Doctor Nguyen Hoang Long, director of the Viet Nam Authority of HIV/AIDS Control, talks to Sức khỏe & Đời sống (Health and Life) newspaper about the use of buprenorphine in Vietnam.

Police in Mong Cai have arrested a Chinese national after he illegally entered Vietnam in possession of drugs.

Vietnam has recorded 57,880 cases of dengue fever since the beginning of the year, including three deaths, representing a 3.3 fold rise in comparison with the same period last year.

The police in Binh Duong are investigating the discovery of the bodies of two men were found encased in a concrete block.

Hanoi has used Japanese bio-nanotechnology in cleaning the polluted To Lich River.

The World Bank has approved a US$125 million finance to assist Ho Chi Minh City in strengthening the institutional foundations for its sustainable urban development.

Authorities of the southern province of Binh Phuoc have instructed local agencies to help stabilise the lives of more than 1,500 Vietnamese people who were repatriated from Cambodia.

The risk of money laundering in Viet Nam was at "an average level", according to a State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) report released on Wednesday.

Since the beginning of the year, the central bank has raised the daily reference rate by VND236 per dollar, equivalent to 1.03 per cent.

More administrative reform is needed in the banking industry to make it easier for businesses and individuals to get credit, experts told a conference in HCM City on Thursday.

The Binh Tri Thien Golf Open will tee off on Sunday at the FLC Quang Binh Golf Links in the central province of Quang Bình.

A concert reviewing the legacy of prominent composer Nguyen Van Thuong (1919-2002) will take place tomorrow in Hanoi to mark his 100th birthday.

The former royal capital city of Hue is holding a vegetarian food festival to promote the finest cuisine in the area.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will grant more autonomy in terms of capital mobilisation and lending to commercial banks, SBV Deputy Governor Dao Minh Tu said on May 16.

Recommendations to promote innovation and the startup ecosystem in Vietnam were highlighted at a workshop held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Germany on May 15.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse will pay official visits to Russia from May 20-23, Norway from May 24-26, and Sweden from May 26-28.

The Dien Bien Phu Victory which ended the French colonial rule in Vietnam (May 7, 1954) was celebrated at a conference held by the Lao Ministry of Industry and Commerce in Vientiane on May 16.

The Trade Office of the Austrian Embassy made its debut in Ho Chi Minh on May 16, expected to help connect business communities of Vietnam and Austria in the future.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt on May 16 held a ceremony to mark the 129th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19).

There is a special testament in Vietnam which is a guideline for the country’s development. It’s President Ho Chi Minh’s testament.