The Vietnamese delegation won three gold, five silver and three bronze medals at the 2012 International Youth Invention Exhibition, says the Vietnam National University of Science.

A Vietnamese writer was among eight ASEAN artists granted the Southeast Asian Writers Award 2011 on Thursday.

Three Vietnamese students competing at the second Asia Pacific Open Electronic Organ Competition held in Hong Kong all won top prizes, one official has said.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has conferred the order of the Legion d’honneur on Professor Ngo Bao Chau at the Elysee Palace.

A painting featuring the Palace of Westminster drawn by an 8-year-old boy from HCM City won the first prize at an art contest held by the British Council for its worldwide learners.

In recent years, more and more overseas Vietnamese intellectuals and scientists want to return to Vietnam to contribute their efforts to the development of the country.

Veteran writer Nguyen Xuan Khanh won the Vietnam Writers Association Book of the Year prize for his novel Bring Rice to the Pagoda.