Exhibitions Hanoi Ho Chi Minh Museum 19 Ngoc Ha St. - Exposition displays documents, pictures and objects relating to the Ha Noi’s heroic struggle for independence, peace and reunification last century, till Oct.

An exhibition of contemporary Vietnamese paintings opened at Rotunda Exchange square in the centre of Hong Kong on August 30.

Most of the tourism companies have reported a rise in tour bookings for the long National Day holiday this week.

Sixty-three contestants from nine countries and territories will compete in three groups of the first international piano contest in Hanoi from September 5-13.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung, during the Government’s regular meeting for August, urged relevant ministries to keep close eye on macro-economic stability and price management.

Nguyen Thi My Nga, an overseas Vietnamese in France and president of “Les Amis du Vietnam” (Friends of Vietnam) helped poor and disabled students in the southern province of Ben Tre with more than VND880 million from 1994-2009.

CKE Restaurants Inc. on June 1 said that it has opened its first Carl’s Jr. restaurant in Vietnam. It said that this is the first major Western quick-service hamburger chain to open in that market.

Smooth this sweet-hot rub into the scored surface of the chops. Serve with rice.

As always, we wanted to go cheap, easy, and delicious. Vietnamese it was! We headed to Lee’s Sandwiches in Little Saigon.

Sóc Trăng is a province in the Mekong Delta of southern Vietnam, with its capital in Sóc Trăng. The province occupies an area of 3,223 km², and has a population of approximately 1,213,400.