LIFESTYLE

Hoi An boasts some of the best food I've eaten on my trip thus far, writes blogger Heather Kennedy.

Ben is a Singaporean who fell in love with Vietnam and then started a website just about the country. He now tells how all this happened.

The mountainous area of Sa Pa is a popular tourist spot for this New Year's long-weekend holiday.

Another decade bites the dust.

The Hanoi Flower Festival of 2010 has gathered much more extraordinary types of flowers than in past years.

The Hanoi Flower Festival opens tonight, December 30, but preparation works for it have already attracted huge attention from people, especially the young ones.

The tourism sector sets a target of welcoming around 4.5 million foreign visitors in 2010, representing an increase of 20 percent over this year.

Locals and tourists alike can enjoy the striking peach blossoms in full bloom in Bac Ha highland (Lao Cai province) earlier than usual this year.

Tran Nguyen Phan, a student at the Finance Academy in Russia will soon have the honour to meet the Russian President.

Results for Miss IS 2009 are in!

Inventor Le Trung spent Christmas Day with the most important woman in his life - his robot Aiko.

Musical sensation Vu Dang Minh Anh, 15, has won 6 international musical awards and can speak 5 languages.

David Cornish finds out what Christmas is all about in Hanoi.

President Nguyen Minh Triet held a meeting with Vietnamese Talent Awards’ organisers and awarded scientists of 2009 on December 23.

Our Christmas Day is one we will never forget, spent wandering this magnificent village, writes Australian blogger Tania McCartney.

This former residence of Bao Dai Emperor, perched high on the hillside, offers a unique panorama view on the mountains and the ocean.

Despite his visual impairment, student Dang Trieu Phuong is setting an example for his fellow pupils.

Thao Nguyen, assistant professor at John Hopkins University was the only winner of Vietnamese descent.

Ngoc Ly, Phuong Nguyen and Thao Nguyen achieved ENTER scores of over 99, in the top 1 percent in Victoria.