LIFESTYLE

France’s Ecole normale superieure de Cachan (ENS Cachan), a prestigious public institution of higher education and research, presented Vietnamese professor Nguyen Van Hieu with an honorary doctorate degree at a ceremony on October 18.

During wartime a field hospital was built and put into use inside a mountain in Cat Ba National Park.

Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has become the first Vietnamese to receive the title of Visiting Professor of Epidemiology conferred by England’s Oxford University.

The chairman of the Vietnam War Veterans Association has proposed to turn Late General Vo Nguyen Giap’s private house into a museum bearing his name.

Sixty-two farmers representing millions of farm workers in Vietnam were honoured for their great contributions to national agricultural development.

Vietnamese-born pianist Pham Minh Hoang has been given first prize at the Young Performers Awards (YPA) organised by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

A US tourist shares some of the most amazing landscapes she came across during her recent tour to Vietnam.

Dang Dinh Nam and Nguyen Duy Huynh from the Hanoi University of Business and Technology have won the special prize at the 9 th national young inventors contest.

The raw beauty and impressive mountain ranges of Ha Giang Province is the scene which no one can easily forget.

The colorful portrait of HCM city video is shown in a video called "Saigon Sail" by videographer Pierre Ogeron.

General Vo Nguyen Giap passed away on October 4, but Vietnamese people will remember him for his great devotion to national independence.

An artisan in Thanh Hoa Province shares about his work on the world's biggest bronze drum, which was completed in late September.

Thirty outstanding farmers in Mu Cang Trai District, Yen Bai Province, joined a competition at a local terraced field for harvest time.

The laterite walls or the ruined gates covered by moss are the traces of original structures in ancient times.

More than 200 women selected from all the 63 provinces and cities nationwide will gather at a conference to honour outstanding businesswomen in Hanoi on October 2.

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.