On Saturday afternoon, with temperatures reaching 40 degrees, sanitation workers were drenched in sweat as they collected rubbish around Hoan Kiem Lake.

Viet Nam Electricity (EVN) expects to complete its divestment from both core and non-core businesses this year.

Foreign investors are expanding in the Vietnamese solar power sector via M&A deals or by establishing joint ­ventures with local players to save time as the commercial operation deadline for the ­coveted $9.35 cent feed-in tariff looms.

Professor Doctor Le Danh Tuyen, director general of the National Institute of Nutrition, talks to online newspaper Sức Khoẻ và Đời Sống (Health and Life) about why we need to focus more on child development and protection.

The roads children are forced to take to school in the poor mountainous district of Ngoc Dinh in the southern province of Dong Nai used to be a hazard, particularly during stormy weather.

It's unclear if turtles have heroes, but if they do, Le Ba Lai is probably their Superman.

Song Lam Nghe An’s top scorer Michael Olaha will join Hapoel Tel Aviv FC of Israel at the end of this years V.League 1.

Visitors to the mountainous districts of Bac Giang province, such as Luc Ngan, Son Dong and Luc Nam, from the third to the fifth lunar month every year can have a chance to taste indigenous dishes made from weaver ant eggs.

Ha Giang Province Police on Tuesday asked local authorities to criminally charge 210 parents of students who had their scores manipulated in the national high school examination cheating scandal, Tuổi trẻ (Youth) newspaper reported.

The US-China trade war has made a major impact on the economy of Vietnam and the country still requires to tackle several challenges in order to attract supply chains relocating from China.

One hundred outstanding Vietnamese blood donors will be honoured in a series of events in Hanoi and Phu Tho Province from Tuesday to Thursday to celebrate World Blood Donor Day (June 14).

Vietnam Expressway Corporation, the state-owned group tasked with national highway network development, is awaiting an impetus from the government in order to drive the implementation of key national highway projects.

With possible new changes in drug rules involving strict conditions for branded pharmaceutical production on the horizon, multinational corporations might find it harder to attend tenders of high-cost branded drugs.

The Ministry of Health has piloted the electronic medical records (EMRs) system at 26 communal health stations in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Ha Tinh, Khanh Hoa, Lam Dong, and Long An provinces.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved the establishment of a national committee on tuberculosis (TB) eradication.

Major fuel trader Trinh Suong, chairman and director of My Hung Co., Ltd, in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang, is being held in police custody for allegedly producing and trading fake fuel products.

Vietnam has rolled out a roadmap to realise 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) to 2030, focusing on aspects of economics, social affairs and the environment.

Islander Nguyen Loi, 29, has built his first house from 6,000 recycled plastic bottles on An Binh Islet, three miles from Ly Son Island of the central province Da Nang to promote waste reduction and recycling on tourism islands.

Forestry product exports fetch $4.25 billion in five months

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry has objected to the State Bank of Vietnam’s (SBV’s) proposal that an individual must not conduct transactions worth more than VND20 million per day through e-wallets.