LIFESTYLE

Howard Limbert, one of the British cavers who discovered Son Doong Cave, said the cave’s beauty cannot be verbally described.

Hanoi will set up food streets in the Old Quarter in an attempt to improve services for tourists and preserve traditional culture.

We reached upon the wharf on Phu Quy at around 7 p.m. when the island was enveloped in darkness and twinkled by glistening light from dozens of fishing boats onshore and offshore.

Tourists are very excited to try unique means of transport, like three-wheeler, horse-drawn carriage, elephant ride or dug-out canoe services at tourism sites in Vietnam.

Phan Tien Dung, a student from Banking University of Ho Chi Minh City, won a third prize in the category of Word 2010 at the Microsoft Office Specialist Word Championship 2013.

Ben Tre is the land of the coconut. Matt Bender took an Epicurean holiday to the Mekong Delta to find out what all the fuss is about.

Vietnamese Hungarian Hoang Thanh Trang drew with Viktorija Cmilyte (Lithuania) in the last game on August 3, winning the 2013 European Individual Women’s Chess Championship title held in Belgrade, Serbia.

A small group of young writers have dominated the market, churning out artistically empty works which, nonetheless, find their way to the nightstands of young and avid readers.

Stunning exhibits at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology represent the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of Vietnamese ethnic groups.

An exhibition which displays traditional handicraft products from villages in and around Hanoi is being held in the city.

The 2013 Vietnam Summer Camp for young overseas Vietnamese, themed “10 years – The call of the homeland”, ended in the southernmost province of Ca Mau on July 28.

The Ministry of Construction has submitted to authorities in Hanoi a detailed plan to restore and preserve the Thang Long Imperial Citadel relic site.

The Hanoi Old Quarter’s management board is organising various activities to re-introduce and promote several traditional crafts.

Lao Dong (Labour) Newspaper Reporter Viet Van will be the sole Vietnamese representative with works showcased as part of “The Story of the Creative” exhibition, running from July 26 to September 10 in the US.

A nine- year- old Vietnamese girl won the first prize in the third Mozart International Piano Competition 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand on July 25.

Four Vietnamese 12th graders collected medals at the 45th International Chemistry Olympiad in Moscow, Russia, which ran from July 15 to 23.

Overseas Vietnamese youths over the world join in exchange activities with young people in Ho Chi Minh City at a Summer Camp that opened on July 23.

Hat Then (Then singing), a distinctive musical genre and a special combination of the spiritual and cultural life of Tay, Nung and Thai ethnic groups in Vietnam, has drawn the attention of many collectors and researchers over the past decade.

As many as 160 overseas Vietnamese students on a visit to their homeland for a Vietnam Summer Camp arrived in central Da Nang city on July 21.