LIFESTYLE

A painting featuring the Palace of Westminster drawn by an 8-year-old boy from HCM City won the first prize at an art contest held by the British Council for its worldwide learners.

Despite cold and rainy weather, thousands of people still set out for Vieng Market in Nam Dinh Province, to bring about fortune for the whole year.

The annual New Year boat race festival opened on Ly Son island in the central province of Quang Ngai on January 26.

Pig hunting festival has been a long-running tradition in the northern province of Phu Tho, held every 5th day of the lunar January.

According to local elderly people, Hang Ma Cave took it's name because of the large number of soldiers who died there.

Halong Bay and its incredible formations was virtually unknown to foreigners 40 years ago. It now receives millions of visitors a year.

Giving money on the occasion of New Year, with desires that better things will happen in future, has become an indispensable custom of the Vietnamese during the Tet festival.

Several places in Vietnam are famous for hosting special once-a-year markets on the occasion of Tet holiday.

Tra Vinh has attracted tourists for the ancient beauty of its Khmer pagodas, special festivals, charming scenery, and its well-preserved primitive Ba Dong Beach.

Le Dinh Nghien is the last artist of Hang Trong paintings, which are losing its place on the walls of local people.

In recent years, more and more overseas Vietnamese intellectuals and scientists want to return to Vietnam to contribute their efforts to the development of the country.

Persimmon fruit farming by the Mong people is adding a dash of colour to the mountain of Phu Pan in Nghe An Province.

Tet is arriving, and the streets of Hanoi are bustling with colours, crowds and and sound.

The street of calligraphers opens annually before the lunar New Year festival on the pavement around Hanoi’s Temple of Literature.

Located in a charming natural area in Ha Nam province, Nui Cam (Forbidden Mountain) with its beauty and legend has attracted a large number of visitors.

Phu My Hung Spring Flower Festival 2012 has opened in HCM City.

Brocade weaving retains the traditional characteristics of the Co Tu ethnic group of Quang Nam Province.

Phu Quoc has only recently become a tourist destination. But one hopes, the island won’t sacrifice its unexpected charms.

Veteran writer Nguyen Xuan Khanh won the Vietnam Writers Association Book of the Year prize for his novel Bring Rice to the Pagoda.