Newly-appointed Swedish Ambassador to Vietnam Pereric Högberg has had a chance to have a stroll around Hanoi, visiting Ngoc Son Temple, and leisurely sipped a cup of iced tea, a typical drink of the Vietnamese capital. 

A Vietnamese taxi operator has offered to give a cab as gift to a truck driver, who bravely saved a bus with brake problems on its way down a mountain pass in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on September 6.

Ho Chi Minh City administration is determined to build the southern Vietnamese metropolis into a smart city, municipal chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong said on September 9.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance has announced a new tax plan for Uber more than a month after withdrawing a controversial rule that required drivers to pay tax on behalf of the ride-hailing company.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered that urgent measures be applied to the country’s environmental protection initiatives, a move backed by many experts fearing the fallout from growing pollution issues across Vietnam.

More than 30 people have been rescued by a truck driver who bravely saved a bus with brake problems on its way down a mountain pass in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.

Disabled weightlifter Le Van Cong made history for Vietnam as he crowned the men's 49kg event at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in Brazil at dawn on September 9 (Vietnam time).

Vietnam's Nam Con Son gas pipeline will be shut from September 9 for periodic maintenance, cutting natural gas supplies to power plants responsible for 13.5 percent of the country's electricity output, a company official said on September 6.

Mouthwashes said to be made from a range of natural herbs are being promoted in Vietnam as an effective aid to quit smoking, and claimed to be able to end users' nicotine craving in less than a week.

Ho Chi Minh City is set to host a number of international events, so the safety of foreign visitors to the southern metropolis should be absolutely guaranteed, municipal chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong has requested.