Vietnam is without a doubt a country of rice. It’s a key part of people’s diet, eaten twice a day on most days as a staple for breakfast, lunch or dinner or even as a snack. Showing just how important it is, rice is even now being used in a new type of artwork - rice painting.

A video on the conservation of folk music of Thai ethnic people by a group of high school students in Nghia Lo township of Yen Bai has clinched a second prize at the ‘Vietnam’s quintessence’ contest.

Vietnamese culture has been nudged closer to domestic and foreign friends through life-like palm-sized miniatures of groceries, food carts, local dishes, barber shops, and even iconic tourist attractions made by young people around the country.

Skilled and unskilled off-road motocross enthusiasts are thrilled to have a track to practice on, just 10 km away from downtown Hanoi.