A new travel check list by the New York Times has listed Vietnam among 20 places you should visit in your 20s, an age when people are eager to explore the world but do not have a lot of money or time off from work.

The Vietnam Standards and Consumers Association, also known as Vinastas, is being investigated by the government after releasing a study about fish sauce that sparked a health scare across the country.

Vietnamese women spend an average of five hours a day on unpaid work such as household chores and childcare while men spare around three hours.

Border guards in central Vietnam have arrested two Lao men for smuggling nearly 23 kilograms of heroin across the border.

In the Southeast Asia region, Singapore tops the list of most favorable expansion destinations for Asian companies, with 32% of respondents saying they will invest more, followed by Vietnam, according to a recent survey by United Overseas Bank.

More than 500 inmates in a drug rehabilitation center in the southern province of Dong Nai, around 100 kilometers (62 miles) to the northeast of Ho Chi Minh City, struck down its gates and escaped on October 23. 

Vietnamese authorities say they lost nearly 934 hectares to timber poachers this year.

The loss of 549 meters of underground electrical cables from the Vung Ang Economic Zone has disrupted its operations.

Three forestry workers were shot dead and 15 others were injured following a shotgun attack in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong on October 23.

Hoi An has started a new project to use solar power for its major attractions, with funding from the German government.