The Van Long Wetland Nature Reserve in the northern province of Ninh Binh has been recognised as Vietnam’s ninth Ramsar site.

A total of 203 Vietnamese people passed Japan’s exam for working visas in the restaurant industry under the country’s new visa system, the Japanese government announced on May 21.

A tourism week is taking place in Tam Coc, Ninh Binh province, aiming to promote tourism in the locality during the summer when rice fields turn bright yellow and look majestic, romantic and poetic.

Vietnam holds huge potential for developing the resort market thanks to high economic growth and growing travel demand, experts said at a recent workshop in Hanoi.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 21 arrived in Moscow for his official visit to Russia at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Dmitri Medvedev.

Having sold head offices and ships, many shipping firms still cannot pay off debts.

A four-year-old boy was hospitalised last week in Hanoi due to Japanese encephalitis (JE). He was suffering from a high fever and seizures.

The southern province of Binh Duong has kicked off its summer events with an exhibition featuring the beauty of the province’s traditional ceramic arts.

The 14th National Assembly (NA) on Tuesday weighed in on the amended draft Law on Education during its seventh session. Textbooks and national exam were the topic of a heated debate.

The services sector in case of growing over 7.2% in 2019 could boost Vietnam’s GDP to be equivalent or even higher than last year's growth of 7.08%, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

Vietnam’s public debt hit the lowest since 2015 at 58.4% of the GDP as of the end of 2018, much lower than the projection of 63.9% made by the Ministry of Planning and Investment last August.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has analyzed some problems that limit Vietnam’s economic development, and proposed solutions to help Vietnam in building a socio-economic strategy from 2021 to 2030.

Vietnamese Z-generation students are often leaving Vietnam at the age of secondary education. They are more self-confident than previous generations and willing to express their personal views.

Screenings of the recently released movie Vợ Ba (The Third Wife) have been suspended indefinitely over intimate sex scenes featuring a 13-year-old actress.

Vietnam has made major inroads over the past years to swift from peripheral to mainstream industrial nation which, in terms of investment, is at the center of attention.

Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in Vietnam's central province of Quang Binh has been named among the 10 most diverse national parks in Southeast Asia, according to South China Morning Post.

The Hanoi government should think of developing a number of modern urban areas in peripheral districts, such as Dong Anh, Gia Lam, Yen Vien and Long Bien, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung said.

The combined charter capital of Vietnam’s banking sector reached US$24.72 billion as of the end of March, up 0.45% against end-2018 and up 63.5% against end-2011, according to the State Bank of Vietnam.

Forty-three musicians and artists will take part in the Film, Archive and Music Lab (FAMLAB) Residency in Hoi An City from June 6 to 25 as part of the Heritage of Future Past project, the British Council in Vietnam has announced.

The Performing Arts Spring (PAS) Festival 2019 will be held in Hanoi this weekend to create a forum for multicultural art exchanges between art performers in Vietnam and other Southeast Asian nations.