LIFESTYLE

A farmer in Hanoi is growing miniature kumquat trees in jars, creating many unusual shapes and effects and winning customers ahead of the Tet holiday.

Tran Viet Van has become the first Vietnamese photographer who was shortlisted for the second annual London International Creative Competition (LICC) in professional photography category.

Vietnam has a new crop of professors, among them a 38-year-old lecturer from the HCM City University of Technology and an 81-year-old from the National University of Art Education.

The Bkav Corporation recently displayed its international-standard SmartHome solution and smartphone at the Consumer Electronics Show "CES 2015" in Las Vegas, Nevada, the United States.

Sapa Town has received its first snowfalls of the winter, attracting tourists to revel in the natural wonder after a blanketing of 10cm that began on January 9 evening.

A facelift for HCM City's 130-year-old post office has stirred critics for being too garish.

Vo Nguyen Giap Highway, which was opened to traffic on January 4, provides a shorter route from Hanoi centre to Noi Bai International Airport.

Goat-related items are being sought after in Vietnam as the Lunar Year of Goat is getting near.

Six outstanding young citizens in Ho Chi Minh City were honoured with Young Citizen Awards 2014 at a ceremony held at the city's Youth Cultural House in District 1 on the first day of the year 2015.

Hanoi's normally bustling and noisy streets fell quiet January 1 on the first day of the four-day calendar New Year holiday.

A number of famous Vietnamese architects won Ashui Awards 2014 for their outstanding works, announced by E-portal website Ashui.com on December 31.

Streets of Hanoi and other major cities in Vietnam have been decorated with colourful lights and flowers in preparation for the calendar New Year on January 1.

A Vietnamese farmer has grown what he hopes will be an award-winning giant chicken and has refused offers of more than VND 30 million to sell it.

Winter beauty has come to Sapa as temperatures drop to 2C, shrouding the town in a mantle of mist.

The Richest, world’s most entertaining site, has named Vietnamese Flappy Bird Creator Nguyen Ha Dong as a top 10 Internet millionaire who made his fortunes out of thin air, and now walks the Earth like a king.

A Hanoi artist has found a lucrative market for his unusual artwork, which is made from discarded used bottles.

Sixty prominent young people from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia gathered in Hanoi on December 8 to begin a four-day conference that aims to seek stronger affiliation and greater role for youths in consolidating solidarity among the three countries.

Around 100 of the best photos from the Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards are on display at an exhibition in Hanoi.

Tet is a sweet-smelling, smoky time for all, but in one village in Hung Yen Province it is the culmination of months of work as households sweat over machines to make the incense sticks.