LIFESTYLE

Vietnamese poet Hoang Thi Y Nhi was among the winners of the Swedish literary Cikada Award 2015 "for her poetry protecting the sanctity of life."

The country has been given 2 first, 1 second and 1 third prizes at ASEAN ICT Awards (AICTA) 2015 at a ceremony in Danang city.

HCM City People’s Committee has just approved a VND 51 billion-project to restore the Giac Vien Pagoda on Lac Long Quan Street in District 11.

Outstanding inventions in IT, health, sciences and technologies and the environment have been honoured at the Vietnamese Talents Awards 2015.

Phan Thiet City in the south-central coast province of Binh Thuan is locally and internationally famous as a paradise of stunning beach resorts.

The mosaic tiled artwork that runs along Hanoi’s dike road is suffering wear and tear in the five years since it was installed.

Eighteen outstanding products have been selected to the final round of the Vietnamese Talents Awards 2015, which will be held on November 20.

Vietnamese actress Lan Phuong has been nominated by Japan to become the ambassador of Okinoshima Island during her recent visit to Japan.

HCM City Medicine and Pharmacy University (HMPU) and the University Hospital have recently presented an honorary doctorate to Erich Johann LeJeune, President of the German ‘Heart for Heart’ Foundation for his charitable contributions to the Vietnam health sector.

More than 300 young people from ASEAN countries and Japan aboard the Ship for Southeast Asian Young Programme will arrive in Ho Chi Minh City on November 17 as part of their 40-day trip to explore the participating countries.

Famous Mekong Delta tourist attraction Cai Rang Floating Market, is suffering from serious pollution.

The province of Phu Yen has found fame and started to attract visitors after its landscapes were featured in the local hit, Toi Thay Hoa Vang Tren Co Xanh.

A photo competition themed "Landscape and people of the northern moutainous region" is exhibiting in Cao Bang Province the 173 best photos chosen from 2,290 entries.

Dragon and lion dance groups performed around Hoan Kiem Lake to celebrate the finishing of the Hanoi Party Committee's 16th Congress.

Located between Danang and Hue cities on the central coast, Lang Co Bay offers a wonderful landscape created by both nature and man.

Twenty-nine young students have embarked upon a two-month cultural journey across Southeast Asia and Japan as part of the – Ship for Southeast Asian and Japanese Youth Program (SSEAYP).

Vang Thi Kim Tuoc, a Vietnamese student at Riverside City College has become the most outstanding graphics student after winning gold medals at the Riverside Graphics Contest and the most recently Skills USA in Louisville City, Kentucky.

Hotels in the far northern province of Ha Giang are booked in advance of the Buckwheat Flower Festival which won't start until November.

A Vietnamese children's book, entitled Cuoc Hanh Trinh Dau Tien (The First Journey), by Phung Nguyen Quang and Huynh Kim Lien has won Scholastic Picture Book Award's Grand Prize 2015.