Prime Minister Le Minh Hung met US Deputy Trade Representative Rick Switzer on May 20, with both sides pledging efforts to soon finalize a bilateral trade agreement.

The Foreign Ministry said Vietnamese authorities are coordinating with relevant agencies after a Vietnamese citizen participating in a humanitarian flotilla toward Gaza was detained in Israel.

Vietnamese students won two gold medals and four silver medals at the 2026 Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad, helping the country rank second overall.

Taking advantage of natural streams and a valuable indigenous duck breed, Luc Van Nam in Thanh Hoa has created a duck farming model, generating a stable annual income of hundreds of millions of dong.

In the early months of 2026, lowering interest rates is becoming one of the biggest policy priorities of the economy.

Persa Place achieved a complete sellout on launch day, reinforcing Springville’s growing appeal in Nhon Trach’s booming property market.

Resolution 80 affirms that investment in culture is investment in the country’s future and sustainable growth, while calling for a fundamental shift in the mobilisation of resources for cultural development, with the State taking a leading role.

As modernisation threatens to wash away traditional culture, artisan Nguyen Huu Hoa and his wife, Meritorious Artisan Nguyen Thi Oanh, are holding the line for Dong Ho folk painting.

Phuoc Tich, a village more than five centuries old set along the O Lau River roughly 40 km north of Hue, holds a quiet, weathered beauty that captures the stamp of traditional north-central Vietnamese rural life.

A humble bo bia vendor in Hanoi has become an unlikely social media sensation, drawing long queues of customers willing to wait more than an hour for a snack.

Known locally as “lich,” the wild-caught creature is considered a seasonal specialty across parts of central and southern Vietnam.

A family in Co To District in Vietnam’s An Giang Province has gone viral after transforming a traditional memorial feast into an unusual floating dining experience.

The iPhone Neo would sit below the $599 “e” lineup, potentially costing as little as $399. But Apple may struggle to make the device genuinely appealing.

The sight of a 23-year-old patiently comforting his nearly 90-year-old grandmother like a small child, with endless tenderness and love, has left many witnesses deeply moved.

Vietnam’s film industry reached a historic milestone in 2025, generating an estimated 3.65 trillion VND ($143 million) in domestic box office revenue.

Digital transformation is opening a new chapter for ethnic minority communities in Vietnam - one where people can own, protect and earn from the stories of their own culture.

Over centuries, many Champa artifacts have remained remarkably well preserved in Da Nang, becoming national treasures of exceptional historical, artistic and spiritual value.

From a sea-crossing tunnel to airport rail links, Ho Chi Minh City is accelerating major infrastructure investments across the southern region.

Vietnam’s long-planned North-South high-speed railway project is expected to complete feasibility study procedures and break ground sometime between the fourth quarter of 2026 and the fourth quarter of 2028.

Unable to use public sidewalks as before, many Hanoi cafés are finding unusual new ways to keep customers coming back.