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Phieng Khoai border commune, situated some 60 kilometres from Son La province’s Yen Chau district, is home to the 5 groups of Kinh, Thai, H’Mong, Xinh Mun and Muong.

Ha Tinh provincial museum has received more than 40 documents and objects presented by eight local people.

In the framework of the festival titled “Colour and fragrances of mountainous region”, on November 22nd, the wedding ceremony of the Red Dao ethnic minority group of the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang was re-enacted.

The southern province of Tra Vinh now has a cow herd of over 205,000, and is encouraging households to develop the herd.

Over the past months, buckwheat flower fields in the northern province of Lang Son have been attracting tourists.

From November 11th to 13th, Mong ethnic group in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang performed its specific cultural activities at the pedestrian streets around Hoan Kiem lake.

Years after the implementation of the program on building new style rural areas, 15 of 96 communes in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau have met the standard of the program.

Since 2010, the Bac Kan provincial Women’s Union has worked with relevant agencies to open vocational training courses for nearly 10,700 female labourers, and established three cooperatives and six teams of production after vocational training.

Over the past 35 years, the Vietnam –- Russia Joint Venture Vietsovpetro (VSP) has exploited over 220 million tons of crude oil from Bach Ho (White Tiger) and Rong (Dragon) oilfields, while Vietsovpetro turnover has reached over USD74 billion, with contribution to the State budget of nearly USD47 billion and profits for the Russian side of USD9.4 billion.

A Luoi, a mountainous district of the central province of Thua Thien - Hue, is undergoing positive changes day by day. Key infrastructure constructions are upgraded and expanded to create favourable conditions for the district to boost socio-economic development.

Soc Trang province leads the Mekong River Delta region in the number of boarding schools for Khmer ethnic minority pupils.

As of November 3rd, many regions in the central provinces of Phu Yen and Binh Dinh were inundated by flooding, with the deepest flooding level recorded at nearly 2 metres.

Beautiful photos of traditional long dress themed "Vuon xua” (Old garden) will be introduced by painter and photographer Nguyen Quoc Dung at No. 29 Hang Bai street, Hanoi November 3rd – 7th.

The northern mountainous province of Cao Bang is among localities benefiting from the Government’s program on supporting rapid and sustainable poverty reduction across 61 poor districts of the country (Program 30a).

Over the past years, thanks to loans from the Bank for Social Policies, thousands of families in the highland Da Bac district in the northern province of Hoa Binh have expanded their production, thus gradually escaping poverty.

In applying the project on re-structuring the agricultural sector until 2020 towards increasing added value and sustainable development, the southern province of Vinh Long has been focusing on increasing the production of key products that bring high economic value and increased income for farmers in plantation, breeding and fisheries.

There have been remarkable changes in production and infrastructure in coastal areas in the southern province of Bac Lieu, thanks to the implementation of the program on investing in infrastructure in extremely disadvantaged communes, coastal and island regions.

Situated near the centre of Sa Pa town in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, Lao Chai and Ta Van communes attract a great number of domestic and foreign tourists because of their natural beauty, together with the traditional culture preserved by ethnic minority people. In particular, in autumn, terraced fields of ripened rice look like golden stairs, fascinating people’s hearts.

Expanding rubber area is considered a breakthrough in boosting economic development and poverty reduction among ethnic minority-inhabited regions in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau.

The images of many artists and girls in Ao dai (Vietnamese traditional clothes) riding pedicabs or biking through the streets of Hanoi have attracted people.

Urgent activities are being carried out to help people in Quang Binh and Ha Tinh provinces, who are facing serious flooding. Thousands of cadres, soldiers and vehicles have reached flooded areas to provide help evacuating people and distributing essential necessities and water to people.

A book on Hanoi by John Ramsdem which will be made public records rare moments about the capital in 1980s.

An art performance entitled “Huong sac Thang Muoi” (Fragrance and Colour of October) has taken place at The Huc Bridge and Ngoc Son Temple by Hoan Kiem Lake.

Farmers in the highland district of Si Ma Cai in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai are now harvesting rice.

In the years to come, grapes will continue to be considered a key crop in the central province of Ninh Thuan.

This year, the 31st Mekong River Delta Region Art Photo Festival has been held by the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists in collaboration with the Kien Giang provincial Association of Literature and Arts, illustrating the land and people in the Mekong River Delta.

Standing apart from the crowds of Bat Trang pottery village or the fame of Duong Lam ancient village, Uoc Le ancient village has its own beauty - the beauty of quietness and of buildings bearing the stamp of time.

The harvest of cinnamon in Van Yen district, the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, is an attraction for tourists along with Muong Lo festival in Nghia Lo district and Mu Cang Chai terraced fields.

In the early morning of September 27th, Prime Minister (PM) Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam inspected the Long Bien night market in Hanoi.

Reaching Fansipan peak in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai by telpher, tourists have a chance to view the wonderful terraced rice fields in San Sa Ho commune, Sa Pa district.