The Vietnam Record Association (VietKings) has recognized and awarded Vietnam’s record for the most dancers to perform the Hanoi Tango song (composed by Diep Minh Tuyen), vietnamplus.vn reported.
The Hanoi Tango was performed by 500 dancers at the Symphony of Peace 2025 program held by the Hanoi Radio and Television Station (Hanoi TV) on December 20 in the capital city. The Symphony of Peace 2025 program featured the recovery and growth of Hanoi City after suffering from wars and hardships. Hanoi TV held this program to promote artistic creativity and contribute its part to enriching cultural and artistic activities of the capital city.
Apart from the “Hanoi Tango” dance, audiences could enjoy other dances in accordance with such famous songs as Ha Noi mua thu (waltz), Nho ve Ha Noi (Boston), La Cumparsita (tango), Despacito (quickstep) and Those Were the Days (jive). The Symphony of Peace 2025 program also had the participation of quite a few musicians and singers.
Tea ladies’ performance to set Vietnam’s record
On December 2, a representative of Sandals JSC, the owner of Doi Dep brand, told baotintuc.vn that it had sent dossiers to the Vietnam Record Association (VietKings) asking for the record recognition for the mass tea brewing performance of 1,111 tea ladies in line with Vietnamese tea serving style at the World TEA Fest 2025 taking place in Lam Dong Province from November 11 to December 7 this year.
The largest-ever tea brewing performance in accordance with Vietnamese tea-serving style by 1,111 tea ladies on a green tea hill in Lam Dong Province, as part of the activities of the World TEA Fest 2025, was the first event of its kind in the country. The image of 1,111 tea ladies in red T-shirts with golden stars (the Vietnamese flag) serving tea in the Vietnamese style was quite impressive.
The ceremony to announce and grant the Vietnamese record set by the mass tea-brewing performance of 1,111 tea ladies took place on December 5 at Lam Vien Square in Dalat Ward, Lam Dong, during the World TEA Fest 2025. The event was aimed at promoting tea culture and attracting visitors and tea lovers.
A 300kg bomb safely detonated in Phu Tho
On December 22, local residents in Van Mieu Commune, Phu Tho Province, found the bomb along the bank of the He River while digging soil for ground leveling. An initial inspection by relevant forces found that the bomb could pose a danger to residents in the neighborhood.
The Military Command of Phu Tho Province promptly coordinated with the Van Mieu Commune People’s Committee to cordon off the area and guard it to prevent public approach. The bomb was then identified as a GP300 high-explosive bomb weighing about 300kg. This type of bomb was widely used by French army during the 1946-1954 war in Vietnam. It was designed to cause damages with its fragments and blast shockwaves.
The GP300 bomb was 1.3m long with its body diameter measuring some 40cm. Although having been buried underground for decades, it could still explode and be very dangerous. The bombs were found in such northern provinces as Son La and Phu Tho.
On December 25, at the military training ground in Tan Hoa Ward, the Military Command of Phu Tho successfully carried out the controlled detonation of the bomb. The operation was conducted in accordance with technical procedures, ensuring absolute safety throughout the process, baotintuc.vn reported.
Kind Vietnamese women in South Korea
In 2008, after graduating from university, Nguyen Thi Bay married a South Korean man and moved to live there. Although she had reached an intermediate level in Korean, her life in Yongin City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, was quite different from her imagination.
Bay was recruited to work as a consultant and interpreter at a Family Support Center after nine months. In 2013, she was the only Vietnamese employee working as an interpreter for Samsung Electronics. After giving birth to a son, she began to work at a court in Seoul, the capital of South Korea.
In 2020, seeing that many Vietnamese wives still experience cultural shock when living with their husbands in South Korea, Bay created a YouTube channel to share her experiences and recipes for Korean dishes she learned from her mother-in-law.
Meanwhile, 10 years ago, Hoang Thi Ha got married and went to South Korea. Recognizing the difficulties facing Vietnamese wives abroad, she established a community gathering of about 100 Vietnamese women. She helped translate their papers or carry their children to hospital. She also taught the Korean language to Vietnamese women and taught Vietnamese to their children, vnexpress.net reported.
