LIFESTYLE

Le Cong Thanh, winner of Promising IT Products category at the Vietnamese Talent Awards 2016 talked about his past experiences in developing a start-up business.

Xuan Thuy National Park is the first wetland in Southeast Asia to participate in the 1989 Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, known as RAMSAR.

Outstanding inventions in IT, health, sciences and technologies and environment have been honoured at the Vietnamese Talent Awards 2016 which was held on November 19 evening in Hanoi.

The 12th Vietnamese Talent Awards will be held at 8pm, November 19 in Hanoi.

Hue City will move abandoned sculptures at local public places to parks along the Huong River, according to the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

A young Vietnamese man has successfully developed an English learning software that helps local learners improve their communication skills.

Vietnamese architect Hoang Thuc Hao has received a US$20,000 Sia-Getz Architecture Prize.

A shortlist of the 20 best IT products have just been selected for the final round of this year’s Vietnamese Talents Awards, which will be held later this month.

Trần Viết Bảo, a Vietnamese student studying at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, has won third prize in the under 25-year category at the Roma International Piano Competition.

A new boat service to provide tours around the Huong River in Hue has been launched.

Fourteen-year-old Tran Le Quang Tien from the Vietnam Academy of Music won first prize in the junior group of the 6th International Violin Competition held in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Colourful bamboo dragonflies perched on thin, pointed bamboo sticks are not just cute souvenir toys, they reflect the agricultural traditions and craftmanship of Vietnamese farmers.

The rail lines from Hanoi and Long Bien stations to other northern provinces built by the French during the early 20th century have now blended into many residential areas.

Tran Tuan An, a 24-year-old Vietnamese guitarist, won second prize at the International Guitar Competition & Festival Berlin, held in the German capital from October 15-16.

Every Sunday night, local residents and tourists in Việt Trì City, in the northern province of Phú Thọ, lose themselves in melodious folk song at Văn Lang Park.

Some of the best ao dai designs have been introduced at the Ao Dai Festival on Friday night in Hanoi.

The Hue Imperial Citadel will open to welcome visitors at night from summer next year, said Phan Thanh Hai, Director of Hue Monuments Conservation Centre.

The 134-year-old Saigon Tax Trade Centre, one of HCM City’s iconic landmarks, is being torn down to make room for new development.

The Institute of Material Science under the Việt Nam Academy of Science and Technology has announced its successful application of nano technology in researching and creating Nano FGC complex.