LIFESTYLE

Nearly 200 kites, flown by 21 teams from across Vietnam, competed in the kite festival on Cua Dai Beach.

Leica Vietnam Club opened an exhibition with the theme of “To Live” in Hanoi, which featured photos depicting very real life.

Le Quang Liem, has officially become a super international grand master after he scored an Elo score of 2,700.

A budding artist from Hanoi has received the top prize in the Vietnamese section of a drawing contest organised by the Delegation of the European Union.

Le Van Son, a 21-year old student heads up “Stupid Team Danang” with the unlikely goal of protecting the environment.

Two 22-year-old students in Vietnam have earned the World Silver Medallion award 2010 of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Two Vietnamese American students won three prizes at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in the US.

Two Vietnamese American students won one more prize at the Intel Science Engineering Fair in the US.

JICA and a group of Vietnamese and Japanese experts have teamed up to preserve an old village in Hanoi called Duong Lam.

Two Vietnamese students are attending the final round of International Science and Engineering Fair in the US.

A project to recruit 600 outstanding young people to work as vice chairmen of communal People's Committees in poor districts was launched.

Tran Huy Minh, a Vietnamese – French writer, has been chosen to be one of nine judges of the France-based literature award Drouot.

After a while I had to ask myself why I thought it was wrong to eat dogs. Americans have no problem with eating other animals.

The Italian team won first place for their display at the international fireworks festival in Danang.

American Stephanie says she has learned a lot about friendship and family love from her Vietnamese friends.

Americans have been tricked by movies, while Vietnamese have a firmer grasp on what love really is, writes Brian Webb.

Hanoi is piloting the preservation of the Old Quarter through a project to restore Ta Hien Street.

Electronic music is a kind of new music (in Vietnam) that can reach out to many different people, writes Marianne Brown.

Sparkling Dray Nur waterfall in Dak Lak Province has a natural beauty that is shrouded in the mystique of legend.