Vietnamese students won two fourth prizes at the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in the fields of electricity and mechanics, and materials and biotechnology.
The grandiose and mysterious caves of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park have become a tourist trap for Quang Binh Province, attracting over four million visitors in the past decade.
Ngan Nguyen, a Vietnamese high school student in the US city of Bloomington, Minnesota, has been awarded a Gates Millennium Scholarship, which will provide full tuition for her tertiary studies.
Directors of plays that dealt creatively with social issues even as they entertained the audience were recognised with several awards at a cememony held recently at the HCM City Theatre and Cinematography University.
The Ministry of Construction is seeking the PM’s approval to hire foreign consultants for Dong Van Stone Plateau’s planning to develop its tourism potential.
Two Vietnamese-American women, Van Ton-Quinlivan and Minh Dang, are some of the 15 Asian women to be honored as symbols of power and diversity in the Asian community in the US.
ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh is the sole Vietnamese representative finding a place in the prestigious Foreign Policy magazine's list of the 500 most powerful people in the world.
Faced with poverty and hunger after liberation in 1975, a Gie Trieng man levelled hills and mountains with his own bare hands to create a wet rice field legacy for his family and fellow villagers.