LIFESTYLE

January and February are the most exciting months of the year in Vietnam with a variety of festivals organized throughout the nation on the occasion paying homage to Buddha, ancestors and praying for good fortune.

Two Vietnamese artists have painted more than 70 goat images to mark the 2015 Lunar New Year, which according to the ancient Chinese calendar signifies the Year of the Goat.

A pilotless aircraft, making glass from husks and ash, and technology training for home helpers have won awards for Young Science Talent in 2014.

Cai Rang floating market in Can Tho City is a splash of colour in the grey days ahead of Tet.

Some ethnic minority groups across Vietnam maintain customs and habits passed down over the centuries to mark the Lunar New Year festivities of Tet.

A market in Hang Luoc Street in Hanoi's Old Quarter is attracting large numbers of people looking for antiques and unique products at the start of the Tet holidays.

A long queue has formed outside a shop in Hanoi's Old Quarter as city aficionados wait to buy a Tet delicacy, the humble Banh Chung.

Russia's International Academy of System Studies (IASS) presented two awards to academician Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan in Hanoi on Wednesday.

Child prodigy Do Nhat Nam has won another accolade, this time a prize for oration in the US where the 14-tear-old is now a student in Texas.

Young artisan Nguyen Hong Quang is hoping to revive the once famous traditional craft of Huong Canh Pottery Village in Vinh Phuc Province.

Hang Luoc Flower Market opens once a year on the occasion of Tet Holiday has been a major attraction in Hanoi for more than a century.

Hanoi's Tranh Khuc Village is in a cake-making frenzy ahead of the Tet holiday as locals step up production of their famous traditional Chung cakes.

Forbes Vietnam, the Vietnamese edition of renowned American business magazine Forbes, has listed Nguyen Ha Dong, the Flappy Bird game creator, among its top "30 Under 30."

Dang Thi Minh Thu will represent Vietnam at the Innovation Camp on February 22 organised by the British Council and Yamaguchi City Foundation for Cultural Promotion.

The plateaux of Lao Cai Province are cloaked in a mantle of white plum blossoms, making it a major draw for tourists and visitors wanting to revel in its picturesque beauty.

Hanoi's streets are aflutter with red flags and bedecked with decorations in the run-up to the 85th anniversary of the foundation of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

HCM City is has made The Economist's list of 50 safest cities in the world, though at 48 it is a long way down from the safest, Tokyo.

A small village in central Quang Tri Province has finished work on preserving some 50 houses featuring meticulously sculpted beams and pillars, despite many of them being damaged during the American War.

A short video of two Russian brothers on a 45-day road trip around Vietnam has been widely embraced by users of the Internet.