From a fleeting encounter at a coffee shop in Sa Pa, Hu Xa Ma and Kaur entered a love story that the Xa Pho ethnic woman herself never expected to experience in her lifetime.

After nearly 20 years in finance and banking with stable employment and competitive income, 40-year-old nguyen Thi Thanh Hang decided to relocate to New Zealand to pursue a master's degree, restarting her career as an early childhood teacher.

Behind the name Bach Tuyet, meaning “Snow White,” given to a young woman from Ninh Binh with a distinctive appearance, lies a moving story of family love and her journey toward accepting her own beauty.

The distance from Nguyen Xuan's (27, Hanoi) home to her workplace spans around 40km. To conveniently commute 80km round-trip daily, the 9X uses three types of transport: electric bike, bus, and motorbike.

When she first visited the family and saw four children growing up without their mother, Thao felt deeply sorry for them. That compassion formed part of her decision to marry her current husband.

Accepting a 50km daily commute from Hung Yen to Hanoi, Duc admits that he has “gained more than he has lost”: a spacious home, more time with his family, and the chance to enjoy a peaceful, airy environment.

For over 20 years, Ngo Van Dung carried his daughter to school by motorbike, with a wheelchair carefully strapped behind.

Following her marriage to her American husband, Tran Thi Hien Luong relocated to Pennsylvania with her young son, where the family resides on an historic estate 300 years old alongside Mill Creek.

Eighteen years after a major expansion, Vietnam's capital faces a new test: easing congestion, renewing aging neighborhoods and building a more livable city without sacrificing the heritage that defines it.

Vietnam's Communist Party is shifting from merely allowing members to engage in business to actively encouraging legitimate wealth creation, a change that could unlock economic potential while strengthening safeguards against abuse of power.

Vietnam's banks provide nearly half of the economy's financing, while life insurers hold billions of dollars with limited long-term investment options. Bridging that gap could help unlock capital for the country's next stage of development.

At just 19, Nguyen Nguyen Phong became one of the youngest lecturers at Hanoi Polytechnic University. Fifteen years later, he joined a secret research team racing to understand and neutralize US magnetic mines during the Vietnam War.

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.

The Dong Nai woman looks tiny standing beside her 1.94m-tall Czech boyfriend. With a 42cm height difference, the couple has had many amusing encounters.

After moving to Australia, Joy Nguyen found her calling in a demanding housekeeping job, spending hours standing and doing continuous manual labor to achieve a monthly income exceeding VND100 million.

Impressed by the close-knit bonds and family connection of Vietnamese people, a Russian woman decided to relocate to Bac Ninh to live with her husband's family.

The blessing of both families helped Thuy Vi (HCMC) have a complete wedding, in which the "guarantee" from her future mother-in-law moved her deeply.

From across Vietnam, handwritten Buddhist sutras have made their way to Dia Tang Phi Lai Pagoda, where 49,000 copies now embody a quiet pilgrimage of patience, gratitude and spiritual reflection.

More than seven centuries later, Vietnam’s Tran dynasty still resonates in the country’s spiritual life, from the worship of national hero Tran Quoc Tuan to the distinctly Vietnamese Truc Lam Zen tradition.