Several taxi firms plan to raise fares after gasoline prices were hiked by around 11% on May 5.

Police in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap have arrested the driver of a crane truck that was responsible for the death of a mother and her two children on a road May 5.

Ho Chi Minh City police are seeking theft charges against six members of a gang that purchased stolen credit card data online and then used the card numbers to buy goods from the US.

Police in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho said they have arrested a Taiwanese man who allegedly stabbed his Vietnamese wife to death after failing to convince her to return to Taiwan with him.

US travel website When On Earth has listed Ho Chi Minh City among the ideal cities worldwide for vegans and vegetarians.

More than 40 hotels, restaurants and cafés in Da Nang are opening their toilet doors to the public for free under an unprecedented campaign to make the city more friendly to tourists. 

Chuck Palazzo was 18 when he took his first trip outside New York City. He went to Danang, Vietnam, courtesy of the US Marines.

Whenever he has come to Vietnam for tourism or work in the past decade, Richard O' Neill, an information technology teacher from the US, has visited the former prison Hoa Lo, where American prisoners, including Senator John McCain, were held during the Vietnam War.

Miss Universe 2007 Riyo Mori will arrive in Hanoi on May 3 to attend a corporate event. 

Residents and tourists in Ho Chi Minh City were treated to astounding pyrotechnic spectacles which sparkled on April 30 night in commemoration of the Reunification Day.