LIFESTYLE

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.

The Lam Dong tea and silk product week will be featured at the Da Lat Flower Festival 2017, which is scheduled to take place on December 23-27.

An Ao dai (long dress) collection designed by Miss Vietnam 2010 Ngoc Han was featured at a fashion show at the Vietnam Sea and Islands – Endless Beauty event at Paris-based UNESCO Headquarters.

The Vietnam Internet Association together with local IT journalists have just announced a list of the top 10 people who have made the biggest contribution to the development of the internet in Vietnam over the past decade.

The authorities of Ha Long City have made plans to spend nearly USD74.83m to preserve and promote the culture of fishing communities.

Ten year old violinist Cao Hoang Linh from Hanoi has won first prize in the Junior B category at the International Music Competition held in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Dr Nguyễn Thị Hiệp, a 36-year-old lecturer at HCM City International University under Vietnam National University-HCM City, has conducted research for more than 10 years on the use of biomaterials in regenerative medicine and tissue cells.

An application which helps connect users of home appliances with repair services has just won second prize in IT category at the Vietnamese Talent Awards 2017.

Outstanding inventions in IT, sciences and technologies, medicine and environment have been honoured at the Vietnamese Talent Awards 2017 which was held on the evening of November 16 in Hanoi.

Hoan Kiem District People's Committee Vice Chairman Dinh Hong Phong said the pedestrianisation of the area around Hoan Kiem Lake would continue, based on the positive evidence so far.

A disabled woman in Thanh Hoa Province has been presented with Kovalevskaia Award for her support to the local disabled community.