Cellphone users in Vietnam will be able to the switch between mobile carriers while retaining their phone numbers starting November 16, the communications ministry has announced.

Thirteen years since their first arrival in Vietnam, a couple from Ireland has now returned for a mission to help their adopted Vietnamese daughter search for her biological parents.

Businesses in Vietnam are facing difficulty in finding suitable commercial or office space as the rental rates have skyrocketed, especially in big cities.

The operator of an unlicensed taxi in Nha Trang, a resort city in the south-central Vietnamese province of Khanh Hoa, has been fined VND8.5 million (US$371) after overcharging a group of Korean visitors.

Vietnam’s impressive fruit export revenue in the first half of this year adds little value to the country’s economic growth as most of the shipment were re-exports of produce from Thailand.

An inspection by Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade has discovered that almost all products available at Mumuso outlets, which put the word ‘Korea’ under their store signs and on shopping bags, are in fact imported from China.

If you have ever taken the No. 54 bus in Ho Chi Minh City, chances are you have been greeted by a warm, grey-haired driver who always finds ways to brighten up his passengers’ day through small acts of kindness at his own expense.

A campaign calling for widespread action to clean up Vietnam’s coast waters has been launched in Hanoi.  

Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport is considering requesting Grab or other ride-hailing cars to put on top signs, publicly declaring that they are ‘electronic contract-based’ vehicles, just like conventional taxicabs are required to carry their taxi roof lights.

Vietnam’s first-ever private run airport saw its first test flight successfully launched on July 11, representing a step closer to the planned full operation in early December of the terminal, located in the northern coastal region.