LIFESTYLE

A ceremony was held in Hanoi on September 29 to reward winners of the third international painting competition entitled “I draw Vietnam – I draw Russia”.

50-year-old Yuichi Kobayashi, has lived in Hanoi for 14 years and holds special feelings for the capital.

Two designs by Ho Chi Minh City-based company Tropical Space won awards at the Architects Regional Council Asia (Arcasia) Awards for Architecture 2018 in Tokyo last week.

Eighteen Overseas Vietnamese (OV) in Russia were presented with certificates of merit from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs on September 14 in recognition of their contributions to the OV community in Russia in

The 12 swans which were brought to Thien Quang Lake in Hanoi have adapted to the local environment.

Two teams from RMIT Vietnam took home top prizes at the Young Spikes 2018 creative competition held in Ho Chi Minh City last weekend.

Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has announced a list of ten international teams to compete in the final round of the eighth edition of Go Green in the City, its international

Hanoi’s first lantern road will be opened along the pedestrian street around Hoan Kiem Lake for the Mid-autumn Festival.

Vietnamese architecture company VTN Architects has just received two prizes for two buildings in HCM City and Hanoi at the International Architecture Awards 2018 (IAA) hosted by the Chicago Design Museum.

A man in Hanoi with a special passion for reptiles is raising and living with 30 snakes from around the world.

Tran Uyen Phuong, Deputy CEO of Tan Hiep Phat Group, in partnership with British journalist Jackie Horne and American writer John Kador, has released the book “Competing with Giants” at the headquarters of Forbes magazine in New York.

Herbalist Đoàn Văn Khanh has become the first Vietnamese farmer to be awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Florida for his research into the medicinal properties of the Long Thành pomelo.

Some workshops in Hanoi have been busy making national flags and banners to meet demand for Independence Day and for Vietnamese football fans as U23 team qualified for the ASIAD semi-finals.

Lạc Hồng University’s LH – Galaxy team representing Vietnam at the 2018 ABU Asia – Pacific Robot Contest (ABU Robocon) beat China team to win the competition for the seventh time.

A family in Hanoi has spent up to 35 years on making wooden-made mooncake moulds.

Many people in the south-western region are flocking to fields for rat hunting which can help to improve their income.

The organisers of this year’s Vietnamese Talent Awards, entitled The Power of Digital Technologies are keen to encourage artificial intelligence, Internet of things, Big data, products from startup communities.

Three Vietnamese teams have hacked their way into the final ten of the global-scale cyber security competition, Whitehat Grand Prix 2018, after surviving the 24-hour online qualification round on August 18 and 19 in Hanoi.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a master plan for the development of a national tourism site at Ca Mau Cape.