LIFESTYLE

This year’s Vietnamese Talent Awards could not pick the winners for the top ICT prizes, but this is the first time the awards honoured outstanding Vietnamese scientists.

Khanh Hoa province plans to inaugurate Cam Ranh International Airport on December 12, 2009, opening up new opportunities for its economy and tourism sector.

The 2041 Organisation has announced the names of 6 Vietnamese who will travel to the Antarctic as part of an expedition.

The final round of the Vietnamese ICT Talent Awards 2009 on November 17 was intense, dramatic and exciting.

The jury will examine presentations by owners of 16 products passed into the final round.

Located at the highest latitude in Vietnam, Ha Giang is surrounded by Cao Bang on the east, Tuyen Quang on the south, Lao Cai, and Yen Bai on the west. It shares a border with China in the north (274km boundary).

The 2009 Buon Ma Thuot Culture and Tourism Week under the theme ‘Legend of the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) Elephant’ will be held in the Central Highlands province of Daklak’s Buon Ma Thuot City and Buon Don District from December 16 to 22.  

From November 20-23, the heritage house at 87 Ma May Street, Hanoi, will host tea-related cultural activities.

The French composer of Vietnamese descent Nguyen Thien Dao has devoted almost a year to the creation of a 60-minute work dedicated to the 1,000th anniversary of Hanoi-Thang Long.