The launching ceremony for the 2016 Exam Season Support campaign was held in Danang on June 18 with the participation of more than 3,000 young volunteers and students from universities and colleges in the central city.

Spain became the first Group D representative in the last 16 of the 2016 Euro in France following their overwhelming 3-0 victory against Turkey in their second group match early on June 18.

Sprinter Nguyen Thi Huyen has become the second Vietnamese athletics athlete to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games this summer, after Nguyen Thanh Ngung in racewalking.

Literature on Hue Royal Architecture was recently honoured as a documentary heritage at the Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP)’s 7th General meeting in May. 

Located in Cha Ca street, 'Cha ca La Vong' (grilled fish) is the famous restaurant to many Hanoian as well as visitors from all over the world.

Visitors who used to go to Hanoi will eagerly seek a chance to enjoy West Lake shrimp fried pancake, a speciality of this place, which can make a great impression. The reason is not only in shrimp pancake itself, but also in the beautiful scene at West Lake.

In Vietnam, winged yam is a very familiar food, and the soup cooked from winged yam is definitely a favorable dish with most Vietnamese people.

The Vietnam-US relationship has successfully moved from former enemy to friend, with increasingly reinforced dynamic co-operation and harmonised important strategic interests, in which, economic co-operation is a priority area.   

Tourism is currently a strong economic sector for Hanoi. The capital is focusing on raising the quality of tours, creating more new tourism products and improving the tourism environment in order to help this industry develop sustainably and become a ‘green industry’.

With 18 official tickets for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Vietnam has fulfilled the target set before the Olympic qualification rounds: to earn from 15 to 20 places for the Games.