After four years of restructuring the banking system, total charter capital owned by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) at commercial banks increased 1.7 times.

More than four hundred young female sex workers in Hanoi have received free healthcare services, and more than 120 have been given vocational training and support to start their own businesses, a conference recently heard.

Badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh of Vietnam has been seeded No 1 at the Bahrain International Challenger's men's singles event, to be held November 3-7.

The Vietnam Dancers Association will organise a dance show called Hoa Muon Sac (Multi-coloured Flowers) based on contemporary themes and choreographed by the association's members.

An alarming level of harmful substances in the air, especially carbon monoxide (CO), was recorded in the first six months of the year, according to the HCM City Environmental Measurement and Analysis Centre.

Twenty-nine outstanding young Vietnamese people and other ASEAN and Japanese youths will take part in the Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Programme (SSEAYP) from October 27, starting in Tokyo, Japan, to share with each other their countries culture.

Artists of the Southern Arts Theatre received bronze medals for their performance at the international circus festival in Mongolia, Director of the theatre Nguyen Duc The said.

The top five winners of Vietnam's TPBank Amateur Golfers Championship will represent the country at the world championship in Turkey next month.

The Danang-Vietnam team arrived in Cape Town, South Africa, at the end of the 3,400 nautical mile Race 2 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, crossing the line in sixth position.

Phan Thi Ha Thanh missed her chance to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil after failing in the women's gymnastics individual all-around category at the ongoing World Gymnastics Championships in Scotland.