A dozen of drums suspected of containing toxic chemicals were illegally dumped along Thang Long Boulevard after the National Independence Day holiday, reported the Vietnam News Agency.

The 4th International Experimental Theatre Festival will take place in Hanoi from October 4 to 13. The festival will include the participation of eight international troupes and 14 Vietnamese troupes.

Ha Giang Province’s signature shan tuyết tea trees have been recognised as part of the Ancient Tree Heritage of Vietnam.

Vietnam to enhance management of e-commerce activities

The HCM City People’s Court has upheld a decision earlier this year that painter Le Phong Linh (pen name Le Linh) is to be the only author of four characters in popular comic series Thần Đồng Đất Việt (Vietnamese Land’s Prodigy).

With the Mid-Autumn festival just around the corner, mooncake markets are bustling offering a variety of tasty treats.

In the development of the fourth industrial revolution, artificial intelligence (AI) has made significant progress and is expected to make breakthroughs in the next ten years. 

A total 1,000 international athletes have registered to compete in the VPBank Ha Noi Marathon (VHM) to be held in Hanoi on October 20, the event’s organising board has announced.

The Ministry of Transport has approved Long An’s proposal to add the construction of a 60km-long axis road connecting HCM City and Long An and Tien Giang to a transport-infrastructure connectivity project in the Mekong Delta.

Vietnam has recorded its first case of brain haemorrhage due to methamphetamine use, according to Nguyen Trung Nguyen, a doctor from the Poison Control Centre under Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi.

Designer Vu Ta Linh will present his latest collection at Centrestage – Asia’s Fashion Spotlight which will be held from September 4 to 9 in Hong Kong.

Vietnamese gymnasts won two medals at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup which concluded in Mersin, Turkey on Monday.

The central city has recorded the first death due to complications from dengue fever, director of the Da Nang General Hospital, Nguyen Duc Nhan confirmed on Monday, stating that a 28-year-old patient died on September 1

The Anti-Money Laundering Steering Committee convened a meeting in Hanoi yesterday to discuss activities serving the Asia-Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG)’s upcoming mutual evaluation of Vietnam’s mechanism 

Although the number of criminal cases has been decreasing, work is needed to rein in social crime, attendees heard at a meeting organised by the National Assembly (NA)’s Judicial Committee held in Hanoi yesterday.

Farmers' use of nets in jujube orchards has reduced spoiled fruit to only 5-10% compared to a loss of 30-40% at other orchards that use pesticides, according to the Ninh Thuan Province Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Two former communication ministers have been accused of taking millions of dollars in bribes to make sure the deal to sell AVG to the State-owned telecom corporation MobiFone went ahead smoothly.

A book of stories and photos on the Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands has been released in Hanoi to spread love and energy from the archipelago to the people.

The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta, the country’s rice granary, will see summer – autumn rice output increase by 150,000 tonnes this year, the Plant Cultivation Department has estimated.

A total of 57 people were killed on the roads during the National Day holidays, according to traffic officials.