LIFESTYLE

As many as 559 university graduates from 20 provinces have been selected and trained to become communal vice chairman in 62 poor districts in a bid to foster development of rural communities.

Hot-air balloon trips have been launched for tourists to Nha Trang City, allowing tourists to take a panoramic view of the city from a height of 150 metres.

100 photos are now showcased at a photo exhibition “Southwestern Region – 10 Years of Achievement and Development” in Can Tho City.

Team Parente, from Italy, won the first prize at Danang's fireworks competition this year, after their spectacular performance.

Traveling by boat about two kilometres on the Son River and tourists will arrive at the mystic Phong Nha Cave.

Da Nang Int'l Fireworks Competition 2012 kicked off, bringing together teams from Canada, China, France, Italy and Vietnam.

Dang Quan and Ngoc Bao continued proving their dancing talent in the first final show of the Vietnam’s Got Talent 2012 on the evening of April 22.

It was well worth the rather rough and tortuous journey to reach our destination and once we reached Cat Ba Island, right on cue the sunset arrived in all its glory.

Professor Ngo Bao Chau is among 220 scholars, scientists, writers, artists, businessmen and leaders to become new members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

A Khau Vai Love Market Cultural and Tourism Week opened with a wide range of activities last weekend in the northernmost province of Ha Giang.

The monthly celebration of the festival in Hoi An is sort of like a magical affair that leave tourists with happy memories.

Tourists often come to Dong Hoi District in Quang Binh Province for one reason – the magnificent Luy Thay or Master Rampart on the Nhat Le River.

Young women and men prepare their most beautiful costumes for the coming festival at Khau Vai Love Market, where parted lovers forced apart meet once a year.

A night festival at Hue Royal Palace captures the glistening and mysterious beauty of the Imperial City of Dai Noi.

The northern Lao Cai Province announced a plan for developing Sapa District into an international tourist destination by 2030.

Thot Not is not only the most populous and wealthiest district in Can Tho City, but it is endowed with cultural relics, craft villages, splendid islets and ancient houses.

Hoang Dinh Yen Chuong, 14, of HCM City won the title Apollo English Idol 2011, earning a VND34-million trip to Singapore and a one-year scholarship for English study at the Apollo school in HCM City.

A grand show of Ao Dai took place at Hue National University as a key event of the Hue Festival.

The Co Ha Garden in the royal citadel in Hue City has opened to visitors after a period of restoration.