Water in a 10ha reservoir in Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province’s Tan Hai Commune has turned red and terribly smelly, raising pollution concerns from local residents.

 The fourth HCM City Biennale Art Exhibition for Young Artists will be held at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum next month.

 One foreign tourist was killed and another injured in a traffic accident on National Highway 6 through northern mountainous Hoa Binh Province.

 Hai Phong City police have decided to initiate criminal proceedings against three journalists from Kinh Doanh and Phap Luat (Business and Law) newspaper for extortion.

 Hanoi police on Monday reported they had detained a suspect for investigation into a cheating case related to property appropriation.

A fee will be imposed on songs listed on karaoke machines across the country by July 2017, according to an announcement made by the Recording Industry Association of Vietnam (RIAV).

Covering 4,000sq.m in a new residential area in HCM City’s District 2, Snow Town is becoming a popular venue for a different kind of entertainment.

 The management board of Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh is seeking names for 23 caves newly discovered in Ha Long and Bai Tu Long Bays. 

 Shortage of funding and trained personnel, as well as social discrimination, are undermining Vietnam’s hard-won success in combating the scourge of tuberculosis.

The sixth edition of INMEX Vietnam opened at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in HCM City on March 29.

 The export value of agricultural, forestry and aquatic products reached 7.6 billion USD in the first three months of 2017, a year-on-year increase of 7.6 percent.

 The central city of Da Nang plans to petition the Prime Minister for adjustments to the Son Tra Master Plan in order to better protect the eponymous nature reserve.

 The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs will tighten regulations to ensure only qualified enterprises are permitted to provide guest worker services.

 Vietnam among Asian biggest spenders on infrastructure

 Children of women who took DHA supplements during pregnancy are no smarter than peers whose mothers didn’t take the supplements, a recent study concludes.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Telegraph has selected the top 16 most beautiful beaches in Asia, including the Long Beach and Ha My Beach in Vietnam.

Quang Binh, the land in Vietnam’s central region, is expected to have a new life as it has become the homeland of Kong and the area where many big real estate groups have landed. 

  The first runner of Miss Vietnam 2015 Nguyen Tran Huyen My has announced on her Facebook fan page that she has been selected to represent Vietnam at Miss Grand International 2017 pageant.

 Over 3.2 million foreign tourists visited Vietnam in the first three months of 2017, representing a year-on-year increase of 29 percent, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

At his recent exhibition, Vietnamese artist Bui Cong Khanh seems to have little sympathy for the concerns of his audience, as he takes them to a dark room and shows his replica of a city ruined by war.