Vietnam ended the FIFA ASEAN Cup 2026 with consecutive defeats to Thailand and Malaysia, but players, coach Kim Sang Sik and observers believe the disappointing fourth-place finish exposed problems that can be addressed ahead of the 2027 Asian Cup.

Police in Ho Chi Minh City have dismantled a large-scale operation accused of using banned Salbutamol to fatten pigs, with more than 10,000 tons of pork worth over $22.8 million allegedly reaching the market.

Vietnam's education ministry is drafting stricter rules for school meals after concerns over food quality, portion sizes, deliveries and oversight, shifting its focus toward managing safety and quality across the entire meal supply chain.

Nearly 17,000 people are pursuing doctoral degrees at Vietnamese higher education institutions, with business, management and law attracting the largest number of PhD students.

Samsung's Galaxy S27 Ultra is tipped to address one of the Galaxy S26 Ultra's most contentious shortcomings, potentially delivering better display quality without sacrificing its privacy features.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung will visit Laos and Cambodia from Oct. 8-10, his first trips to the two neighboring countries since taking office, as Hanoi seeks to deepen political and economic ties with both nations.

A Vietnamese university student has been charged with allegedly posing as a concert ticket agent on Threads and scamming more than 200 people nationwide out of over $76,000.

A new Vietnamese decree sets out how authorities must verify and handle false information, including transferring cases to investigators when signs of a criminal offense emerge.

Hanoi plans to simultaneously develop five urban railway lines - Nos. 1, 2, 8, 10 and 14 - with funding prioritized to bring them into operation by 2030, a goal the city considers both urgent and strategically important.

Regulations capping the number of health insurance patients a physician may examine daily aim to improve care quality, but implementation reveals significant operational bottlenecks.

Vietnam-based software company Saigon Technology has earned Great Place To Work® certification for a second consecutive year, with 96% of surveyed employees describing it as a great place to work.

Posts expressing children's negative feelings toward their parents in an online group called “I Hate My Parents” have alarmed many people.

On September 29, at the first conference of full-time National Assembly deputies, lawmakers discussed a revised draft of the Law on Donation, Retrieval and Transplantation of Human Tissues and Organs and Donation and Retrieval of Human Bodies.

After learning they were about to become parents, a man in HCMC decided to transform a clay-and-old-wood house he had been renting out into a living space that would preserve his family’s special memories.

Dressed as an elderly village woman, Tran Thi Huyen has won millions of social media views while promoting specialties from central Vietnam, helping her once-struggling business generate about VND150 million ($5,700) in monthly revenue.

For generations of the Hre ethnic community in central Vietnam, the Ra ngoi mouth harp was more than an instrument: its melodies let young men and women court, converse and express feelings that words could not.

A Mekong Delta farmer who began raising shrimp 25 years ago now runs six high-tech farms covering 45 hectares, using mesh-covered ponds and closed-loop systems to earn about $1.5 million in annual profit.

More Vietnamese students are considering universities in China and Singapore as alternatives to traditional destinations such as the US, UK, Australia and Canada, driven by costs, proximity and the growing standing of Asian institutions.

Packed with beautiful characters, polished settings, breakneck plots and increasingly outrageous twists, AI-generated short dramas are drawing millions of viewers into an entertainment format many find difficult to stop watching.

Videos of children clinging to kite lines and being pulled high into the air in Vietnam's An Giang Province have sparked alarm online, prompting local authorities and police to intervene.

Vietnam aims to operate three national flight-testing zones and at least one national research and testing center for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by 2030 as it develops its emerging low-altitude economy.

From Oct. 5, Vietnam's monthly social pension rises 8% to VND540,000 ($20.5), benefiting about 2.5 million elderly people who do not receive a pension or monthly social insurance allowance.

Minister of Education and Training Hoang Minh Son has called on universities to shift their focus from enrollment numbers to quality, and explain why students choose their institutions and what value they create for society.

More than 15,400 biological samples from unidentified fallen soldiers were flown from southern Vietnam to Hanoi on Oct. 5 for DNA analysis, in the largest such airlift to date.

The Urban Development Law will give HCMC more room to take the initiative in urban planning, development and organization, while also placing greater demands on the government's implementation capacity.