Vietnamese billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong's fortune rose nearly $1 billion to $35.9 billion as Vingroup shares rebounded sharply, while the broader stock market recovered after five consecutive losing sessions.

Vietnam is among the world's top 10 markets for online music listening, with 87.4% of internet users aged 16 and above streaming music weekly and consumers spending an average of 3.52 days a week listening to music.

Vietnam's Phenikaa Group posted higher pre-tax profit but a slight decline in net profit in the first half of 2026, as the conglomerate expands beyond engineered stone into education and technology in search of new growth engines.

Police in Ho Chi Minh City have detained 12 suspects in an alleged pet theft and trafficking ring believed to have stolen and sold about 2,700 cats, with several recovered animals already reunited with their owners.

Vietnam added more than 73,700 new vehicles to the market in September, with fully built imports surging 42.2% from the previous month.

Hanoi will stage 15-minute fireworks displays over West Lake and Hoan Kiem Lake on Oct. 10, with music, concerts and cultural events across the capital marking the 72nd anniversary of Hanoi's Liberation Day.

Hanoi is reviewing an investment proposal for a roughly 300-hectare safari and ecotourism complex in Ba Vi, with city authorities requiring careful assessment of existing land use and potential impacts on local residents and their livelihoods.

Cardiovascular disease causes about 200,000 deaths in Vietnam each year, accounting for roughly one-third of all deaths and surpassing cancer as a cause of mortality.

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.