While domestic fashion brands are still struggling to gain ground in their home market, the recent arrival of international brands in Vietnam has quickly received a heartened welcome from customers.

A Chinese driver crashed his car into a Vietnamese on motorbike in the southern province of Binh Duong on October 14 and fled the scene immediately, with the victim pronounced dead shortly thereafter.

Resolving the bad debt that is suffocating Vietnamese banks needs actions, not words, along with a US$25 billion budget, a top official from the government’s National Financial Supervisory Commission, said.

About two million Vietnamese children under five years old have not met the height standard of their age group, facing risks of being short and having a low body mass when they fully grow up.

Outdated wage policy was named a primary cause of bureaucratic corruption in Vietnam by experts at a conference on wage reform in Hanoi on October 12, local daily Thanh Nien (Young People) reported.

The demolition of Ho Chi Minh City’s iconic Tax Trade Centre started on October 12 with the building set to be replaced by a multi-functional skyscraper.

More than 150 trees in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have been trimmed, chopped down or relocated to provide space for the construction of urban railway and metro projects.

The decision of Samsung to stop producing its flagship Galaxy Note 7 worldwide may adversely affect the export revenue of Vietnam, home to two major mobile production complexes of the Korean smartphone maker, industry insiders say.

As China operates the first units of three nuclear power plants located as close as 50 kilometers from Vietnamese borders, Hanoi is seeking measures to detect and respond to possible future crises related to the facilities.

People in Ho Chi Minh City live in an increasingly polluted environment, exposing themselves to a variety of respiratory diseases and other health risks.