An increasingly larger quantity of imported scrap has overloaded several seaports in Ho Chi Minh City, which has become an ‘alternative destination’ for the waste dumping after China ceased buying it earlier this year.

The number of visitors from India to Vietnam has climbed rapidly and is expected to spike further when a direct air route between the two countries is launched later this year, an industry insider has said.

Ho Chi Minh City’s traffic police have proposed shrinking speed caps on ten of the city’s busiest streets in an effort to reduce road accidents caused by fast-moving vehicles.

The market for products and services meeting the particular demand of FIFA World Cup fans is getting busier than ever in Vietnam, as the June 14 to July 15 football fiesta is only a few days away.

Drug addiction is the main cause behind the alarming high crime rate in Ho Chi Minh City, the spokesman of the municipal police department has admitted.

Ride-hailing app Grab has officially introduced a cancelation fee for passengers who frequently call off their bookings in Vietnam.

Bacterial infection found in milk tea served by a local establishment has been identified as the cause of food  poisioning that sent more than 40 elementary students in the central province of Quang Ngai to the hospital last week, health officials said on May 31.

No-frills Vietjet has decided to increase administrative service charges for both domestic and international routes, raising concern over a climb in air ticket prices.

Fish populations in the terminal stretch of the Mekong River running through southern Vietnam have considerably declined over the past few years chiefly due to recent dam constructions, jeopardizing the livelihood of poor local fishermen.

A rescue team worked hard for more than two days to bring home the body of a backpacker who was found dead after getting lost while trekking through a forest path in southern Vietnam over a week ago.