They wore traditional handmade brocade costumes of the Pa Co and Van Kieu ethnic minority groups on their recent wedding day instead of wearing the more popular Vietnamese ao dai (long dress).

The total amount of cash that businesses held at the end of 2018 hit VND433 trillion.

Lu A Say once was called a crazy man after spending months in the forest searching the seeds of a type of confer tree known as pơ mu (fokienia hodginsii) in Vietnamese with the hope of cultivating them on a large scale.

Homestay accommodation is rising in Vietnam to help diversify tourism products, create new experiences for the growing number of tourists at peak season.

The past year was a very exciting period for the educational investment market, showcased not only through direct capital but also via mergers and acquisitions deals carried out by financiers.

Smarthomes first appeared in Vietnam 10 years ago, but have only become popular recently.

Close to 8.5 million foreigners visited Vietnam in the first half of this year, a rise of 7.5 percent year on year, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO) on June 28.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has attended several sessions during the 14th G20 Summit that opened in Osaka, Japan, on June 28.

Seven more Vietnamese military officers will join the United Nations peacekeeping missions in South Sudan and Central African Republic.

Pilots of new-age Vietjet Air have had some restrictions on their working hours lifted, however, they were requested to satisfy a number of conditions issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam

The People’s Committee of HCM City and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment of Cuba on June 28 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in development and managing science-technology zones.

The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) held the first trading session of covered warrants (CWs) on June 28, marking the debut of this type of securities product on the Vietnamese stock market.

Vietnam attaches importance to developing the comprehensive partnership with the US, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said on June 28.

The European Council announced on June 25 that it has approved the EVFTA and the EU – Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), and assigned the EU to sign the deals with Vietnam on June 30 in Hanoi.

It’s rare to spend a day driving around Hanoi without seeing at least a few kids taking a basketball to or from a court.

Vietnam has become a large market which earns billions of dollars for Thai and Indonesian manufacturers each year.

Ho Thi Phuong has a lot more responsibilities on her small shoulders than any 15-year-old should. The ninth grader raises her three siblings alone, without help from her mother or father.

I arrived in Hanoi for the first time on 2nd December 1978 to replace Chris Ray as an English-language specialist at the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) working on the daily English news bulletin.

On the fringes of the world-renowned Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park sits a quiet village which has become synonymous with rowing tourists to and from the spectacular limestone mountains and caves.

Rice exports drop in first months of this year