LIFESTYLE

The proposal to pedestrianise most of the Old Quarter has been welcomed by many, but DTiNews' JC Smith is in two minds.

The Curiosity team with five members from Danang Polytechnic University won the first award at EduHackathon 2017 for a finger reader for the blind.

Five female Vietnamese scientists were granted the 2017 L'Oreal-UNESCO award at a ceremony in Hanoi on January 12.

The Alliance of Arts and Literature Associations of Thua Thien-Hue Province is trying to save their headquarters, a century-old French villa, after the land was allocated for a new hotel project.

A man in the central province of Nghe An has successfully grown vegetables and flowers in a special garden made from hundreds of car tyres.

A Vietnamese chef who has a special love for local food has shared his wish to develop local traditional dishes to a higher standard so they win the appreciation of more gastronomes.

HCM City honoured ten outstanding young citizens of 2017, who excel in their fields and exemplify the best attributes of the city’s young people, in a ceremony on January 1.

Phuc Loc Tay 1 bronze casting village in the central province of Khanh Hoa is very busy as the Tet holiday nears.

A man in the northern province of Hung Yen has spent up to 40 years in breeding Dong Tao chicken which in the past was used as a delicacy offered to kings. He now owns two extremely valuable jars

A more than a century-old house in the southern province of Long An is famous for its 120 wooden pillars.

The underground military operation bunker where the Vietnamese government worked during the American War in Thang Long Imperial Citadel has been opened to visitors for the first time.

The Vietnamese team has won the first prize of the WhiteHat Grand Prix 2017 international Cybersecurity contest.

HCM City’s streets are full of colourful decorations to welcome Christmas and New Year.

Flower fields in Hanoi’s Tay Tuu Village have become more beautiful at night with light created by thousands of lamps.

HCM City’s waterway buses have already transported thousands of passengers in the ten days since beginning services.

Ho Chi Minh City's Nguyen Hue Street will be decorated with flowers for the week around Lunar New Year.

Tourists often flock to Ha Giang from October to December in order to see the fields of buckwheat flowers that has become the province's signature.

Hai Phong-based Mai Van Phan has become the second poet from Vietnam to win the prestigious Cikada Prize.

A ceremony was held in Hanoi on December 1 to honour the most outstanding projects, products and initiatives at the 2017 National Creative Youth Festival.