LIFESTYLE

Stunning exhibits at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology represent the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of Vietnamese ethnic groups.

An exhibition which displays traditional handicraft products from villages in and around Hanoi is being held in the city.

The 2013 Vietnam Summer Camp for young overseas Vietnamese, themed “10 years – The call of the homeland”, ended in the southernmost province of Ca Mau on July 28.

The Ministry of Construction has submitted to authorities in Hanoi a detailed plan to restore and preserve the Thang Long Imperial Citadel relic site.

The Hanoi Old Quarter’s management board is organising various activities to re-introduce and promote several traditional crafts.

Lao Dong (Labour) Newspaper Reporter Viet Van will be the sole Vietnamese representative with works showcased as part of “The Story of the Creative” exhibition, running from July 26 to September 10 in the US.

A nine- year- old Vietnamese girl won the first prize in the third Mozart International Piano Competition 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand on July 25.

Four Vietnamese 12th graders collected medals at the 45th International Chemistry Olympiad in Moscow, Russia, which ran from July 15 to 23.

Overseas Vietnamese youths over the world join in exchange activities with young people in Ho Chi Minh City at a Summer Camp that opened on July 23.

Hat Then (Then singing), a distinctive musical genre and a special combination of the spiritual and cultural life of Tay, Nung and Thai ethnic groups in Vietnam, has drawn the attention of many collectors and researchers over the past decade.

As many as 160 overseas Vietnamese students on a visit to their homeland for a Vietnam Summer Camp arrived in central Da Nang city on July 21.

Dislodging Quoc Tri, Thanh Hoa has taken the crown in King Chef's first season in Vietnam.

Young overseas Vietnamese from 25 nations and territories worldwide have joined students and youths from Thanh Hoa central province in an exchange.

Le Van Chau, 60, has worked as a smith for over 30 years and still maintains his smith shop in HCM City, preserving the trade of hand forging.

Nguyen Thai Hoa, an Overseas Vietnamese student in Le Havre, France, has taken top prize of the “France, I Love You” contest, co-organised by the French Embassy and the newswire vnexpress.

The sixth national young inventors’ festival is scheduled to take place in Ha Long city, the northern province of Quang Ninh, on October 18-19.

A young man from Nghe An Province has become well-known for having made and being able to play the longest flute in Vietnam.

A coffee shop in Danang City makes a unique impression on its customers by its novel use of traffic as a decoration theme.

Two hundred outstanding young overseas Vietnamese from 24 countries worldwide has begun a string of 2013 Vietnam Summer Camp activities.