LIFESTYLE

A guitar club in Hanoi gathers for street performances every Sunday afternoon.

The fresh smell of the sea and a summer breeze in the early morning energised a large number of people from different parts of Vietnam to elbow their way ashore to Co To's crowded dock.

The Vietnamese-German Nguyen Kim Mai Thi has won first prize in the 2012 Falling Walls Lab contest at Cologne, Germany for her research work entitled Breaking the Wall of The Human Cell.

Phu Quoc Island must have been top of the list when The Creator gazed Eastwards and the peaceful tropical paradise in the warm turquoise waters of the Gulf of Thailand is a must for visitors to the area.

This is the harvest time of orchards in the Mekong Delta. Visiting the region at this time, tourists will be enchanted by these luxuriant orchards.

Bio-Energy team from Hanoi University of Technology won second prize in the Ethanol category at the 2012 Asian Shell Eco-marathon which was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Le Cong Old House in An Giang Province is where tourists can admire traditional housing styles of southern people, ancient architecture and antiques.

The Thai ethnic minority people living in Son La province have long considered insects as a source of nutrition in their diets.

For the Khmer ethnic people in the Southwestern region, pagodas are considered a special cultural and spiritual space imbued with strong religious faith.

Tra Su Mountain is a must-see destination in An Giang Province and it was a day we won’t forget.

Not many people know about Ia Nhi Waterfall in Gia Lai Province, a sleeping beauty in the jungle.

Cua Tung Beach is regarded as the nation’s ‘Queen of Beaches’, attracting many tourists who come to experience its beauty.

Quang Ngai has a peaceful combination of rivers, mountains and waterfalls together with many old relics and architectural works.

Farmers in Yen Bai Province are fighting against nature to raise their crops on the terraces of Khau Pha Mountain Pass.

People are busy preparing for the Doan Ngo Festival, one of the most popular traditional festivals celebrated in the country.

A Vietnamese student living in Poland has earned an award of a literature contest for child authors.

The central coastal town of Hoi An is just 10 kilometres in radius, making it ideal for bike use.

When summer arrives, lotus flowers are in full bloom and lotus flowers in Hue have their distinctive scenic beauty that cannot be found elsewhere.

Two Vietnamese students from the Vietnam National Academy of Music have gloried in the Val Tidone International Music Competition in Italy.