LIFESTYLE

A road in Hanoi’s suburbs has had a facelift with colourful new murals.

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union on July 16 launched the 22nd annual Eureka Award competition for all Vietnamese students who have a passion for scientific research and are studying at universities, colleges and institutions.

The official ASEAN fan page has posted an image of H’Hen Nie, a Top 5 finisher at Miss Universe 2018, honouring her as the ‘Pride of ASEAN’.

The Tu Lien Bridge has been touted as a new symbol of a dynamic Hanoi beside Hoan Kiem Lake and One-Pillar Pagoda which are famous icons of Hanoi culture and history.

Hanoi is speeding up replacing pavements around Hoan Kiem Lake with the natural stone and consolidation of the lake bank to mark the 1010th anniversary of Hanoi in October this year.

Phu Quoc has one of the most beautiful coral reefs in Vietnam that covers 480 hectares and consists of 360 types of hard and dozens of soft corals.

Tam Thanh Village in Tam Ky Town in the central province of Quang Nam has lured more visitors thanks to a bamboo basket boat project.

The tourism sector in Hoi An Province has recovered well a month after reopening on June 1 from the Covid-19 social distancing period.

Ten outstanding science and technology talents have been presented with Golden Globe Awards 2019.

A group of students from Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology have become one of 10 winning teams at Google’s Developer Student Clubs Solution Challenge 2020.

A sea route which links Ca Mau Province and two tourist sites in Kien Giang Province in the Mekong Delta region will be opened in early July.

Activities of the 2020 summer volunteer youth campaign should be arranged in an effective and innovative manner, while ensuring safety for participants amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has said.

Close to 600,000 letters were sent from around Vietnam to the 49th holding of the Universal Postal Union (UPU)’s International Letter-Writing Competition, for children under the age of 15.

A group of students from the central city of Da Nang has won second prize at a competition on international public space design ideas in Hong Kong (China), which was organised by UrbanactionsHK and the School of Architecture at

A man in Hanoi is trying to maintain the traditional craft of making tea from lotuses specifically grown near West Lake.

Street carnivals have been planned to be organised in the central city of Danang every weekend until the end of this year.

The Tan Dinh Church in HCM City’s District 3, also known as the Pink Church, has been included on the list of 10 "pink" global destinations by British magazine Conde Nast Traveler.

Seven students in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai have won scholarships worth over VND20bn (USD863,000) to universities in the US and Australia.

Tran Dang Khoa, born in 1987 in Tien Giang Province, has returned to Vietnam after 1,111 days travelling the world on his motorbike.