Dogs as pets, sure. Cats, absolutely. Birds and rabbits, of course. But crabs? Really? It turns out that one man in Hanoi is so crazy for crabs he has dozens upon dozens of them as pets.

Red-whiskered bulbs (Pycnonotus jocosus) with original colors are priced at VND500 million and tiny chickens with original colors sell for thousands of USD.

The travel site Culture Trip has listed a number of Vietnamese customs that often surprise foreign tourists:

While regular bananas need time to become ripe, a particular type in Vietnam requires boiling or grilling to reach its maximum taste. In Vietnam, there is also a unique citrus fruit, not sour but sweet.

The hobby of wearing gold all over the body has attracted the attention of the public, even foreign news sites.

A total of 1,700 cars will be used to make up a map of Vietnam at Doi Rong international tourist area in Do Son district of Hai Phong city on July 9.

Rice crickets look unappetizing but in Long Khanh, Dong Nai they are raw ingredients used for famous dishes that attract tourists from all over the world.

Mr. Chau Soc Thon, 31, is a monk at Ta Pa pagoda in Tri Ton District in the southern province of An Giang, who stands at only 1m45 tall and weighs 28kg.

An old farmer in Gia Lai Province turns bamboo into a micro communal house while a teacher in Quang Nam Province creates unique works of art from discarded leaves.

A woman has been rescued after falling off a cliff and spending a week in the wilderness.

When the pair decided to get together, the girl's family was vehemently opposed for fear that the man of short stature would be unable to offer happiness to their daughter.

Nine-spur cocks, thought to exist only in Son Tinh Thuy Tinh legend, are now thought to be real.

A 10-year-old girl in the southern province of Binh Duong has been diagnosed with Hematidrosis due to psychological problems caused by a long social distancing period during the recent Covid-19 pandemic.

During 18 days of floating on the sea, Hung only ate uncooked instant noodles and drank water.

Mr. Loi has a luxury automobile and a dazzling gold-plated vintage car, and also wears jewelry consisting of more than 50 taels of 18K gold.

Four U70 buddies completed a 5,714 km trek by pickup truck from Lam Dong to Northwest and Northeast provinces in 15 days, realizing their 50-year-old goal.

A Hau Giang man is raising snakes in glass tanks while families in Thanh Hoa are raising rep canh kien do (Laccifer lacca Kerr), or bugs. Both jobs are highly profitable.

On the third floor of a house in Cay Duong town in Phung Hiep district in Hau Giang, a man raises thousands of snakes in 100 glass tanks, earning hundreds of million dong a year.

Wearing more than 50 taels of gold on his body, Thuan says his neck is sore and his hands numb. But he dare not remove the jewelry.

Instead of demolishing a 100-year-old French villa, Thua Thien - Hue province plans to hire Nguyen Van Cu to relocate the villa to preserve it.