LIFESTYLE

Attractive not only due to its endless bending sand dunes in La Gi Town in Binh Thuan Province, the locality also lures tourists to its forest, mountain and river areas and of course its tales of legends.

Vietnamese modern dancer Nguyen Thanh Chung has won a prize of the Republic of Korea's Dance Association in the Korea International Modern Dance Competition.

Hoang Lien National Park is very attractive to tourists for its rare and special plants, including many kinds of flowers.

Well known Vietnamese poet Tran Dang Khoa has been honoured with the Sunthorn Phu Award in recognition of his great contributions to Southeast Asian art and literature.

Vietnamese photographer Tran Viet Van has received an Honorable Mention in the professional Fine Art category at the seventh annual Prix de la Photographic in Paris.

Ben Thanh Market illustrates the character of HCM City and provides a place for many to earn their living.

Six Vietnamese student teams will compete at the 2013 Shell Eco-Marathon Asia, a contest that promotes energy conservation, to be held in Kuala Lumpur from July 4–7.

Restaurants designed to resemble bird nests in Quang Binh Province will give tourists an interesting experience.

Eight female entrepreneurs of Vietnam have just been presented the Mekong Women's Entrepreneurship Challenge Awards by the Vietnam Women Entrepreneurs Council under the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Vietnamese representative Nguyen Truong Son won the Best in Color award on May 27 at the World Style Contest, which was held at the Les Folies Bergere theatre in Paris as part of the 2013 Davines Worldwide Hair Tour.

Japan’s Nikkei Inc. has presented the Nikkei Asia Prize to Truong Gia Binh, chairman and chief executive officer of Vietnam’s FPT Group.

UNESCO will grant Vietnamese revered poet Nguyen Du the honorary title “Great Man of Culture” in November this year.

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.

Three Vietnamese people have been named in the list of 30 top record holders in Asia in 2013, according to the Vietnam Record Organisation.

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.

Designer Vu Ta Linh was one of three who shared first prize at the Asian-wide fashion design competition held in Singapore.

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.

The stunning beauty of the northwest region has been exposed through the lenses of several young amateur movie makers.

Lac Hong University’s team has overcome 29 other teams to reap all the three top prizes at the final round of Robocon Vietnam 2013.