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Studio VDGA won the award in the business building of the year category for its Star Engineer factory and administrative building, Dezeen, a British online architecture, interiors and design magazine announced this month. Dezeen said the building explores the rustic and discreet material palette aligning the client's requirements with the site context. The Star Engineer factory and administrative building in Hanoi. Photo by Hiroyuki Oki. "Business buildings often have a worn-out approach but this project is creating an environment rather than just creating a box for people to work in," the judges said. They also loved the sense of domesticity incorporated in a corporate setting, which is beneficial and innovative through layering, transparency and openness. The award in the civic building of the year category went to the Viettel Academy designed by Vo Trong Nghia Architects. The Viettel Academy in Hanoi. Photo by Hiroyuki Oki. The building consists of 12 … [Read more...] about Vietnamese buildings win international architecture honors

Students at Le Quy Don primary school will have physical education (PE) lessons in the classroom and gymnasium instead of the schoolyard, the school's vice-principal Ly Thi Son said. All the doors and windows will be closed and students are advised not to go out during their recess. "These are temporary solutions but they are necessary and useful for our students because we have good facilities and infrastructure," said Son.  "We have not seen any students whose health affected by polluted air so far," she said, adding that outdoor activities at the school will be encouraged after the air in Hanoi gets better. Vietnam-Australia School in Nam Tu Liem district also adopted several solutions including delaying outdoor matches, cancelling outdoor physical activities and closing all the windows. On September 30, Lomonosov primary school made a notice asking teachers to move all PE lessons to the gymnasium. Classroom windows are now required to be closed at 7 a.m. everyday instead of 9 … [Read more...] about Schools shut down outdoor activities due to polluted air in Hanoi

Hopping on and off a big red bus in Hanoi Get inspired by daring Vietnamese women, reflect on war and peace, mingle with the crowds and experience some tranquility as VnExpress International takes a double-decker tour. CEO absconds as another cryptocurrency firm implodes in Vietnam Over a dozen investors of a cryptocurrency mining company have claimed to be victims of a fraud case after the company's director went missing, allegedly with their money. Vietnamese real estate tycoon gets 9 years in prison for revealing state secrets A real estate tycoon and two former police officials are to be jailed for 6-9 years for “deliberatly disclosing state secrets.” Groom among dead as minibus-truck collision kills 13 in central Vietnam Thirteen people were killed after a minibus and a container truck collided in Quang Nam Province early Monday morning. Three days to be enchanted by Vietnam's untouched island paradise Phu Quy, 120 kilometers (74 miles) from Phan Thiet … [Read more...] about Weekly roundup: Corruption trials, cryptocurrency scam, Hanoi bus tour and more

The Italian Embassy in Hanoi has opened an exhibition on Leonardo da Vinci, as part of activities to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci (1519-2019), at the Hanoi Railw. The one-month exhibition at the initiative of Italian diplomat Stefano Baldi showcases 14 panels with content introducing Leonardo da Vinci's life through his activities in painting, sculpture, architecture, engineering, anatomy, botany, music and literature. According to the Italian Ambassador Antonio Alessandro, the Italian Embassy decided to choose Hanoi Railway Station as the venue for the exhibition of life, artwork and inventions of genius Leonardo da Vinci. Because the station is crowded with people, people are waiting for the train, so it is a good opportunity for us to introduce the people of Hanoi in particular, the Vietnamese people in general to learn about the genius Leonardo da Vinci, the pride of Italy, he added. Meanwhile, Director of Hanoi railway branch Nguyen Huu Thanh … [Read more...] about Exhibition on Leonardo da Vinci opens Hanoi Railway Station

Shot last May, ‘River Flowers’ by Tran Minh Dung, which scooped third in the Open Built Environment and Architecture category, depicts hundreds of boats docked along Van Lam Wharf in northern Ninh Binh Province, 60 kilometers south of Hanoi. The boats were to carry tourists along the Ngo Dong River which were hugged by ripened rice paddies. In its 10th run, organizers announced the winners last Saturday. This year’s contest received 4,913 entries from 1,258 photographers in 72 countries and territories. Dung’s second shot, ‘Hoi An At Night’, was named among the category’s top 50.       Around 30 kilometers south of Da Nang City, Hoi An grew from a small rural village to the busiest trading port in Southeast Asia in the 16th century, famed for its ceramics and high-grade silk. Now, the 400-year-old town is popular for its slow pace of life and pedestrian-friendly streets. Two of Nguyen Ngoc … [Read more...] about Vietnamese panoramas create noise at int’l photo contest