Thanks to TV shows like Việt Nam’s Next Top Model as well as social media and film stars, the image of the local “fashionista” has emerged as a powerful role model. Thu Anh  reports.

Songs about summer and love composed and sung by musicians in their 20s have become the biggest hits of the season. 

On a hot, stuffy summer day, while passing a small lane in Hà Nội, you will find a fresh green space with hanging flowers and ornamental plant pots.

With the aim of saving lives by promoting hygiene, Soap for Hope was officially launched in 2013. Since then, the project has recovered over 750 tonnes of soap generated by nearly 250 hotels, produced 6,2 million reconstituted soap bars and benefited over 400,000 people in local communities across 22 countries.

 Residents aged 16 to 35 in HCM City and provinces have been invited to  compete in the Chuông Vàng Vọng Cổ (Golden Bell), a national amateur traditional music contest. 

Vietnamese painters at home and abroad are encouraged to create posters for the 70th anniversary of National Resistance Day on December 19.

Nguyễn Đăng An, winner of the Global Taste of Korea Contest in Việt Nam will be the Vietnamese entry at the Global Taste of Korea Contest, which is to be held from July 12 to 21.

The Việt Nam Book of Records, VietKings, has recognised a marble milestone of Trường Sa Đông Island on the mainland as the biggest of its kind in Việt Nam.

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