The higher use of electronic payments helped consumption grow 0.22% in Vietnam in 2011-15, which translated to an addition of US$880 million to its gross domestic product (GDP) over the years, according to a global study.

A Vietnam Airlines plane was unable to unload passengers after landing as a swarm of bees covered part of the cockpit on June 4, Tuoi Tre reported.

Customs officers in the southern province of Tay Ninh on June 4 found 15.8 kilograms of synthetic drugs in a container from China.

VOV.VN - State shipping company Vinalines has sold an abandoned floating dock that cost it VND500 billion (US$22 million) for a much smaller sum of VND38.5 billion (US$1.69 million), news website Bnews reported on June 4.

After tantalizing investors since last year with supposed plans to sell out its stakes in 10 major companies, including diary giant Vinamilk and information technology leader FPT, the government has decided to go slow.

Authentic Maori dances draw big crowds on Nguyen Hue walking street in District 1.

Three Vietnam Airlines flights from Ho Chi Minh City were delayed on June 2 after one passenger opened an emergency door on an aircraft that had just landed and released the evacuation slide. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered electricity prices and toll fees to be kept stable this year to control inflation and allow the economy to grow, according to the government website.

In a new attempt to boost state revenue, the Ministry of Finance has sought the central bank's intervention to collect cash dividends from BIDV and Vietinbank, two of the largest lenders in which the government is a major stakeholder.

The Vietnamese government has revised a decree and increased fines across the board for traffic violations, especially drunk driving, in yet another attempt to reduce the country's high numbers of road crashes and fatalities.