Vietnamese have suffered an average loss of VND17.7 million from scams, reports say.

The Vietnamese passport has fallen by five notches to 87th on a list of the world’s most powerful passports, according to the latest report released by Henley Passport Index.

If the fertility rate continues to decreases, Vietnam will begin seeing minus fertility growth rate after 2054 and the total population will fall to 72 million by 2100, experts have warned.

According to the provincial Ethnic Committee of Lào Cai Province, some ethnic groups still consider child marriage to be normal.

Da Nang is conducting a trial run of its first pedestrian street during the first quarter of 2024 on Bach Dang Street from the Dragon Bridge to the Nguyen Van Troi Bridge.

The Department of Transport of Hanoi has proposed to the municipal People's Committee to allow the pilot use of electric buses for passenger transport service in a 12-month period on nine existing bus routes whose contracts are set to expire in 2024.

A ceremony held in Hanoi on January 9 to launch the Traffic Safety Year 2024 which aims to improve public awareness of the traffic safety rules, reduce the number of traffic accidents, deaths and injuries, and curb traffic jams.

A military aircraft experienced a sudden crash in the vicinity of the central province Quang Nam early Tuesday morning.

Da Nang will be focusing on human resources education and technology applications for semiconductor manufacture and processing industries in building a liveable city and a destination worthy of investment and sustainable development in the region

The national coming of age festival will be a highlight in the activities to be held by the National Committee on Youth of Vietnam and competent ministries and sectors in 2024, heard a conference held in Hanoi on January 8.

Vietnamese doctors have mastered new techniques such as liver transplants with different blood types for older children, preparing new radioactive drugs, and saving a newborn baby who weighed 400 grams.

Ho Chi Minh City Police are coordinating with Department C04 and local police to continue to expand the investigation into the big drug trafficking and arrest leaders of the ring.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has released statistics related to the number of tickets sold by airlines on routes for Tet as of January 4.

Nguyen Thanh Long, former Minister of Health, might be imprisoned for 19 or 20 years for having taken an exceptionally high bribe, VND51 billion, in the Viet A test kit price gouging case.

Vietnamese doctorate holder Phan Bich Thien has been named among the top 50 successful women of 2023, as compiled by Successful Women magazine, known as “Sikeres Nők” in Hungarian.

The much-anticipated Yên Xá wastewater treatment project, which was originally set to be operational in the second quarter of 2022, is facing calls for investigation, especially into the contractor's conduct, after long delays.

The monthly average income of Vietnamese labourers in 2023 reached 7.1 million VND (over 291 USD) per person, up 6.9% compared to 2022, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

A shop in HCM City's Binh Thanh District is offering free clothes and accessories for low-income people.

Building safe houses designed to withstand natural disasters in areas frequently affected by storms and floods is a practical solution in many localities to help residents cope with natural disasters and stabilise their lives.

Architect Trần Huy Ánh, from the Hà Nội Architects’ Association, said that suburban areas affected by urbanisation have faced many inadequacies in infrastructure, society, landscape, and ecological environment.