A petrol station owner in Hanoi turned to the online community to look for a driver who owed him VND300,000 (US$13) after buying petrol and leaving his registration licence which was about to expire as collateral.

Preparations are well underway to prepare Tam Chuc pagoda in Kim Bang district in the northern province of Ha Nam for the United Nations Day of Vesak 2019, which will take place between May 12 and May 15.

Under the deft hands of local artisans, water hyacinth has become an eco-friendly material for producing sophisticated handicraft items for exports.

There has been no Vietnamese citizen affected by the airplane accident in Moscow, Russia on May 5.

General school regulations prohibit students from using mobile phones, but schools admit they cannot control the situation.

A large amount of untreated wastewater has been discharged into a park in the central city of Danang over the past 10 days with the local authorities struggling to deal with the problem.

The draft law on Public-Private Partnership (PPP) is being composed by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), and will be submitted to the government in July.

Almost all of the Trung Luong-My Thuan Expressway route has been cleared, according to Pham Anh Tuan, deputy chairman of the provincial People's Committee.

Hanoi will open a new bus route connecting Noi Bai International Airport and Ha Dong District, the Vietnam News Agency reported on Tuesday.

Up to 61% of consumers now make payments on their mobiles, compared to just 37% in 2018.

A proposal to raise the retirement age in 2021 will be tabled for discussion at the 34th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee, which is scheduled to take place on May 8-10.

The HCM City Stock Exchange (HSX) on May 7 officially opened the first trading session of over 1.4 billion Vietnam Airlines shares (code HVN)

In its first quarter consolidated financial report, FLC has to set aside a provision of VND220 billion ($9.6 million) for the investment of VND261 billion ($11.35 million) in H.A.I as the stock has been plummeting.

Going into huge expenses to obtain the broadcasting rights to many football leagues, K+ television in 2018 suffered VND350 billion ($15.2 million) of loss, raising its accumulated losses to VND3 trillion ($130.4 million).

Memories of the Dien Bien Phu Victory over French colonial rule are returning as the country celebrates its 65th anniversary on May 7,1954-2019.

Ten-man HCM City beat Sanna Khanh Hoa 2-1 yesterday to go top of the V.League 1, while Thanh Hoa enjoyed their first win in seven matches.

Bamboo Airways, which joined the domestic market in late 2018, has had a clash with Vietnam Airlines, the veteran.

Foreign investors will be able to put down deposits and collateral in foreign currency when participating in auctions to purchase shares in State-owned enterprises next week, according to a circular of the State Bank of Vietnam.

The organising board of Miss Vietnam Global Business 2019 has announced that Tieu Vy, Miss Vietnam 2018, will be a member of the judging panel for the upcoming beauty pageant.

Typical features of Saigon during the 1990’s such as old buildings, vehicles transporting bread and noodles, and barbers working on street corners have been reproduced in the form of miniature models.