Vietnam is negotiating with Laos on electricity prices as it may need to import power from the neighbor for its fast growing economy, local media has reported, citing trade deputy minister Hoang Quoc Vuong.

Multimedia and information firm Thomson Reuters has released a list of researchers with major global influence and there are five Vietnamese.

Vietnam's government has approved a new educational masterplan that will cut the study time for college students by a year in a bid to scale up the workforce more quickly.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese fashion model Ngoc Trinh is gorgeous at the final night of the Mrs Vietnam Ao Dai USA 2016.

The US$450-million system is much faster than the Asia America Gateway, which the country has relied on over the past years.

Parkson Holdings, a Malaysian department store operator with outlets across Asia, is expected to close its third store in Vietnam next month after earnings in the market slumped, according to local media reports.

The demand for beverages in Ho Chi Minh City is expected to increase by 30% during the upcoming Lunar New Year Tet holiday, the city’s trade department said.

A Vietnamese-Australian woman convicted of attempting to smuggle 1.6 kilograms of heroin from Ho Chi Minh City to Sydney had her death sentence commuted to life at an appeal trial on November 21.

VOV.VN - Miss Vietnam 2014 first runner-up Nguyen Tran Huyen My in charming fashion style attended an event held recently in the capital city.

Environmental problems caused by poor sanitation cost Vietnam around US$780 million per year, the World Bank estimates.