Japanese air conditioner maker Daikin Industries will spend about US$50 million to set up new offices in Vietnam in 2018 as its business here is growing at a strong pace, the Nikkei Asian Review reported on August 18.

There has been a rush for tickets to explore Son Doong Cave, the largest in the world, next year.

An appeal court in Ho Chi Minh City on August 16 overturned the death sentence awarded to a Filipina drug runner and instead handed down a life sentence after new investigation found she had carried much less cocaine than previously thought.

A woman in northern Vietnam has been detained for allegedly killing her own three children in their home after a conflict with her husband, police said. 

A business-class passenger has been fined VND15 million (US$700) for slapping a flight attendant during a domestic Vietnam Airlines flight, authorities said on August 17.

The Hanoi police have arrested a woman for allegedly running a foreign jobs racket targeting poor people desperate for jobs.

Vietnamese police are cooperating with Lao counterpart to look for a Vietnamese national who has been accused of sending nearly 10kg of cannabis to his wife for reselling in Vietnam.

The lawyer of a man who has recently been cleared of a murder conviction says his client is seeking more than VND12 billion, or nearly US$550,000, in compensation for 43 years fighting the case.

Hanoi police said on August 12 they have detained four men accused of forcing a 26-year-old woman into prostitution since 2013.

Hanoi plans to lift its midnight curfew to let tourists have more fun at night, the city chairman said at a tourism promotion conference in Hoi An on August 9.