LIFESTYLE

When summer arrives, lotus flowers are in full bloom and lotus flowers in Hue have their distinctive scenic beauty that cannot be found elsewhere.

Two Vietnamese students from the Vietnam National Academy of Music have gloried in the Val Tidone International Music Competition in Italy.

Suoi Mo (Dreamy Stream) in Bao Loc City, Lam Dong Province, is a great spot for a romantic trip.

Built in the early 20th century by the French, Debay wine cellar in Ba Na resort (Danang city) has a unique architectural style in Vietnam.

David Nguyen, a Vietnamese student in the US has been granted a scholarship from Gates Millennium Scholars Programme founded by billionaire Bill Gates.

The UNESCO presented a certificate to Vietnam, recognising the Ho Dynasty Citadel as the World Cultural Heritage.

If you are on a journey from the South to the North, when passing Tuy Phuoc District in Binh Dinh Province at Ba Di Bridge, you are fortunate enough to witness the stunning Cham Towers in the distance.

Thousands of local people and tourists gathered to enjoy the traditional Open Horse Race in Lao Cai Province.

In the lead up to this year’s horse racing festival in Lao Cai, racers have been travelling to highland villages to search for horses.

The Shaw Prize and the Kavli Prize have both gone to Dr Jane X. Luu, a senior Vietnamese-American scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratory, and her colleagues.

Authorities in HCM City are considering a project to preserve Cho Lon, known as China town, in order to build it up as a tourist attraction.

Vietnam will likely receive a record number of foreign tourists and foreign-currency turnover this year, according to a report.

With the country’s second most beautiful cave, Bich Dong Temple in Hoa Lu Commune, Ninh Binh Province is a must for tourists to the area located 200 kilometres to the southeast of Hanoi.

Hon Thi Island is on the way to Nha Phu Lagoon for tourists who are visiting Nha Trang but if you bypass this little gem you are missing out.

Thanh Nhan market in Soc Son district, Hanoi, still preserves features of rural markets in the past.

Danang's Ba Na Hills is a spot of fascinating beauty, especially in early morning.

The organising board of Vietnamese Talents Awards 2012 held a launching ceremony in HCM City.

Every year, when the lotus season comes West Lake is alive with people bustling about very early in the morning.

The Vietnamese team was presented with the first prize of the electrical and mechanical category at ISEF 2012.