China’s economic slowdown may widen Vietnam’s trade deficit as the Southeast Asian nation counts on its largest trading partner to buy commodities, according to a government official.

Customs officers in Ho Chi Minh City on July 12 nabbed an American national for allegedly raking in at least VND2.2 billion (US$100,900) in a value-added tax refund scam that begun in 2014.

Three crew members of a tourist boat escaped death after the boat sank while laying at anchor in the world-renowned  Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh on July 12.

A giraffe in a southern Vietnam zoo on has delivered a handsome, healthy newborn, who is 1.9 meters tall and weighs 60 kilos.

Vietnam will spend VND60 billion (US$2.75 million) this year on paying for medications for people with HIV in the country following international donors' funding cutback.

Vietnam's unlisted Dong A Bank is seeking shareholders' approval to sell 100 million shares in a new issue to confectionary firm Kinh Do Corp and use proceeds to boost finance, the bank said.

Miyata Yuji, a UN campaigner, saw a strong interest in environmental issues among Saigon youths when he returned late last month.

Vietnamese officials are cooperating with colleagues in Laos to identify what created a streak of light in the sky and a big explosion sound after that around the border area on July 8 night.

Authorities in the northern province of Vinh Phuc have recalled a license for a US$200-million factory invested by the world's largest electronics manufacturer Foxconn, local media reported on July 9.

Vietnamese officers has arrested a Chinese man who was smuggling four kilograms of methamphetamine across the border into the country.