At least 67 technology startups in Vietnam received funding last year, a sharp increase from 28 the year before, according to a recent report.
Vietnam has launched the country’s first official human milk bank at a hospital in Danang, using donations from women giving birth there.
The rate of child abuse in Vietnam has reached an alarmingly high level with thousands of cases reported in the past five years.
New data released by Danang has showed that the city is moving further away from its idealistic goal of becoming a model city free of homeless people, beggars and drug users.
Hanoi authorities have announced that they would ban large vehicles from traveling on more than 30 streets between January 20 and 28, to ensure security for the 12th National Party Congress.
Another spherical object apparently from outer space was found in northern Vietnam on January 13, ten days after three similar “space balls” hit the same area.
A woman was handed a 30-month suspended sentence at a Hanoi court on January 12 for trying to smuggle seven Vietnamese to the UK with other people's passports.
An exhibition has been launched in the northern province of Ha Giang to showcase 46 photos featuring the people and landscape of its famous Hoang Su Phi District. They were taken by two amateur photographers Viet Bac, 34, and Le Tho, 40 who have spent years exploring the northernmost province, especially the district and its rice terraces.
Private cars will be able to travel between Vietnam’s Mong Cai Town and China’s Dongxing City in a move to boost tourism between the two countries, a new rule says.
Tourism industry insiders are worried about a sharp decline in Russian arrivals as three major tour operators have been banned from conducting business activities in Russia.