LIFESTYLE

The Covid-19 pandemic keeps people at home and the crowds off the streets, HCM City has reverted an extremely quiet atmosphere.

Buildings in many big cities of Vietnam have been lit with messages to call on people to help in Covid-19 preventative measures.

Vietnamese photographers have won 17 prizes in 10 out of 12 categories at the International Exhibition of Art Photography - Contrast 2020 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Vietnam Artistic Photographers' Association announced on April 2.

Many manhole covers on some Hanoi’s streets have been turned into colourful paintings as part of a project to help raise awareness about environmental protection and urban beauty.

A Vietnamese architect recently won the Turgut Cansever International Award, part of the 2020 International Contextual Architecture Awards held to celebrate the famous Turkish architect.

People can vote for Vietnamese photographers Nguyễn Tấn Tuấn and Nguyễn Thiên for the 17th annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest's Readers' Choice Winner.

Phu Yen hasn't had any confirmed cases of the Covid-19 outbreak and has become a popular destination, especially among domestic tourists.

An early warning system for COVID-19 has been launched by the Institute of Prevention Medicine and Public Health (IPMPH) at the Hanoi University of Medicine.

People in the central province of Quang Ngai's Ly Son Island are currently busy harvesting garlic.

Sky House by architect Nguyen Hoang Manh has won a Realised Award at the 33rd World Architecture Community Awards in London.

Hanoi streets have been brightened up as sua flowers or Dalbergia tonkinensis started blooming in late February.

Cu Da Village in Hanoi is known for its many old houses and pagodas built in the 17th century but many of the houses in the village are deteriorating.

Warmer destinations such as Phu Quoc and Quy Nhon are attracting a lot of visitors, especially when students in many areas who have been allowed to stay home until March, amid the coronavirus outbreak.

A Vietnamese student has just won scholarships to five high schools in the US.

A collection of photos named bikes of Hanoi is among finalists for the Sony World Photography Awards 2020 Professional competition’s Portraiture category.

Vu Ngoc Tam, a young Vietnamese professor working at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Colorado Boulder, USA, has been honoured as a 2020 Sloan Research Fellowship recipient.

Scientists from the Hanoi University of Science and Technology have developed a novel coronavirus test kit the laboratory environment, which provides results in 70 minutes instead of four hours like the current method.

Residents in Hanoi’s Nhat Tan Ward have replanted peach trees that were uprooted to celebrate Tet to prepare for a new crop.

The Hue Festival is slated to be held in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on April 1-6 and is set to promote Hue and Vietnam’s cultural values.