A ban on sand mining in the area of Thu Bon River’s Cua Dai estuary and Hoi An’s beaches may help save Cua Dai Beach from worsening erosion.

 The Ministry of Planning and Investment has had to explain why Chinese firms continue to win tenders for major projects in Vietnam despite being tardy, unsafe, and of poor-quality.

 The Hanoi Department of Education and Training is coordinating with the Hanoi Transport Corporation to conduct a survey on demand for buses among students from the primary to high school level.

 MobiFone cooperated with Facebook to officially launch Free Basics and Facebook Flex services in Hanoi on May 25.

 Vietnam’s foreign debt leaped 6.5-fold between 2001 and 2015, with the World Bank, Japan, and theADB being its largest creditors, Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung told the ongoing National Assembly session on May 25.

 May Mohab began researching about Vietnamese water puppets in 2008 for her thesis and since then has remained passionate about this form of art. 

 The summer has arrived. Hanoi streets are becoming more and more colorful with the red of Flamboyant flowers, the yellow of Golden Shower flowers, and the purple of Crape-myrtle flowers.

 Here’s an up-close look at the La Khe Station that has just been opened for tours by the Ministry of Transport.

 Paul George Harding, an American teacher at an elementary English school in Hanoi and members of his class are on a mission to keep Hanoi clean by devoting themselves to projects to the capital city.

 Located 10 km from downtown Hanoi, by the Red River’s banks, Dong Ngac Village, formerly known as Ke Ve, is worth a visit to explore well-preserved traces of its past.

Duong Hoang Yen, more widely known as Miss The Voice 2013, is set to represent Vietnamese traditional music at the upcoming '2017 Asia Song Festival' set to blast off May 27 in the Republic of Korea.

 The city of Hanoi annual food festival is back and bigger than ever this June 16-17, with a who’s who of top-ranked chefs, up-and-coming stars and an expanded list of participating eateries.

 The real estate market is busy with mergers and acquisitions (M&A), which are forecast to touch a record high this year, driven by the sector’s steady recovery.

 The real estate market in the west and southwest of Ha Noi is expected to develop further with the development of infrastructure and high demand, according to experts.

 Viet Nam’s major cities are gearing up to develop homes for workers, planning to construct small studios of some 25-50sq.m. at the price of 150 million (US$6,500) per unit.

 Thanh Chiem Palace (1602-1883), which was a cradle of Vietnamese romanized script, has been recognised as a National Relic by the ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

 Around 30,000 farmers across nine provinces in the country will get support from Google over the next three years to learn to use the internet for their work.

 Hanoi People’s Committee has approved FPT Corporation’s project on building an intelligent transportation system (ITS) in Hanoi.

 Residents have welcomed efforts to move electrical wires and telecommunication cables underground in downtown HCM City.

 Hanoi faces a shortage of high school teachers that can teach in English, requiring universities to train more students adept at the language to meet demand.