In Vietnam, a drum can summon a village, speak to the spirits or mark a child’s first day of school. Behind its beat lies a world of centuries-old craftsmanship, rituals and beliefs.

A couple in Vietnam’s Quang Tri Province started growing mushrooms for their family 15 years ago. Their venture now spans nearly 8,700 square meters and generates more than $700,000 annually.

A farmer in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta has spent more than 30 years turning repeated setbacks into a fish business that now sells across the country and exports to the US and South Korea.

At 75, Nguyen Huu Nam still takes to the skies above Hanoi, where a video of him paragliding while recalling his wartime years has drawn hundreds of thousands of views online.

Moving to the Japanese countryside, Tam and her husband embarked on a lifestyle aligned with nature by growing their own produce, raising silkworms for cocoons and pupae, securing an independent water source, and chopping firewood for storage.

Living alone for nearly half a century with faint memories of his hometown, a man never expected to see his family again, a reunion made possible through the persistent cross-referencing and verification efforts of local police in Dong Nai Province.

Once enticed and seduced by bad elements to participate in activities disguised as religion, many ethnic minority individuals in Phu Thien commune, Gia Lai province, went astray.

From sharing the screen with Burt Reynolds and Dev Anand to her memorable role in ‘The Joy Luck Club,’ Kieu Chinh has spent nearly 70 years in cinema. Now, at 89, she is returning to Vietnamese film.

Vietnamese leader To Lam’s official visit to France marks Olivier Brochet’s final high-level diplomatic engagement as French Ambassador to Vietnam, bringing his three-year posting to a close.

After dark on a remote mountain in northern Vietnam, adults carrying babies on their backs walk kilometers through the forest to learn to read and write. In one classroom, students from 12 to 60 are starting with first-grade lessons.

Perched high amid the clouds and mountain winds of Son Luong commune in Lao Cai province, Giang Pang village was once defined by hardship and deprivation. Today, this Hmong community is taking on a new vitality.

After 40 years of Doi Moi (renovation), Vietnam has transformed from a planned, subsidized and closed economy to a dynamic, deeply integrated market economy with an increasingly elevated international standing.

Recent murder cases have raised troubling questions after investigators found that several victims had no prior connection or conflict with the people accused of attacking them.

Vietnam’s revised 2026 Law on Belief and Religion lays the groundwork for protecting freedom of belief and religion while addressing new challenges in state management.

At the time they left the city, the eldest child of Ngoc Anh and her husband was only nine years old, while their youngest was just one year old.

More than eight decades since the National Day on September 2, 1945, Vietnam stands before a major development ambition: moving faster to narrow the gap with advanced nations.

Regarding the strategies to implement civilian-military dual-use design from the initial planning phase, he said the third strategy is modernizing domestic supply chains and promoting technology transfer.

The Last Secret of the First Emperor, the most expensive Vietnamese film ever made with a $3.8 million production budget, is now at risk of becoming the country’s biggest box-office loss.

Quang Ngai-born engineer Huu Qui has become the first Vietnamese member of a volunteer fire brigade in Japan’s Toyama City.