Members of a language group in Vietnam have been spending their leisure time in local coffee shops on learning foreign languages.

As newer generations turn away from the hallmark pottery of a village in the central province of Quang Ngai, two artisans have been fighting to revive their time-honored craft.

Vietnam has achieved its target of finishing third at the 2017 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, which concluded in Malaysia on August 30, with female athletes outplaying their male teammates.

At most aerodromes across the country, drivers of any four-wheel vehicle are required to pay a fee of between VND10,000 (US$0.44) and VND20,000 (US$0.89) upon entering the facilities.

The administration of Danang City in central Vietnam has proposed a number of measures to conserve wildlife on the Son Tra peninsula, including a cutback in the number of new hotels allowed there.

The developer of a golf course adjacent to Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City is willing to scrap its investment in exchange for compensation for the expansion of the overloaded aerodrome.

Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have proposed a prohibition on underground water exploitation in certain metropolitan locations to ensure public health and prevent potential subsidence.

Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City are set to prohibit high-rise construction along several streets in a bid to ease regular congestion at local traffic hotspots.

The former director of Vietnamese pharmaceutical firm VN Pharma is facing 10 to 12 years in prison for importing and distributing substandard cancer medicine.

A man in the Vietnamese city of Da Nang has been arrested for sending threatening text messages to the chairman of the municipal administration.