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.

Vietnam face a delicate balancing act against a transformed Malaysia in the FIFA ASEAN Cup 2026 third-place playoff, seeking victory and FIFA ranking points while trying to protect an injury-hit squad from further damage.

Thousands of visitors have been heading to Ba Vi National Park on Hanoi's western outskirts before dawn, drawn by spectacular seas of clouds that have blanketed its mountains for days.

Honor is reportedly preparing a new wide-format foldable with a battery exceeding 7,000mAh and a 200MP camera, potentially adding another heavyweight rival to Samsung and Apple's upcoming devices.

Vietnam won just three gold medals at the 2026 Asian Games, falling short of its target as weak results in Olympic sports highlighted a growing performance gap with Southeast Asian rivals.

Some luxury phone owners in Vietnam have found devices worth thousands of dollars suddenly unable to make calls after the country's 2G network was officially switched off on Sept. 15.

Vietnam’s Emoura Pham stood out in the Miss Grand International 2026 closed-door interview with her idea of a fifth “B” - “bridge” - alongside compelling stories from contestants including Tanzania, Mexico and Paraguay.

All 10 Vietnamese students competing at the 2026 International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics won medals, taking six golds and four silvers at the largest edition of the competition to date.

Thailand finished as Southeast Asia’s top-performing nation at the 2026 Asian Games, while Vietnam ranked fifth in the region with three gold, three silver and 19 bronze medals.

Vietnam's Better Choice Awards 2026 honored winners across 45 categories, recognizing homegrown artificial intelligence solutions, innovative products and companies building critical national capabilities.

A Mitsubishi Research Institute expert has proposed that Da Nang and Japan’s Fukuoka jointly launch “Mi Quang Tech,” a technology event inspired by Fukuoka’s “Ramen Tech” initiative.

China spent nearly $505 million on more than 1 million tons of Vietnamese rice in the first eight months of 2026, becoming Vietnam’s second-largest rice export market after the Philippines.

Da Nang has been named Vietnam’s fastest-growing start-up ecosystem for 2026 by StartupBlink, a global organisation that researches and maps start-up ecosystems, the Da Nang Innovation Start-up Support Centre announced on October 1.

Vietnam's airports handled nearly 102 million passengers in the first nine months of 2026, up 12% from a year earlier, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam.