VOV.VN - Thousands of festivalgoers packed the new waking plaza surrounding Hoan Kiem Lake in the centre of Hanoi on the evenings of September 10-11 in celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

VOV.VN - Hanoi mobile policemen are equipped with modern weapons such as AK rifles and MP5 submachine guns to crack down on criminals and ensure safety of residents in the city. 

VOV.VN - French President Francois Holland will stay at the Sofitel Plaza Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City on the second leg of his official visit to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - French President Francois Holland will stay at the Hotel Metropole Hanoi during his visit to the nation’s capital. 

Not only unique in terms of architecture, the temple of dead soldiers in Indochina is also a historical witness to Vietnam-France relations.

VOV.VN - Newly crowned Miss Vietnam 2016 Do My Linh arrived back home in Hanoi on September 2, to a large gathering of family, friends and admirers waiting for her at the Noi Bai Airport.

VOV.VN - The new walking plaza has gentrified Hoan Kiem Lake, transforming it into a part of the city that residents can once again be proud of—now that they have a brief respite from the insidious motorbikes and rude drivers.

VOV.VN -The capital city streets looked deserted on September 2 thanks to the 71st anniversary of National Day.

VOV.VN - Visitors can go sightseeing and enjoy festive activities in new walking streets around Hoan Kiem (Sword) lake and adjacent areas, which is set to be opened on September 1. 

VOV.VN - Seventy-one years ago this September 2, President Ho Chi Minh stood at Ba Dinh Square and poignantly proclaimed the independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - A photo exhibition honouring the nation’s soldiers stationed in the Spratly Islands has ceremoniously opened at the Hanoi Municipal Youth Union located at 45 Trang Tien Street.

At 3am every day, hundreds of people gather at Nam Son landfill in Soc Son district, Hanoi to search for scrap and other items that can be sold.

VOV.VN -Autumn is a great time of year to visit the capital city of Hanoi thanks to cool winds, the sweet scent of milky flowers, and the plashes of sunshine reflecting off the watercolour blooms and foliage.

VOV.VN - Do My Linh, recently crowned Miss Vietnam 2016 at the pageant grand finale in Ho Chi Minh City on the evening of August 28, is a proud Hanoi girl.

Below are color and black and white photographs selected from hundreds of photos taken in northern Vietnam during the resistance war against the US and the 1979 border war by German war correspondent Thomas Billhardt.

VOV.VN - The building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ HQs in Hanoi is presented a certificate of national relics on August 26.

VOV.VN - Dressed in pristine white wedding dresses, the contestants in this year’s iMiss Thang Long 2016 pageant recently headed for the countryside for an off the beaten path publicity stunt to gain attention.

VOV.VN -From Vietnam's Farming Kindergarten to Germany's cat-shaped Kindergarten Wolfartsweier, here are the top 11 best places for kids to start school off on the right foot, according to Business Insider.

VOV.VN - Vietnam Airlines has inaugurated its new dedicated Premium Lounge for its first class and business class customers at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Cauliflower, sea asparagus, Kiwano melons, purple carrots, Jabuticaba and turnip greens are just a few of the special and unique fruit and vegetables rarely found on the market.

VOV.VN -Small and charming fishing villages in the coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau were established a long time ago.

VOV.VN - A girl has spent 3 months living in Ta Xua village in the northern mountain province of Son La to take photos of stunning clouds.

VOV.VN -Vietnamese fishermen in Nghe An Province often exaggerate when boasting just how big their latest catch was.

VOV.VN - Here’s a photo tour of a Da Lat organic farm that is permaculture inspired, an agri-tourism demonstration and education centre inspiring sustainable, nutritious food all in one.

VOV.VN - Foreign tourists admire and love Saigoneses who are travelling and working in the rain.

VOV.VN - Here’s a montage, we hope you’ll enjoy, showing off the unspoiled beauty of Nui Coc Lake in Thai Nguyen Province.

VOV.VN -Boredpanda – a leading art, design and photography community website in Europe- has released a photo collection of natural landscapes and people in Vietnam taken by Turkish professional photographers in the SSS club during their 16-day trip to the Southeast Asian nation.

VOV.VN - High-rise buildings have been built throughout Vietnam in recent years. Here are the 10 tallest buildings in Vietnam, according to Zing online newspaper.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Railway Project Management Unit has released new photos of the progress of the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway construction, which has been underway since October 2011.

VOV.VN - Here’s some nifty shots of the new scenic 45 km Hoa Thang-Hoa Phu coastal road, which opened earlier this year, taken by an unknown backpacker.