LIFESTYLE

In some ways I wished I hadn’t gone to the museum in Thai Nguyen city on the way back from Ha Giang Province.

Hanoi authorities are proposing to pedestrianise large areas of Hoan Kiem Lake and the Old Quarter, an official said.

A young Vietnamese woman—who came to the U.S. for burn treatment—has been given an honorable mention in a local college essay contest.

Ha Le graduated in the UK but took the plunge into Vietnam’s immature hip-hop industry and has taken it places.

Along with the heat, a rainbow of colours marks the beginning of summer in the capital city.

Six University of Chicago scholars have received named and distinguished service professorships, including Vietnam's Ngo Bao Chau.

Vietnam will bring five cultural “specialities” to the exhibition for world intangible cultural heritage in China on May 27-June 3.

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.