Low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacific, a joint venture between national carrier Vietnam Airlines and Australia's Qantas, ended last year with profits of VND267 million (US$11,800), the first ever since 2008, the airline has reported.

Viettel Group’s total overseas investment increased 9% to nearly US$1.5 billion in 2015.

Long An Province has issued an alert warning the public about a crocodile on the loose in the Soai Rap River, which runs between the province and Ho Chi Minh City.

Border guards in Nghe An Province in central Vietnam have arrested two Laos men for smuggling nearly 12 kilograms of heroin into Vietnam.

Losses from the severe drought that is parching central and southern Vietnam have risen to almost US$250 million as it ravages vast plantations and seafood farms, officials said.

More than 10,000 e-commerce websites were registered in Vietnam at the end of last year, twice the number of 2014, according to a new report by released by the Ministry of Industry and Trade on April 14.

Vietnamese and American air force veterans of the Vietnam War era have had an emotional meeting in Hanoi. 

The State Audit has announced it will audit Vietnam Airlines and its 12 subsidiaries.

An Italian man on a foreign cruise ship was rushed to a hospital in Nha Trang in central Vietnam on April 15 to receive emergency treatment for heavy stomach bleeding.

Police in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on April 14 morning brought 150 people back to a drug rehab center after a large group of 447 staged a chaotic scene and escaped last night.