It’s rare to spend a day driving around Hanoi without seeing at least a few kids taking a basketball to or from a court.

Ho Thi Phuong has a lot more responsibilities on her small shoulders than any 15-year-old should. The ninth grader raises her three siblings alone, without help from her mother or father.

I arrived in Hanoi for the first time on 2nd December 1978 to replace Chris Ray as an English-language specialist at the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) working on the daily English news bulletin.

On the fringes of the world-renowned Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park sits a quiet village which has become synonymous with rowing tourists to and from the spectacular limestone mountains and caves.

Rice exports drop in first months of this year

Many people love learning to play the piano, but following the classical technique it can take up to five years to become an accomplished player. Many give up after only three months because they find it too difficult and discouraging.

The board of directors of CMC Corporation has approved the issuance of 25 million shares through a private placement for Samsung SDS, the system integration arm of South Korea’s electronics conglomerate Samsung.

Five current and former officials from the Office of Natural Resources and Environment of Tra Vinh City were arrested on charges of breaching regulations on land management and usage which caused losses totaling US$5.1 million.

The prolonged heat wave and severe drought in Quang Tri and other central provinces has badly affected local people.

A man died while his wife and daughter-in-law are in critical condition after eating white mushrooms in the northern province of Son La.

A man was fined after being caught masturbating on a bus in Hanoi.

Nguyen Huu Tuat launched a Vietnamese ride-hailing firm a year ago, with dreams of scaling up the business overseas.

People who are found to be drunk while driving would have their driving licence revoked permanently under a new proposal by the Ministry of Public Security, said Lieutenant General Lương Tam Quang, Chief of Office and the ministry's spokesman.

A group of Vietnamese Guinness record-makers will perform in an entertainment show in Long An Province tonight to celebrate National Family Day on June 28.

A new show called Cải Lương: Trăm Năm Nguồn Cội (Reformed Opera: A Hundred-Year History) will take place in HCM City next month.

Extreme hot spell is set to continue in the northern and central regions of the country, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecast.

The Government Inspectorate has delivered its report on the controversial implementation of the master plan and land and construction management at the Thu Thiem New Urban Area in HCM City’s District 2.

A mural featuring Vietnamese and French flowers has been inaugurated in the Parisian suburb of Choisy-le-Roi to enhance the friendship between two countries.

The FLC Viet Nam Masters golf tournament is scheduled to tee off at FLC Ha Long Golf Club in the northern province of Quang Ninh on July 29.

Vietnamese banks are seeking to raise capital in international bond markets as they face growing pressure to hike capital to satisfy the central bank's regulations on minimum capital requirements and Basel II standards by early next year.