LIFESTYLE

Pham Nhat Vuong, chairman of Vingroup (Vietnam), is one of the 500 richest people in the world, according to Bloomberg Billionaire Index.

After two years of postponement due to COVID-19, the Vietnam Summer Camp 2022 for young overseas Vietnamese will be held from July 19 to August 3 by the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Tea is being harvested in Son Kim 2 Commune in the central province of Ha Tinh.

The Jury of the UNESCO and the L’Oréal Foundation has presented the L’Oréal-UNESCO International Rising Talent Award in 2022 to Dr. Ho Thi Thanh Van, a chemicals scientist who is working at the Ho Chi Minh City University of

The Ministry of Information and Communications launched the ‘Make in Vietnam’ Digital Technology Product Awards 2022 in Hanoi.

Hanoi native Jonathan Nguyen is the recipient of a full-ride scholarship that allows him to study at two of the best schools in the U.S: the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, and Duke University.

The streets around Hanoi’s West Lake are currently covered by the yellow colour of Cassia fistula flowers.

The US Mission to Vietnam and World Learning is seeking candidates for the 2022 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Regional Workshop: Marine Warriors.

Vietnamese researcher Dr. Le Viet Ha and his associates have won 2022 Best Paper Awards by Micromachines, a peer-reviewed, open access journal on the science and technology of small structures, devices and systems.

Hanoi’s suburban areas are currently in the middle of the rice harvesting season.

Thac Ba Lake in the northwestern province of Yen Bai is one Vietnam’s four largest reservoirs and boasts around 1,300 islands.

Vietnamese Professor Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh has been honoured with the Interdisciplinary Prize of the United Kingdom’s Royal Society of Chemistry for her outstanding achievements in research and innovation.

Nguyen Quynh Tram, former head of Google operations in Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand, has been appointed as managing director of Microsoft Vietnam.

Thu Sy Commune in the northern province of Hung Yen has been famous for fish trap weaving over the past two centuries.

The United Nations on May 26 awarded its medal to three officers of the Vietnam People’s Army who are working at this organization’s headquarters in New York, USA, on Peacekeeper’s Day (May 29).

Nguyễn Thị Thanh Nhã, also known as Céline Nha Nguyen, has become the first Vietnamese woman to conquer the summit of Mount Everest, according to Nepal-based mountaineering company Seven Summit Treks.

Two Vietnamese university professors were honoured with the Kovalevskaya Award 2021 for their outstanding achievements in applied sciences at a May 16 ceremony with Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan in attendance.

Thai Huong, chairwoman of TH Group, is the first and only Vietnamese representative to be listed among the top 10 of Asia’s Top Sustainability Superwomen.

Phung Hieu Anh, the Vietnamese representative at Little Miss United Nations, was announced as the winner of the 2022 version of the pageant on May 8 during the grand finale held in India.