast majority of attention.
![[Video] This New Animated Adaptation of 'Truyen Kieu' Will Brighten up Your Day](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2020/03/25/kieuvid_SGNR1b.jpg)
Literature
What would a millennial take on Truyen Kieu , or The Tale of Kieu in English, look like? The answer is adorable characters, cartoonish effects and facetious narration by veteran comedian Quang Thang.
Vietnam
The Global Teacher Prize is an annual award given out by the Varkey Foundation, a global philanthropic organization based in the UK.
![[Illustrations] Local Designer Turns Vietnam's Endangered Species Into Geometric Stamps](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2020/05/13/Stamps0b.jpg)
