By Quy Le Bui/AFP • Feb 04, 2021
Overcoming gender stereotypes, Quyen was one of the first women to join Vietnam's Tu Anh Duong lion and dragon dance troupe, where performers mimic the movements of the creatures to bring good luck and dispel evil spirits

By Nguyen Hoang Anh Thu • Jan 27, 2021
The South China Sea issue has long proved a sticking point for ASEAN, unable to forge a united front against Chinese claims. Researcher Nguyen Hoang Anh Thu says the political block isn't equipped to ward off Beijing, and Vietnam should instead seek a US alliance

By Govi Snell • Jan 26, 2021
There is much talk about the need to preserve Saigon's heritage architecture, but what about those more subtle flourishes of style that make the city? As heritage signage is pulled down, artists are working to preserve these disappearing relics of Vietnamese history

By Agence France-Presse • Jan 26, 2021
The Vietnamese Communist Party is poised to select its future leaders, who will have to contend with an increasingly assertive China and ramped-up trade tensions with the US, as the country's secretive, twice-a-decade political transition begins on January 26