Whole grilled snakehead fish is a popular southern offering, symbolizing resilience and prosperity in business.

As the 10th day of the first lunar month approaches, Ho Chi Minh City’s Chinese community flocks to Phung Hung - Nguyen Trai intersection to buy prosperity cakes and ritual offerings, praying for a year of thriving business and abundant fortune.

Nestled beneath the majestic Chu Mom Ray range, Ba Ro Goc village in Sa Thay commune, Quang Ngai province has endured the passage of time while preserving the distinctive cultural identity of the Gia Rai community.

A traffic accident between a train and a truck occurred on National Highway 1A, through Ngoc Hoi commune in Hanoi, on the evening of February 25, killing the truck driver.

The IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems in Austria, on February 24, held a graduation ceremony for 30 Vietnamese students, the first cohort of a high-quality nursing training programme.

From unprecedented rainfall to historic river peaks, 2025 forced Vietnam to confront the escalating intensity of climate change and the urgent need for deeper resilience.

After the Lunar New Year, employees will soon welcome two major public holidays. With careful planning of annual leave, many could extend their break to nine uninterrupted days.

From March 1, Ho Chi Minh City will operate 25 new electric bus routes, further expanding its green transport network and reinforcing its commitment to a modern, eco-friendly urban future.

From scrubland to prosperity, Dak Wil has transformed as durian and coffee bring steady income and rows of spacious homes to this once-struggling border commune.

With more than 20 million journeys recorded in 2025, the city’s first metro line is no longer a promise on paper but a daily reality, steering Ho Chi Minh City toward a rail-centered future.

A newly built boarding school stands as more than infrastructure - it is a commitment to the future of Vietnam’s border communities.

In 2025, extreme weather events broke record after record across Vietnam. The scale of devastation is forcing the country to rethink its limits of resilience and urgently raise its threshold of adaptation.

Posing as a wealthy businessman on dating apps, a 34-year-old man allegedly lured hundreds of women into relationships to steal phones and record sensitive videos.

On the opening day of the Huong Pagoda festival - spring 2026 - streams of pilgrims poured in despite steady drizzle, filling every path leading up and down the mountain.

The Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday 2026 closed with a powerful surge of travelers returning to Ho Chi Minh City, propelling Tan Son Nhat International Airport into its busiest day in more than a decade.

Authorities are reviewing technical solutions to link social media platforms with the national VNeID system to strengthen user identification and online security.

Rescue forces have recovered the final five bodies in the passenger boat sinking on Thac Ba Lake in Lao Cai, bringing the total number of victims found to six nearly a day after the accident.

A boat carrying 23 passengers overturned on Thac Ba Lake in Lao Cai province on February 21, leaving six people missing.

A total of 8,358 babies were born at medical facilities nationwide, through both natural delivery and cesarean sections, during the first four days of the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, according to the Ministry of Health.

Vietnam’s central region bursts into life each early spring, as a series of distinctive, centuries-old festivals draw both locals and visitors into celebrations steeped in deep cultural heritage and communal tradition.