With the number of players forecast to reach 26 million in 2019, electronic sports (e-sports) are a rising star of the Vietnamese and global entertainment industry.

To reduce the plastic waste released into the environment, especially to the ocean, HCM City has approved a project that encourages the recycling of waste, especially plastic waste picked up by private garbage collectors.

The Vietnam-Japan Friendship Golf Tournament 2019 is scheduled to tee off at the Chi Linh Golf Course in northern Hai Duong province on May 25.

The 10th version of the European-Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival is set to take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city between May 31 and June 9.

Hydropower plants have seen poor business performance in the first quarter of 2019, which could give coal-powered and gas-powered thermo-electric plants more opportunities to produce electricity.

Vietnam’s self-sufficiency for crude oil could come to an end due to exploitation that could turn the country into a net importer of crude oil for the first time, experts warned.

Police in the northern mountainous province of Son La have detained a man working as an X-ray technician at a local hospital for being accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl.

Lawmakers have mooted making drink-driving a criminal offence, whether they cause an accident or not.

The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA) officially launched a centre for Vietnam-Korea IT cooperation in Ho Chi Minh City on May 23.

French visual artist Claire Xuan is giving Hanoi art lovers a unique exhibition with an olfactory journey.

Many people in Ly Son Island are trying to sell land and houses as real estate prices soar, affecting the island’s land management plan.

Vietnamese-American singer Quang Le will stage a solo performance at the outdoor Trong Dong Music Stage in HCM City this weekend.

Vietnamese cyclist Nguyen Thi Thu Mai won the Tour of Zhoushan Island II, which concluded in China yesterday.

The Vietnamese movie “Song Lang” (The Tap Box) by producer Ngo Thanh Van has continued to win new international awards, most recently from the Australian Cinematographer’s Society.

The VinMart 4.0 virtual store, run by VinCommerce under the VinGroup company, has been launched as the first of its kind in Vietnam.

Three girl students from a secondary school in the central province of Quang Binh drowned while bathing in a local river.

Police in Binh Duong Province on May 23 started the prosecution against four women for murdering two men whose bodies were found encased in concrete.

The Truth National Political Publishing House will help Laos choose 10-15 books on Party and political system building, laws, and socio-economic development issues of Vietnam to translate into Lao language.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh had meetings with several US officials in Washington DC on May 23 as part of his official visit to the North American nation.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism opened an exhibition featuring Vietnamese lacquer paintings in Moscow on May 23 as part of activities within the “Vietnamese Culture Days in Russia 2019” from May 21-28.