Authorities in Hanoi have decided to go ahead with a plan to develop a 10,000-square meter underground parking lot inside one of its major public parks despite strong criticism.

Police in China will deport 108 Vietnamese after they were caught crossing the border to find factory jobs with the help of smugglers.

For many people in Hong Van Commune, the war is not over.

Travel agencies, shops and restaurants are throwing their support behind a plan to turn the famous backpackers' area in downtown Ho Chi Minh City into a pedestrian-only precinct in the evening.

A joint venture led by Vietnamese military-run Viettel has won the fourth telecom license from Myanmar’s outgoing government.

A teacher in the central province of Quang Nam has become an online star among teenage students for his video of a physics demonstration accompanied by a hit Korean song.

Police in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 on March 25 said that foreigners are the main target of criminals and promised they will strengthen security.

The construction ministry has issued a set of rules banning people living in apartments from swearing in public, fighting or being too loud.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a plan to attract private investment for a highway project in the Mekong Delta with a cost estimate of VND16.34 trillion (US$721 million), the government office has said.

State-controlled MobiFone, one of Vietnam's top telecommunication companies, will sell its stakes in two partly-private banks to raise at least VND447 billion (US$19.79 million) next month, local media reported on March 23.