The National Traffic Safety Committee has launched an investigation into a 25-year-old man who claims he rode his motorbike from HCM City to Hanoi in less than 20 hours.

Written medical records could be on their way out, as pilot software will allow patients to use codes to access their e-prescriptions on a national online prescription system.

Vietnam’s tourism sector has achieved major breakthroughs in 2019, heard the year-end conference of Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

Twenty hospitals in HCM City have been rated as ‘good’ based on a set of criteria issued by the Ministry of Health, according to the municipal Department of Health.

The Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security has asked traffic police units across the country to strengthen inspections of automobiles using fake number plates.

The BIDV’s sale of shares to South Korean investor, the technology upgrading race among banks and a series of moves taken by the central bank are the highlights of 2019.

Welcoming the new decade, one of the year’s biggest events, Lights 2020 on Nguyen Hue Walking Street, will once again take place this coming New Year’s Eve.

In 2020, for the first time, Vietnam is honored to take on the ASEAN Chairmanship and the non-permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council for the term 2020-2021. 

Most workers are looking forward to receiving their Tet bonuses at this time of year, but a recent revision to the Labour Code has got them worried about what future Lunar New Year bonuses will have to offer.

Bilateral trade between Vietnam and South Korea is well on track to reach US$200 billion in 2020, said Kim Dong Bae, minister counsellor at the Republic of Korea’s Embassy in Vietnam.

Vietnam is planning to launch a VND136 billion (US$5.8 million) trade promotion programme in 2020, focusing on expanding key markets and enabling Vietnamese firms to join global value chains.

Vietnam has always committed and determined to promote implementation of human rights of women and children. Let's review the progress in the approach, the legal system ... related to this field in recent years.

The personal care sector has enjoyed strong growth of 7 per cent a year on average, higher than the fast moving consumers goods (FMCG) market, thanks to the skincare and make-up segment.

The famously reticent fashion designer Nguyen Cong Tri is opening up through an exhibition that starts in HCM City this week.

Vietnam had to spend time and money to eliminate exotic creatures that attacked agriculture in 2019.

Despite confronting a lot of challenges, Thailand has mobilised all resources to ensure the success of its ASEAN chairmanship, said Sihasak Puangketkaew, former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand.

The Ministry of Health has announced there are no new mutations of influenza viruses or drug-resistant strains in Vietnam.

Dozens of residents living in Nam Son Commune, Soc Son District in Hanoi, blocked lorries transporting rubbish into the Nam Son rubbish dump on Monday.

A collection featuring photos of people from different ethnic groups living in northern Vietnam has bagged the top prize at a photography contest organised by Vietnam Airlines in flight magazine Heritage.

Tien Cave is the last and biggest cave among the Tu Lan cave system in Quang Binh province, boasting great stalactites of all shapes and sizes.