LIFESTYLE

Tran Uyen Phuong, Deputy CEO of Tan Hiep Phat Group, in partnership with British journalist Jackie Horne and American writer John Kador, has released the book “Competing with Giants” at the headquarters of Forbes magazine in New York.

Herbalist Đoàn Văn Khanh has become the first Vietnamese farmer to be awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Florida for his research into the medicinal properties of the Long Thành pomelo.

Some workshops in Hanoi have been busy making national flags and banners to meet demand for Independence Day and for Vietnamese football fans as U23 team qualified for the ASIAD semi-finals.

Lạc Hồng University’s LH – Galaxy team representing Vietnam at the 2018 ABU Asia – Pacific Robot Contest (ABU Robocon) beat China team to win the competition for the seventh time.

A family in Hanoi has spent up to 35 years on making wooden-made mooncake moulds.

Many people in the south-western region are flocking to fields for rat hunting which can help to improve their income.

The organisers of this year’s Vietnamese Talent Awards, entitled The Power of Digital Technologies are keen to encourage artificial intelligence, Internet of things, Big data, products from startup communities.

Three Vietnamese teams have hacked their way into the final ten of the global-scale cyber security competition, Whitehat Grand Prix 2018, after surviving the 24-hour online qualification round on August 18 and 19 in Hanoi.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a master plan for the development of a national tourism site at Ca Mau Cape.

President Tran Dai Quang has urged Vietnamese scientists and experts worldwide to take an active part in transferring technologies, training high-quality personnel and other activities serving scientific-technological and socio-economic development at home.

Authorities are facing various difficulties in attracting international tourists, improving services and protecting the environment on the Con Dao Islands.

Vietnamese students have won two gold medals at the Asia Pacific Arts Festival (APAF) 2018 which was recently held in Singapore.

Vietnamese Professor Dam Thanh Son from the University of Chicago was recently named one the three winners of the 2018 Dirac Medal and Prize by International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP).

The Netherlands Development Organisation in partnership with the Thai Binh provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development held a conference to review the spring rice crop.

Overseas Vietnamese (OV) affairs have proved effective and contributed to the country’s socio-economic development.

A Vietnamese student has won scholarships for universities and colleges in the US.

Around 100 Vietnamese working abroad in science and technology are expected to attend the Connecting Vietnam Innovation Network 2018 event.

A café in HCM City offers customers a very special atmosphere as it is home to up to 40 parrots of 20 different species.

US News has listed Vietnam as one of the 30 best solo travel destinations alongside its neighbours Singapore and Thailand.