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As part of activities to celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Japan, BRG Group, non-profit organisation Be-Japon, and the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam will co-host a special cultural exchange event in the form of a kimono-ao dai fashion show, staged by fashion designer Kobayashi Eiko at InterContinental Hanoi Westlake. “Japan and Vietnam not only have a special political trust relationship but also have generational exchanges between the two countries, in which the exchange of the young generation from the two countries is increasing. I think that the understanding and empathy between people and people are the foundation for Japan-Vietnam exchanges that are developing strongly and rapidly like currently,” says Yamada Takio, Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam. “I hope that the fashion show will create audiences the opportunities to explore the similarities in traditional costumes and aesthetic conceptions of the two countries, as well as feel the potential t...

The trophy tour, which will include more countries than ever before, will spend time in all the 32 participating nations in the elite tournament slated for this July and August. Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Morocco, Ireland, Switzerland, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Zambia will receive the hardware for the first time ever. Before stopping in Vietnam, it will first go to Japan on February 25 and 26, followed by a one-day pit stop in South Korea on February 27 and two days in the Philippines on March 2 and 3. Wellington in New Zealand is slated to be the trophy’s last stop on July 12-14 before the competition. The trophy tour also includes visits to three other countries, whose qualification for the Women’s World Cup will be decided at a play-off tournament later this month. The dates will be added afterward. The Vietnamese women’s football team are currently in intensive preparation for their maiden stint in the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Vietnam are in Group E with...

According to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF)’s timetable, March will be filled with the U20 Vietnamese team’s participation in the final round of the 2023 AFC U20 Asia Cup from March 1 to 18, the first call-up of Vietnam U23s to prepare for the 2023 Southeast Asian Games from May 5 to 17, the 2023 National Cup (whose date has yet to be decided), and FIFA Days (dates that can be used for ‘official’ and ‘friendly’ men’s international matches). This timetable means that teams competing in the 2023 V-League 1, which is scheduled to take place every weekend from February 3 to August 20, will have to unwillingly let their players take two long breaks from late February to early April and from mid April to mid May. These interruptions are set against the arrangements of club coaches, who worry about players’ bad club performances. “I’ve talked a lot about this since 2017 but the situation continues and clubs have no choice but to adapt to it,” said Nguyen Duc Thang, coach o...

Better suited to families with teens (those still willing to holiday with the old folks), Vietnam makes an excellent budget destination. Hanoi is a lot of fun to explore, even for younger kids, with attractions like the Temple of Literature, water puppet dances or just wandering and nibbling on street food. Photo: Getty Images Ho Chi Minh City offers another level of culture and history; the Mekong Delta is a riot of colours and sounds with its floating markets; Nha Trang is blessed with sandy beaches and calm waves for island hopping, scuba diving, boarding and waterskiing. While Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and the other major centres are intriguing enough, it’s Vietnam’s striking landscape that most impresses. Rugged mountains hug the west, bordering Cambodia and Laos; to the east lies the South China Sea – or the East Sea, as the Vietnamese call it. To the north and south, the land fantails out into the splendid deltas of the Red River and the Mekong, and it’s in these re...

Photo: Tienphong.vn Around the end of December to March, the vast rubber forests in Huong Khe district, Ha Tinh province undergo many changes. Photo: Tienphong.vn To come here, visitors can travel on Ho Chi Minh Road, National Highway 15. They will have the opportunity to see the image of beautiful and dreamy rubber leaves. Photo: Tienphong.vn Huong Khe district is considered as the rubber-growing capital of Ha Tinh province with more than 6,400 hectares. Rubber here grows thick and large. When the season changes, the leaves turn yellow and red. Photo: Tienphong.vn The rubber tree is native to the Amazon forest, in South America. In the Maina dialect, “ouchouk” is the name for the rubber tree, which also means tears of the tree. Following in the footsteps of the French, rubber trees came to Vietnam in the late 19th century and quickly became the main industrial tree. Because of the large area, the green leaves on the branches do not immedi...