The deputy director of a real estate firm in HCM City refused to get out of his car when ordered by traffic police, saying that the vehicle cost VND5 billion (US$215,700), much more than the VND8 million monthly salary of a police officer.

Kristin Hughes, director of the Global Plastic Action Partnership, talks about solutions that are needed in Vietnam, which is a disproportionately high contributor of plastic pollution into the oceans.

Urban jungles have a lot going for them, but one thing they're missing is space to garden in and grow your own vegetables.

Two people were killed and three others were injured in a landslide, triggered by torrential rains between Sunday and Monday, in Hoang Su Phi District, the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang.

A 145,000-ha botanical garden will be built on the Huong River, in Huong Vinh commune, Huong Tra town, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

The Ministry of Health is set to amend the Law on Health Examination and Treatment, including provisions on issue of certificates for medical practice.

The average spending by tourists from China, the largest source of visitors to Vietnam, is much lower than that of other nationalities, according to a report by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

Vietnamese fighter Bui Yen Ly has taken Thailand by storm winning the World Muay Thai Championships.

To address the shortage of low-income housing, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has told the Ministry of Construction to review the use and planning of urban land available for social housing nationwide and submit the results to him by September.

Experts discussed Vietnam’s efforts to protect tigers and other endangered animals at a forum yesterday.

Districts in the northern province of Bac Ninh are being polluted by untreated industrial waste and local authorities have failed to come up with any solution so far to improve the situation, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

Eleven months after its launch, the Appraisal and Exhibition Centre of Art and Photography under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has carried out its responsibility inefficiently, according to experts.

The draw for men’s football tournament of the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games will take place on October 3, the organisers have said.

A Vietnamese businessman was thrown off a Vietnam Airlines after being accused of sexually harassing a young woman.

As a regular buyer of television and online sales channels, Nguyen Thanh Thuy has provided mobile phone numbers and home addresses to receive goods, but she did not expect her personal information to be passed on to a third party.

The Department of Transport of HCM City has directed people’s committees in all districts to inspect business and household encroachment on pavements and quickly pose a solution to damages that have occurred.

The cải lương (reformed opera) play Lan và Điệp (Love Story of Lan and Điệp), a production by well-known scriptwriter Tran Huu Trang, will be restaged in a new version 82 years after its premiere.

Farm produce processing industry urged to tap potential

River erosion and high tide have made great impact on dwellers’ lives and production; accordingly, HCM City authorities have drawn up embankment construction projects to regulate water level and drainage. 

In Vietnam, tea is said to appear in almost every social activity: from weddings, birthdays, anniversaries and ritual ceremonies.