While foreign coffee shop chains are facing so many hardships that they have to reduce their business scale or bid farewell to the Vietnamese market, more outlets of domestic coffee brands have been opened.

Endowed with pristine beauty, Binh Thuan province has worked to make tourism a economic spearhead.

A number of foreign investors including those from South Korea, France and Japan have expressed their interest in the North-South Expressway project, which spans more than 1,000 kilometers in Vietnam.

Hanoi plans to ban motorbikes sooner than planned by 2030 as part of its efforts to ease traffic congestion and environment pollution, Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Nguyen Duc Chung said.

Thanh Hoa FC put an end to Hanoi FC’s eight-game unbeaten run in 2019 V.League by stunning the reigning champions 4-1 in their matchday 9 encounter at home on May 11.

Vietnam welcomes India’s investment in the fields of information technology, infrastructure, energy and hi-tech agriculture, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.

A photo exhibition featuring Vietnamese pagodas around the globe has opened at Tam Chuc Pagoda in the northern province of Ha Nam on the occasion of the 16th UN Day of Vesak 2019.

The VTV9-Binh Dien International Women's Volleyball Tournament kicked off in Rach Gia city in the southern province of Kien Giang on May 11.

The National Committee for Traffic Safety and the Hanoi People’s Committee jointly launched a walking in the capital city on May 12 to call for actions against drunk driving.

The Republic of Korea’s B-Boy Crew performed at the K-Pop Lovers Festival being held at Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square in downtown Hanoi this weekend.

The Canada-Vietnam Society (CVS) on May 11 opened an exhibition in Toronto to introduce paintings that feature late Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh in celebration of his 129th birth anniversary (May 19).

The central province of Nghe An held a ceremony on May 12 in Ky Son district to receive the remains of 98 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down the lives in Laos during wartime.

The People’s Committee of Nha Trang city in the central province of Khanh Hoa on May 12 released 600,000 aquatic breeds on Nha Trang Bay.

The 18-year-old Huynh Anh Khoi, a 12th grader from HCMC, has won Sunrise Sprint Vietnam, a triathlon for amateur athletes and part of the ongoing 2019 IRONMAN 70.3 Vietnam, Asia Pacific Championship.

Some 1,000 artists will participate in the sixth Vietnam International Choir Competition in Hoi An City from May 15 to 19.

A 29-seater coach which was carrying 21 people back to Hue City from Bach Ma National Park in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue crashed into a cliff, leaving 18 Singaporean students injured.

Vo Van Hoan, chief of the HCMC People's Committee Office, and major general Ngo Minh Chau, deputy director of the HCMC Police Department, have been elected vice chairmen of the municipal People’s Committee.

Police have arrested three Taiwanese and one Chinese suspects for illegal transporting 500kg of Ketamine meth, the most expensive in the drug market.

Experts have warned that if the government doesn’t cut the environmental protection tax and fees on petroleum products, the national economy will suffer.

The United Nations Day of Vesak Celebration 2019 is taking place at Tam Chuc Pagoda in Ha Nam province from May 10-15, 2019.