Porky procession honors talented general
On the 13th day of the first lunar month, people from La Phu
village in Ha Noi’s My Duc District carry decorated pigs in a sacrificial
procession.
Photographer Truong Van Vi provides readers with a glimpse into this local
custom.
Melaleuca forests face fire risk
More than half of the melaleuca forests in the southernmost province of
Ca Mau are at high risk of wildfire due to prolonged dry weather.
Rumours weigh on stock market
Shares on the nation’s two stock exchanges retreated last week on false rumours related to a devaluation of the dong, petrol prices increasing and that the Bank for Investment and Development (BIDV) chairman Tran Bac Ha had been arrested.