Lifestyle

Gentle Vietnamese girls in ao dai
19/06/2013 01:03
Hoang Manh Cuong and Nguyen Xuan Chinh work at the same press agency and they have the common interest in taking photos of young girls in Vietnamese ao dai on the streets of Hanoi. The two photographers were born and raised in the capital city so every street corner, each row of trees in...
First Korean language weekly newspaper makes debut
19/06/2013 12:21
It is the collaboration of Vietnam Pictorial, a Vietnam News Agency (VNA) publication, and a newspaper for overseas citizens of the Republic of Korea (RoK). The paper aims to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries by serving as a bridge for mutual...
The live music scene in Hanoi
10/06/2013 04:29
Music plays an important role for many young people. It reflects and affects our moods and feelings, it creates nostalgia and in short, provides the soundtrack to our lives. We all need a bit of music everyday and sometimes laptop speakers just won’t cut it. On those days, you need the...
The beautiful smiles of mountain children
05/06/2013 06:07
Their beauty, joy, spirit and purity can hardly be captured perfectly through the lens of any camera. Vietnam boasts 54 ethnic minority groups. In addition to the majority Kinh, which accounts for 80 percent of the country’s population, the remaining 20 percent belong to 53 ethnic...
Strange rock to be removed from Hung Kings Temple
17/05/2013 03:42
Mr. Phan Dinh Tan, a senior official from MoCST’s office said in late April, Phu Tho province sent a dispatch to the Ministry to consult the MoCST of the exotic rock in the Hung Kings Temple. On May 14, Deputy Minister Dang Thi Bich Lien sent a reply dispatch, saying that the stone...
Scanty outfits, lip syncing no longer in vogue
16/05/2013 12:48
Mouthpiece: Singer Anh Tuyet cautions that "lip syncing cases are much higher than what was reported". They said that a directive on performing arts issued by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in April 2012 has shown initial results that are promising. "There're positive...
Exhibition “Calligraphic paintings of Uncle Ho’s poems”
15/05/2013 12:19
A calligraphy exhibition of President Ho Chi Minh’s poems in Chinese script opened in Hanoi on May 13 to mark the 123rd birthday of the nation founder (1890-2013). As many as 123 calligraphic works on display represent excerpts from the Vietnamese-Chinese ‘Ho Chi...