Swiss investment bank UBS has forecast that Vietnam will marginally outpace China’s economic growth for the first time in 2018.

At least two workers and 14 local residents are missing after a hydropower water tunnel collapsed in central Quang Nam Province on September 13.

Doctors have successfully removed a 10-kilogram tumor from the abdomen of a 44-year-old woman in Ha Tinh Province who had mistaken it for pregnancy.

Lam Dong authorities have seized a large gemstone that a farmer found in his coffee farm in the Central Highlands province.

Traffic accidents kill thousands of people every year in Vietnam and more than 40% of road fatalities involve drinking and driving, official data have shown. 

Forest rangers in Lam Dong province in the Central Highlands have caught a man with 21 rare monkeys. 

Ho Chi Minh City is losing more than a quarter of its tap water through pipe leaks and ruptures, which translates to a loss of more than US$130,000 every day.

The overall health of retirees has improved and so retirement ages should be raised, Deputy Minister of Labor, Ward Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Trong Dam has said.

Vietnam’s renowned architect Vo Trong Nghia has won the prestigious 2016 Prince Claus Award, which honors visionary artists and organizations worldwide.

A Vietnamese-Russian beauty queen has been indicted for fraud after allegedly swindling a Vietnamese businessman out of VND16.5 billion (US$740,000).