Ho Chi Minh City is seeking greater flexibility to use budget and salary surpluses to improve public-sector incomes, as Vietnam’s largest city looks to retain skilled officials and curb a brain drain.

Vietnam's women's volleyball team lost 3-0 to Indonesia in the Asian Games 5th-8th place playoff on Sept. 21, sending them into the match for seventh place.

Vietnam will host the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics for the first time, bringing 320 high school students from 66 countries and territories to Hanoi from Sept. 25 to Oct. 5.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology has again asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade to ensure that electricity suppliers apply a consistent power pricing policy to data centers nationwide.

As they prepare to leave South Sudan after a year with a UN peacekeeping mission, Vietnamese military doctors have marked their final days with gifts, hugs and time spent with vulnerable children in Juba.

Nearly 1,000 healthcare professionals and experts from Vietnam and across Asia gathered in Can Tho to discuss how hospitals can deliver quality and safety consistently across entire healthcare systems.

Amid mountains and terraced fields in northern Vietnam, a Thai ethnic community is turning century-old stilt houses, traditional food and crafts into tourism experiences and new livelihoods.

Vietnam is considering banning tobacco sales within 100 meters of schools and healthcare facilities, although a National Assembly committee has questioned whether the proposed restriction is practical.

Truong Minh Huy Vu, 42, has been elected vice chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee after receiving support from 98.33% of council members present.

Vietnam’s Politburo on September 21 appointed Vuong Quoc Tuan as Communist Party chief of Quang Tri province, while Bui Hoang Phuong was named deputy Party chief and nominated to become chairman of the provincial government.

After 53 years of diplomatic ties, Vietnam and Japan are expanding cooperation from trade and investment into technology, security and green growth, with Ambassador Ito Naoki calling mutual trust their most valuable asset.

Ceramic, stoneware, glass and metal burial objects have been uncovered inside 1,500-year-old brick tombs in central Vietnam, with some artifacts still lying in their original positions.

Hoang Cam, who invented a field stove that dispersed cooking smoke to help Vietnamese soldiers avoid detection from the air during wartime, has been posthumously honored as a Hero of the People's Armed Forces.

Vietnam's first-ever election of a judge to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea marks growing recognition of the country's role in shaping and upholding international maritime law.

Vietnam’s Politburo has appointed Quang Tri provincial Party chief Nguyen Van Phuong as deputy head of the Communist Party’s Central Commission for Policy and Strategy.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan has been appointed deputy secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee for the 2025-2030 term.

Vietnamese leader To Lam is expected to call for greater international trust and cooperation while outlining Vietnam's ambitions as it enters a new phase of development.

Vietnam’s Communist Party has appointed Nguyen Van Chien and lawmaker Bui Hoai Son as deputy heads of its Central Commission for Propaganda and Education.

Newly elected Thai Nguyen Chairman Nguyen The Manh has pledged to prioritize economic growth, infrastructure, digital transformation and better living standards in the northern Vietnamese province.

Vietnam's National Assembly is pressing the education sector for answers over textbook shortages, teacher staffing gaps and exam integrity as lawmakers review problems affecting schools nationwide.

Vietnam’s Communist Party Chief and President To Lam arrived in New York on September 20 for the high-level debate of the 81st United Nations General Assembly and a series of bilateral engagements in the United States.

Permanent Deputy PM Pham Gia Tuc has recently requested a review of regulations on safe distances on expressways.

A single burial site is priced at VND180 million, while family plots reach up to VND5 billion.

Eight years ago, Dr. Phung Anh Tuan stepped onto a stage to announce that he was choosing Infectious Diseases as his medical specialty following advice from someone. Today, however, he serves as a specialist in Andrology and Sexual Medicine.

A buffet with more than 10 dishes was carefully prepared by a mother in Lam Dong to host 100 guests celebrating her son graduating as valedictorian.