The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Vietnam has announced a type of medicine that helps prevent the transmission of HIV through sexual intercourse.

A Ho Chi Minh City-based travel company has been allowed to hold fireworks displays to celebrate both the New Year and Lunar New Year at a local theme park.

Pedestrians may be subject to imprisonment sentence if they are found to violate road safety regulations and cause fatalities from 2018, when an amended Vietnam’s Penal Code comes into effect.

Despite the European Commission having given Vietnam’s seafood industry a ‘yellow card’ in October - a warning to countries involved in illegal fishing - Vietnamese seafood exporters believe they can have the decision revoked, and avoid a more serious ‘red card.’

The Vietnamese pig industry is currently a picture of contrast, with domestic farmers struggling against thriving foreign entities.

Ho Chi Minh City authorities will focus on dealing with traffic congestion at 10 traffic hot spots by the end of this year.

A young local farmer has created a thriving orchid business in one of the driest provinces in Vietnam.

A businessman from Taiwan is facing life imprisonment for conning hundreds of people out of almost US$12 million through an illegal gold trading floor he ran in Vietnam.

The beach city of Vung Tau in southern Vietnam was affected by a citywide power outage on December 12, after a fire broke out at a warehouse located right under a major power line.

Vietnamese travel firms have launched cost-free tours, copying a promotional model commonly used by airlines, to both domestic and outbound destinations. Offers include taking tourists to the U.S. at half the normal price via ‘budget packages’.