LIFESTYLE

As the lotus flower season arrives, many young women in Hanoi are flocking to capture the best moments with the blossoms in lotus ponds near West Lake.

Three Vietnamese students from HCM City University of Technology won the first prize at the nation-wide Smart Water Innovation Contest, organised by the Swedish Embassy in Hà Nội.

Thousands of visitors rushed to attend a festival for monkeys held on an island off Nha Trang City in the central province of Khanh Hoa.

Seven professors who have won Nobel and Field awards will join over 240 foreign and domestic scientists in the 12th “Meet Vietnam”, scheduled to take place from June 26-December 17.

If a city’s fortunes can be judged by the number of cranes dotting its landscape, Ho Chi Minh City has high hopes.

A 150 metre-high pagoda tower which is expected to be one of the world's tallest of its kind, will be built at the Nui Coc Lake tourism site in Thai Nguyen Province according to the investor.

A line-up of voluntary activities including Green Summer and Red Flamboyant campaigns will be included in the 2016 Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign, which was launched in the central province of Nghe An.

Phan Thi Hanh, President of Vietnam’s Midwives Association, has become the first Vietnamese national to win the “Midwives4all Award”, a global initiative by the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to raise awareness about the benefits of midwives and midwifery.

Since 2014, foreign visitors to the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, the Ho Chi Minh Museum and the National Museum of Vietnamese History in Hanoi have received free tours from a group of Vietnamese youngsters.

Ambassadors from seven countries concluded their exploration of the world’s largest cave at Son Doong in Quang Binh Province.

The first Vietnamese spacecraft made by a group of Vietnamese engineers was successfully launched into the space from the town of Alice Springs in Australia.

The Lac Hong University’s LH-FF team successfully overcame 31 other competitors to become winner at the Robocon Vietnam 2016 final, which took place in the northern province of Ninh Binh on May 14.

The national Robotic Contest 2016, or Robocon 2016, final got underway at the Ninh Binh Gymnasium in the Red River Delta province of Ninh Binh.

Monkey Junior, a children’s English teaching software which ranked among the top 18 at the Vietnamese Talents Awards, has been selected to the final round of the GIST Tech - 2016 competition.

The final round of the 2016 Vietnam Robocon Competition will take place in the northern province of Ninh Binh from May 9-14, gathering 32 teams from around the country.

Asian Scientist Magazine has announced its first ever The Asian Scientist 100 (AS100), including two female scientists from Vietnam, Tran Ha Lien Phuong from the National University, HCM City, and Dang Thi Oanh of Thai Nguyen University.

Many old villas in HCM City have been demolished or have been left to deteriorate while the city authorities lacks comprehensive management regulations or support policies for the owners.

Seventy-three outstanding information and technology products and services were announced and presented with the 2016 Sao Khue Awards at a ceremony held by the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association in Hanoi.

A corner of the Thanh Nien Street by Hanoi’s West Lake in Hanoi is busy every weekend as old bicycle lovers gather to share experiences or trade their bikes.