Vicare, a website providing information about clinics and doctors in Vietnam and online health consultancy, has secured its second funding round from Japan's CyberAgent Ventures and Singapore's Pix Vine Capital.

Emirates, the world’s biggest long-haul airline, is asking for a 30% discount on the landing fee at Noi Bai International Airport when it begins a daily passenger service next month.

Heart disease, one of the top killers in Vietnam, is affecting more young people as the industrial, urban lifestyle of unhealthy diets and little physical activity increases risk factors for cardiological problems, doctors say. 

A pair of twin boys who were conjoined at chest and abdomen died on July 21, around one week after they were born in the northern province of Ha Giang, local media have reported.

Insurance companies in Vietnam reported premium revenues of more than VND38.61 trillion (US$1.7 billion) in the first six months, an increase of 25.9% from a year ago, local media have reported, citing the finance ministry.

A senior customs officer in Quang Nam Province in central Vietnam has been suspended pending an investigation into a massive case of illegal logging on his watch.

Five men have been arrested in Hanoi for allegedly kidnapping a Chinese businessman to demand repayment of a 700,000-yuan (US$105,000) loan he had guaranteed for a friend.

Summer is in the air and Hanoi has been chosen once again as the best destination worldwide for a cheap vacation, beating Mumbai and Bangkok.

Danang authorities on July 18 checked a local tourism company and found five Chinese men working there illegally for months. 

In a new effort to attract more foreign visitors, Vietnam's tourism authority seeks to increase spending on marketing three-fold to VND120 billion (US$5.24 million) next year.