Ho Van Phuoc is absolutely buzzing about bees. That's because the Phuoc Loc Commune, Phuoc Son District, Quang Nam Province resident has hundreds of nest boxes on tree trunks that provide the main source of income for his family.

CPTPP opens up opportunities for agricultural products

HCM City residents in many areas are complaining about the stench allegedly coming from waste treatment plants and waste collection stations.

Coast Guard Commander Lieuternant General Nguyen Van Son Viet Nam, talks to the Vietnam News Agency about a new law which took effect this month.

Every summer, monks from Khmer pagodas in southern province of Kien Giang host classes to teach the written Khmer language to local children in 1st to 7th grade.

The children’s book market has been developing strongly in Vietnam, with many books coming from foreign countries. However, music books are rarely found at bookstores, with only about 500 titles. 

In many countries, passing one’s driving test is a rite of passage, on par with graduation or being able to vote.

The very first album featuring xam (music of blind buskers) has been released in an effort of Mai Tuyet Hoa and her team to revive the traditional music.

Nguyen Minh Hung, 41, former chairman and general director of Vietnamese pharmaceutical firm VN Pharma, could face the death penalty for trading in fake cancer drugs.

Here are the opinions of local and foreign industry players on Vietnam's property market.

The International and Vietnam Mekong Commissions have protested, but Laos is implementing its plan to build more hydropower dams on the Mekong mainstream, reported Saigon Economic Times.

The thyroid laparoscopy technique invented by Dr. Tran Ngoc Luong, Head of the National Hospital of Endocrinology, has been honoured with the record as Vietnam’s most commonly used thyroid endoscopic technique.

Foreigners who are legally employed in Vietnam have been requested to join labor unions in the country to enjoy the same labor union rights as local laborers, said Ngo Duy Hieu, vice president of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor.

The organisers of the Miss Word Vietnam 2019 pageant have announced the list of 35 contestants who will go on to compete in the final round of the northern region, which is set to transpire on July 7 in Quang Ninh.

China remained Vietnam’s largest importer of vegetables and fruits, accounting for 72.6% of Vietnam’s total export revenue from these products in the first five months of this year.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has called for steelmakers to switch to using domestic materials following the US’ announcement of steep duties on steel products from Vietnam that are originally made in South Korea and Taiwan.

Third Danish Film Week to get underway in Da Nang and Hue shortly and in Hanoi and HCM City in October.

The competent agencies have determined that the bones found buried at a waste treatment plant in Ca Mau Province belonged to human fetuses, Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper reported.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has proposed to collect a re-loan of $98.35 million from the government to help finish and put into operation the long-delayed Cat Linh-Hadong metro line.

Soon after a local newspaper published a series of articles on using talented staff in HCMC, the city's Mayor Nguyen Thanh Phong scheduled a working session on the issue.

Vietnamese designer Patrick Pham presented a range of couture dresses and accessories that have been hand-made from Vietnamese textile materials at the recent Paris Fashion Week 2019 in France.

Japanese artist Yohei Yama is holding his second solo exhibition featuring paintings inspired by nature at Vin Gallery in District 2, HCM City, four years after “The Power of Semiosis” exhibition in 2015.

Vietnamese billiards players Mai Minh Cam, world No.23, and Do Nguyen Trung Hau, world No.44, have qualified for the third qualification round of the Billiards World Cup, which is currently underway in Portugal.

 Vietnamese forward Cong Phuong signed a one-year deal with Sint-Truidense FC of Belgium in Ho Chi Minh City on July 5.

Schools and universities in HCM City are having to deal with a shortage of teachers for the coming new school year.