LIFESTYLE

Tran Thi Quynh, who represents Vietnam in Mrs World 2013, faced public criticism because she wore a ribbon misspelling the name of her country as "VietNem" in the final round.

A G10 team from the Nguyen Binh Khiem primary school in Ho Chi Minh City won the championship title at the 2013 International Robothon Competition in Manila, the Philippines on November 24.

A display of wooden funerary sculptures made by local people from the Central Highlands was opened during the on-going Vietnam Cultural Heritage Week.

The first prize in the Vietnamese Talents Awards 2013 was presented to a product called “Mobile Advertising Network” which helps advertisers easily access potential customers.

President Truong Tan Sang held a warm meeting in Hanoi on November 20 with a delegation of overseas Vietnamese (OV) women who are attending a conference for Vietnamese women living abroad.

The granting ceremony for the Vietnamese Talents Awards 2013, which honour promising talents in natural sciences, IT, health and environmental protection, will be held this evening in Hanoi.

Buu Son Temple in Soc Trang Province has set two Vietnamese records for the two biggest Buddhist ritual objects made from clay.

Vietnamese student, Dang Thi Huong, has been nominatedfor two prestigious Australian awards – International Student of the Year in Victoria State and International University Student of the Year in Victoria State.

Every year, between the 9th and 10th month in the lunar year, An Dinh Village, in the northern province of Hai Duong, has sandworm season.

The styles of Vietnamese long dress, or ao dai, have gone through a number of changes over different periods, and it still survives today, marking Vietnamese traditions.

The 2013 ASEAN-Japan Youth Festival opened in HCM City on November 14 with the participation of delegates joining the Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program (SSAYP) 2013.

The 19th ASEAN Youth Day opened in Hanoi on November 12 with the participation of leaders from ASEAN organisations and outstanding youth from ASEAN countries.

A man in central Quang Nam Province has spent the last 20 years collecting and preserving old houses from across the country, gathering them on his land.

Vietnamese Talents Awards 2013 will add environmental protection and applications of mobile devices into the existing categories, according to the organising board.

A group of 20 young people trekked three days and two nights into the lush forest home of some fabulous wildlife in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.

For many years, people in many suburban areas in Hanoi have hunted rats at harvest time for sales and special dishes.

A woman in Dak Lak Province has spent many years collecting antiquities in the region and she wishes to open a private museum to exhibit nearly 3,000 items.

When Huynh Thanh Thao was a child, she had to stay at home while other kids in her village went to school every day.

Thirteen student teams of different grades will represent Vietnam at the International Robothon Competition to be held in the Philippines on November 23.