Top lawyer, also a legislator, plays key role in drafting bills

“Attending National Assembly sessions is a bit stressful because we sit for days, but actually, I’m more stressed on my ‘normal’ days,” says Deputy Pham Quoc Anh in an interview with VietNamNet. 

The lady who digs up dead bodies

VietNamNet Bridge - At the age of 15, Pham Thi Binh first followed her father to cemeteries where he was paid to exhume bodies. Now she has taken on the role herself.

 

Constituents want more than a candid answer from the PM

VietNamNet talks with Deputy Tran Thi Quoc Khanh, who posed three questions to the Prime Minister during the National Assembly’s last session.

“Endeavour to be independent voice”

VietNamNet Bridge - In the latest in our “Discover our Vietnamese Congressmen” series, VietNamNet talked with congress deputy Duong Trung Quoc, who is also a historian.

Insider view of National Assembly

VietNamNet will provide portraits of the 12th National Assembly deputies through a new column: “Discover Vietnamese Congressmen”. Readers are invited to send questions to them at evnn@vietnamnet.vn.

Ho Hoang Anh: Ambassador for Vietnamese cuisine

Called the “culinary diplomat” and “artist of royal gastronomy”, businesswoman and food expert Ho Hoang Anh has made it her mission to bringing the best of Vietnamese cuisine to the world.

Businessman builds museum to share artifacts

VietNamNet Bridge - People can get lost in a world of ancient objects at one of largest national antiquity collections at Nguyen Manh Quy’s private house.

Village’s mysterious mask dances intrigue

Performers of Xuan Pha Dance wear painted masks and don strange costumes. They sing and dance, and sometimes howl, causing viewers to feel as if they are in some kind of wonderland.

Kind souls offer strangers free iced tea

VietNamNet Bridge – Shoe polisher Tran Van Dinh saves one fifth of his monthly income by drinking free iced tea on some corners of the central coastal city of Da Nang.

Selfless nun dedicates life to lepers

VietNamNet Bridge - For some people, happiness is finding a loving partner, having children or getting a promotion. But for others it is more altruistic.

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