Three years after a five-year plan to renovate half of the 476 old tenements was announced by HCMC’s authorities, only a fraction of them have been refurbished or rebuilt, causing suffering to many people living in them.

Australian triathlete Steve McKenna won the title of the IPPGroup Challenge Vietnam 2019 Triathlon, which took place in Nha Trang city in the south central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on July 14.

Vietnam expects to send more workers to Japan and the workers could earn more in the country thanks to Japan’s new policy on specified skills visa.

The third Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship – the Dong Luc Cup - kicked off in Hanoi on July 13.

Vietnam is boosting the growing of specialty coffee in an effort to raise coffee quality and the country’s coffee export value.

Vietnam is one of the five most favourite places of Japanese tourists this summer, according to a survey announced by the Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) in July.

Just about 40 km from Hanoi’s centre, the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism is an ideal destination for those who are hungry for getting an insight into the real life of ethnic groups.

Lonely Planet, the world’s biggest travel publisher, has named Central Vietnam one of this year’s must-visit destinations in the Asia-Pacific region.

The Vietnamese Students’ Association of New South Wales (VSA NSW) organised a conference on July 13 to kick off the first startup competition for Vietnamese students and alumni in Australia.

Six outstanding students of Vietnam will take part in the 60th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) 2019 in Bath city, the United Kingdom, according the Ministry of Education and Training.

All five members of the Vietnamese team participating in the 50th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) which concluded in Tel Aviv, Israel, on July 14, won medals, including three gold medals and two silvers.

The National Assembly Standing Committee opened its 35th session on July 15 under the chair of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

Tiki wants to become ‘faster and faster’, trying to shorten the delivery time. And Lazada uses showbiz celebrities to lure young customers.

The number of newly built schools in Hanoi in 2008-2018 was 37 percent higher than planned, but the capital city is still lacking schools.

At the age of 64, many people decide to spend more time with their families and friends or focus on travel and hobbies, but Ha Ji-won from South Korea has been visiting poor remote areas for a month each year.

Residents in Sam Son City in Thanh Hoa Province are calling for help as their lives have been greatly affected by a huge dump site.

Urban heat islands in HCM City and other large cities in Vietnam are causing heat waves with some of the highest recorded temperatures ever in the country, affecting public health.

HCM City has seen a sharp rise in the number of students, putting more pressure on many local schools which lack facilities.

Preschool education in export processing zones and industrial parks in HCM City must receive more support to meet workers' childcare needs, education officials said.

The growth forecast for Vietnam’s economy in 2019 has been upgraded to 6.96% from an earlier estimate of 6.56-6.81% by the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR).