The Ministry of Health will hold an urgent meeting on Friday afternoon to discuss measures to prevent the pneumonia outbreak after the country reported first two novel coronavirus infection cases.

Vietnam may be one of the world’s top rice exporters, but its reputation as a low-quality producer and lack of an appealing national brand has ensured its exports do not fetch high prices.

Huynh Nhu has a long love affair with the beautiful game since she was a child and reaching the top of her profession has only made her fall more deeply in love with football.

Last year witnessed significant achievements in Vietnam’s healthcare sector, bringing hope for more patients. However, severe medical incidents raised the alarm of poor management that needed to be improved

Grab Vietnam clinches new director

Photographer Le Bich sees things through the lens most of us don't see. His photographs depict a wide variety of subjects, from women in the work place, to Tet (Lunar New Year) celebrations and photographs of old Hanoi.

Vietnam gained a high GDP growth rate of 7.02 percent in 2019. However, many problems still exist.

Saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta might reduce between late March and June this year, according to Phung Tien Dung, head of the Hydrological Forecasting Department for the Central, Central Highlands and Southern region.

Every year when spring comes around, the new season air creeps into small alleys, and every corner of Hanoi. 

Artisans in the Mekong Delta are busy turning out hundreds of altar cabinets before the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, the peak season of the year.

Despite restrictions on foreign ownership of housing in Vietnam having been lifted, concerns have been raised about the slow pace of available projects being released and a lack of updates on the number of units sold. 

Film companies in HCM City are working hard to release new productions for the festive Tet (Lunar New Year) season. 

There were 5,720 cases of foreign investors contributing capital or buying into Vietnamese enterprises in HCM City in 2019, which was 4.3 times higher than the number of FDI projects, according to the HCM City Planning and Investment Department.

Tchaikovsky’s ballet masterpiece “Swan Lake” was recently restaged in Hanoi in October 2019, marking the first time ever over the last 30 years that the full ballet has been performed instead of excerpts by Vietnamese dancers.

Talking to friends a better source of information on products and services than going online, Nielsen report finds.

Beginning the Lunar New Year by watching a firework display has become an indispensable activity of many Vietnamese. 

Calligraphy couplets were an indispensable part of the Vietnamese Lunar New Year in the past. 

Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV) will broadcast a special two-hour programme on Lunar New Year's Eve (January 23) showing celebrations around the city and in neighbouring provinces.

Ecology expert Nguyen Huu Thien has warned about a series of problems that coal-fired power plants may cause to the Mekong Delta, especially the impact on the ecosystem.

Vietnam’s mergers and acquisitions market expects to see the winds of change in 2020.