A Lao national carrying more than 24,000 tablets of synthetic narcotics was recently arrested at the Cha Lo International Border Gate in the central province of Quang Binh, according to the provincial Border Guard High Command.

Vietnam is positioned as a strong contender and potential representative for the e-sports competition at the SEA Games this year.

Vu Thi Trang of Vietnam won the JE Wilson International Series badminton tournament which ended in Accra, Ghana on Sunday.

Vietnam won three bronze medals at the 16th Asian Karate Federation Senior Championships which closed on Sunday in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

The Vietnamese Muay Thai team took part in the World Muay Thai Championship that opened in Bangkok yesterday.

Nearly 150 people from across the country are competing in the National Youth Petanque Championship in the Hanoi – based National Sports Training Centre.

Vu Ha Minh Duc, 16, won the men’s singles title at the ITF U18 Junior Circuit Group 5 - Hai Dang Cup, which concluded in the southern province of Tay Ninh on Sunday.

A music video (MV) about Vietnamese martyrs and soldiers performed by Meritorious Artist To Nga has just been released to celebrate the 72nd annual Day of War Invalids and Martyrs (July 27).

It was a tragic morning on National Highway 5 as three consecutive accidents killed at least seven people and injured another two on Tuesday, Hai Duong Province traffic authorities announced.

Vietnamese multimedia artist Tran Nguyen Uu Dam will embark on a performance trip by cargo boat from Vietnam to the US at the end of this month. 

Son Tung M-TP, a Vietnamese singer behind many hits with millions of views on Youtube, will work with his Underground-style friends to launch the Sky Tour Project, a series of musical nights in three major cities – HCM City, Da Nang and Hanoi.

A water shortage in Quang Nam Province’s Hoi An City in central Vietnam is greatly affecting the lives of thousands of locals and tourists.

Doctors at the University Medicine Centre in HCM City have saved the life of a 33-year-old pregnant woman with Marfan syndrome and her baby after successfully performing emergency aortic surgery.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong asked the Directorate of Water Resources (DWR) to draw out a drought map for the central region during a working session with ministry-level units in Hanoi on July 22.

Residents in the central province of Quang Nam have expressed concern after a large area of rice was destroyed due to drought.

Farm produce businesses broaden horizons in export markets

Many shops specialising in organic pork, fresh fruits and vegetables have opened in central HCM City and neighboring areas as demand for organic products has increased in recent years.

Luu Binh Nhuong, a National Assembly deputy, talks to Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper on some of the serious problems in land planning in Vietnamese cities.

Violations in the construction of a number of hydropower plants in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau have been blamed on poor management by local authorities.

There are 153 areas being illegally used to store construction materials along rivers, according to a report by the Ha Noi Dyke Management and Flood and Storm Prevention Department.