Feasting her eyes on the terraced rice fields in Vietnam's popular tourist spot Sapa, Nathalie Cauvi couldn't stop shouting: "Wow, wow! It's such an amazing and beautiful landscape!"

Police from 17 countries are gathering in HCM City to strengthen regional efforts to combat people smuggling and human trafficking.

Rising sea levels over the last decade caused the disappearance of many beautiful beaches and protected forests in central Quang Nam province and are now encroaching on coastal residential areas in Nui Thanh district and Hoi An City.

The Prime Minister is supporting the proposal of the Ministry of Finance to include animal feed in the list of products exempted from value added tax (VAT) payment.

Vietnam won a silver medal at the World Xiangqi (Chinese chess) Team Championships which concluded in Germany over the weekend. 

Vietnamese athletes have brought home seven gold medals from the Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championships which wrapped up recently in Macau.

Vietnam's credit is expected to grow by 4.5% and its deposits, by 8.21%, by late August, according to the State Bank of Vietnam.

Four-member French band Faycal Salhi will offer a new experience to HCM City music fans next month with its brand of modern jazz songs infused with Arab-Andalusian rhythms and tones.

The fifth International Advertising Equipment and Technology Exhibition, or VietAd 2014, opened at the Tan Binh Exhibition and Convention Centre in HCM City on August 28.

The Yonex Sunrise Vietnam Open badminton tournament will be organised from September 1 to 9 in HCM City.