LIFESTYLE

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.

As one of the oldest and most holy sites in Vietnam, the peaceful temple complex of Den Soc makes a great getaway from the bustle of Hanoi.

Although living in the US, renowned bubble musician and holder of 18 Guinness World Records Fan Yang never forgets his haft Vietnamese origin.

With hundreds of motorbikes bearing down on you, and the toot toot of friendly horns for a musical accompaniment, the simple, everyday task of crossing a road in Vietnam can present quite a terrifying challenge for first-timers.

Today, Hai Phong's Bach Long Vi Island is a model of prosperity. But when Dinh Thi Thuy first journeyed there in the early 90s, the place was just a desolate expanse.

Architect Vo Trong Nghia’s Kontum Indochine Café was among 300 shortlisted for World Architecture Festival Awards 2013.

A house which was built over 200 years ago has been recognised by UNESCO as one of the 10 most beautiful traditional homes in Vietnam.

About 200 outstanding young Vietnamese who are living overseas will return to their homeland to join the three-week-long Viet Nam Summer Camp 2013 until July 30.