21 hospitalized over food poisoning after death anniversary feast in Vietnam
Vietnam News 17:03 21/07/2025At least 21 people were hospitalized with food poisoning symptoms after consuming food at a death anniversary feast held last weekend in Phong Dinh Ward, Hue City, central Vietnam.
Hue Festival, an int’l art feast, opens tonight
Travel 12:54 12/04/2014The 2014 Hue Festival, which opens tonight, Apr 12, and runs until Apr 20, promises to give tourists a host of compelling art, cultural and fashion performances from Vietnam and 36 other countries.
Do modern changes benefit traditional Vietnam festivals?
Travel 18:55 08/04/2014Controversy regarding the “light feast” at the Founder Lac Long Quan Temple Festival in Hanoi is the latest example of a clash between the need to preserve and re-create traditional festivals as they originally were, and the desire to incorporate elements of contemporary art
Falling prey to mosquitoes for science’s sake
Travel 15:03 21/05/2013Staff and volunteers at the Central Epidemic Hygiene Institute have acted as victims of the mosquitoes’ blood sucking frenzy over the past few years to breed dengue-free mosquitoes.
