LIFESTYLE

Students from Duy Tan University in Danang won third prize and a number of consolidation prizes at the 13th Introducing and Demonstrating Earthquake Engineering Research in Schools (IDEERS) competition in Taiwan.

World Records University Principal Thomas Bains has granted honorary doctorate degrees to six Vietnamese and five Indian record holders in a HCM City ceremony on September 21.

An American veteran has brought his play about obsessions of the American war in Vietnam to a Hanoi stage on his return to the country after 40 years.

A disabled girl, Nguyen Phuong Anh, who has inspired millions with her talent and courage, will participate in UN disability-related events later this month.

A clip about Ly Son Island in Quang Ngai province recently posted on Youtube has drawn great attention from viewers.

The Vietnamese Talents Awards 2013 will be expanded to include Environmental Protection, said the organising board.

Some streets in Hanoi get crowded with young people wearing masks and having fun when the Full Moon Festival is near.

The buffalo fighting in Do Son Town in Hai Phong City is a traditional festival attached to a Water God worshipping ceremony and the sacrifice custom.

Vietnamese photographer Le Duy Hoang won third prize at the Hamdan International Photography Award (HIPA) for his black-and-white photography.

A weekly fair in Hanoi has become a unique venue for lovers of antiques across the country.

Nearly 500 representatives of more than 16,000 Vietnamese students have gathered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to mark the establishment of a coordination committee for the Vietnamese Youth and Student Association in the US.

The historic buildings in Duong Lam Village and the lost bomb shelter of the Hotel Metropole Hanoi were honoured in the 2013 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards.

Great work has been done to renovate and preserve the war-torn ancient Hue citadel to be a beauty spot nowadays.

The northern province of Lao Cai is among of the localities in Vietnam with unique terrain, including many lovely mountains.

Many places in Hanoi capital have been decorated with flowers and flags to celebrate Vietnam's National Day, September 2.

A Vietnamese student studying at the Thailand-based Asian Institute of Technology has won the Best Master’s Student paper award from the West Coast Section – Air and Waste Management Association of the United States.

Nine Vietnamese together with nearly 40 youths from other nine ASEAN member countries are gathering in Singapore to participate in the ASEAN Youth Camp 2013.

Vietnamese-Australian Jimmy Pham Viet Tuan, founder of a hospitality vocational project known as KOTO, has recently received the fifth Ilga award for his support to street and disadvantaged children in Vietnam.

Figurines of four eminent Vietnamese generals, namely Ly Thuong Kiet, Tran Quoc Tuan, Nguyen Hue and Vo Nguyen Giap have been shown to the public for the first time in Hanoi.