Philippe Troussier has been appointed coach of the Vietnam U18 team, the Viet Nam Football Federation has announced.

Three books that introduce the culture of the Czech Republic to Vietnamese people living there have been released.

Phung Quan of District 2 jogs for five kilometres each day on the grounds of the apartment building where he lives.

Peruvian Ivan Miranda will coach the Vietnamese national tennis team ahead of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games to be held in the Philippines later this year.

Hanoi will implement a range of measures to raise the public transport coverage to ambitiously cater for up to 20-25% of city travel demand by 2020.

Vietnamese companies filed complaints against Chinese steel products, accusing them of being sold at prices below the fair market value in Vietnam with dumping margin at 21.3%.

Seaports in all provinces and cities of the central region are focusing on cargo transport, but the central region is lacking large and professional production capacity.

Doctors at HCM City’s Thong Nhat Hospital have successfully performed a surgery to remove the spleen of a 29-year-old woman who had tumours weighing 5kg inside it, the hospital said in a press release on Wednesday.

Binh Thuan Province General Hospital have apologised for the death of a newborn baby due to their neglect.

Young actors of the private Thế Giới Trẻ Drama Troupe in HCM City are preparing for participation in the 4th International Experimental Theatre Festival, which will be launched by the Việt Nam Theatre Artists’ Association next month.

The National Traffic Safety Committee has directed authorities in cities and provinces to strictly handle foreigners' traffic violations and ensure traffic safety on the roads.

A narcotics officer in Hanoi has been accused of taking a VND1 billion (US$43,500) bribe to entrap a man by planting drugs in his car.

Hanoi has made improvements almost across the board, with higher stability, culture, education and infrastructure scores.

Phung Hung Street in Hanoi has been decorated with hundreds of colourful lanterns as the Full-moon Festival nears.

VCCorp has announced that the pilot version of its VND700 billion ($30.1 million) Lotus social network will officially be launched on September 16.

Central Highlands’ largest fruit, vegetable processing centre opened 

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) presented a certificate of merit to Veterans for Peace (VFP) at a roundtable seminar in Hanoi on September 9.

Vietnam’s 18th century poetic masterpiece ‘Tale of Kieu’ by celebrated poet Nguyen Du will be adapted into a musical theatre production for the first time by French artists.

Police busted an online gambling ring on the messaging app Zalo in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong on Wednesday.

The Investigation Agency under Ministry of Public Security on Sunday issued a wanted notice for Dao Thi Huong Lan, former director of HCM City Department of Finance.