A global property survey has named Ho Chi Minh City downtown as one of the most expensive retail locations worldwide. 

Many travel companies have been seeking to increase market share in anticipation of a Pacific Rim trade pact that will allow investors from 11 foreign countries to provide tour operator services in Vietnam for the first time. 

A nine-year-old boy with blood cancer in Danang city had his dream come true on his birthday: going out into the street and regulating traffic like a cop.

Nearly 60% of married women in Vietnam have suffered physical or sexual abuse at least once in their life, according to figures released by a new campaign to stop violence against women.

Vietnamese top IT company FPT has identified the US as an important market to expand its overseas presence, according to a Nikkei Asian Review report.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called on social media users in Vietnam to be more "responsible," pledging government support to boost Internet access across the country.

"My Home" by Paris-based director Nguyen Phuong Mai has been named among 10 animated short films that will contend for Oscar nominations this year.

Police in the southern province of Dong Nai have said they have started criminal proceedings against a Peruvian man for allegedly stealing more than VND900 million (US$40,050) from an ATM late last year, local media reported.

The hacktivist group Anonymous has claimed that a group of five young Vietnamese hacked its web chat.

Ho Chi Minh City-based Saigon Asset Management Corporation has struck a deal to acquire Heritage Beverage, the sole distributor of the popular Saigon beer in Canada and the US, local media has reported.