LIFESTYLE

Khanh Phan, a female Vietnamese photographer, has won two high prizes, including a gold prize at the Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA) in 2020.

A science tour has just been launched in the southern province of Binh Dinh.

Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) across the world celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday in different forms due to the impacts of COVID-19.

Many people in Hanoi enjoyed a sleepless night to boil the traditional cake of Chung or Banh Chung for Tet on local pavements.

The 500-year-old Thanh Ha Village in Hoi An has been busy making buffalo statues to serve this year Tet Holiday, the year of the buffalo.

The blooming plum tree gardens in Bac Ha District, Lao Cai Province, have attracted many young people to the area.

The streets in Hanoi have been decorated with various flowers, lights and other decorations in lead-up to the Tet Holiday.

Doctors at Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital have set a record after successfully performing a heart transplant on a 7-year-old child of Hanoi, the youngest patient of its kind in Vietnam.

A delegation of UK experts has come to the northern province of Thai Nguyen to explore local caves to help assess their tourism potentials.

Hang Luoc, which is among the oldest flower markets in Hanoi, has opened for the Lunar New Year period.

Hon Thien Village in Ninh Thuan Province has become more popular with tourists thanks to a mural project.

Vietnamese peacekeepers at Vietnam’s Level-2 field Hospital No. 2 (L2FH2) in South Sudan have been honoured with United Nations Peacekeeping medals in recognition of their outstanding contributions during a year-long mission in the country.

The Vietnam team has won two gold medals in maths at the 17th International Maths and Science Olympiad.

Many peach trees in Nhat Tan Ward in Hanoi have started blooming days before the Lunar New Year or Tet.

A man in HCM City has earned good money from buffalo-shaped bonsai trees for the coming Lunar New Year or Tet.

Hanoi’s authorities plan to open another pedestrian street around Thien Quang Lake in Hai Ba Trung District.

Hang Ma Street in Hanoi is beginning to prepare for the coming Lunar New Year or Tet.

The third Inoue Yasushi Awards by the Japan Foundation and Inoue Yasushi Memorial Foundation honoured four Vietnamese authors for their thesis on novels by Japanese writers.

Many early peach blossoms are being sold in Hanoi, signaling the approach of the Lunar New Year or Tet Holiday.