Lifestyle

HCM City welcomes year-end book festival
07/12/2009 05:00
The Youth Publishing House opened its year-end book festival at the HCM City Exhibition House, 92 Le Thanh Ton, District 1 last weekend. The festival introduced over 3,000 book titles, totaling 100,000 copies, which are discounted between 15-60...
Fun at the Fair – thousands of Hanoians turn out for charity
06/12/2009 05:00
A festive crowd turned out for the Hanoi International Womens Club’s annual Charity Bazaar - the capital’s biggest ‘expat event’ - on 28 September. Hundreds of expats and Vietnamese were queued at the gate near the National Stadium minutes...
Ad contest highlights local talent
06/12/2009 05:00
Around 26 teams of young people will gather in downtown HCM City next week to compete for a chance to participate in major international ad festivals in France and Singapore. An advertising poster by contestants from South Africa that was awarded the bronze...
Food lovers dig in at global fest
06/12/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – HCM City gastronomes were pampered last week at the Fourth Taste of the World Festival which closed yesterday, December 6, at September 23 Park. We are the world: The Exchange and Meet segment at the festival featured 20 dancers from...
Woodblock paintings on display in Paris
06/12/2009 05:00
More than 40 Vietnamese woodblock paintings, a tradition pursued by a handful of artists in Vietnam, are being displayed in Paris for the first time. The solo exhibition that opened last Friday...
German breed top dog in canine beauty contest
06/12/2009 05:00
A German berger beat more than 150 other contestants to win Vietnamâs first-ever dog show held in Ho Chi Minh City over the last weekend. A Phu Quoc ridgeback was named the runner-up at...
Storming a historic bastion
05/12/2009 05:00
A 7th-9th century well unearthed at No.18 Hoang Dieu Street in Ba Dinh District. An imperial citadel in Hanoi dating back several centuries to the Tran Dynasty might have been larger than originally thought, archaeologists...