A US professor has recently introduced his book to Vietnamese youngsters who are interested in entrepreneurship.

The national target programme for building new-style rural areas has been approved by the Prime Minister in Decision No. 1600/QD-TTg. 

The southern central province of Khanh Hoa has recorded 3,430 dengue fever cases since the outset of 2016, shooting up 132 percent from a year earlier. 

Yen Bai province and its Tram Tau district in particular should continue keeping a close watch on the post-storm weather to actively cope with the impacts of follow-up downpours, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung said. 

The Bac Ninh High School for Gifted Students, the most modern in Vietnam, was inaugurated in Bac Ninh city, the same name province, on August 22 to welcome 1,200 students in the new academic year.

Delegates at a conference in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on August 22 emphasised the need to roll out a specific mechanism in order to mobilise resources in developing transport infrastructure and logistics services in the southwestern region for 2016-2020.

The Party and State always pay attention to the implementation of policies towards former youth volunteers, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed on August 22.

The central city of Danang will host the third Cocobay Danang Barefoot Run at Naman Retreat beach resort on Truong Sa Street on August 26.

VOV.VN - On August 22, a delegation of the Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission led by its head Tran Quoc Vuong worked with authorities of northern Thai Nguyen province on the investigation and prosecution of corruption and economic cases of public concern. 

The marine environment in the coastal areas of four central provinces stretching from Ha Tinh to Thua Thien-Hue is basically safe, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Tran Hong Ha has said.

The People’s Committee of HCM City has approved a plan from now to 2020 to offer extended kindergarten hours for children of workers at industrial parks (IPs) and export processing zones (EPZs) who work overtime.

VOV.VN - Residents living in Can Tho Province can look forward to a new polyclinic in their area in 2018, following approval of the project by the Can Tho City People’s Committee.

With the strong development of e-commerce, more and more e-wallets are now available in Vietnam, but they are still not that useful.

A Korean woman who possibly had her purse stolen in Vung Tau with all her money and papers burst into tears at the hydrofoil jetty and is all over social media as a result.

The LGBT community got on their bikes to fill Hanoi streets with vibrant colors on August 21 as part of the fifth annual VietPride. 

Police in Son La Province on the Laos border on August 19 seized 6.6 kilograms of heroin from a smuggling gang after a shoot-out.

As many as 132 pedagogy schools exist in the country, creating an oversupply of teachers. 

In early October, all streets around Hoan Kiem Lake (or Sword Lake) in Hanoi will become pedestrian streets at weekend evenings during the trial period which will last until the 2017 Lunar New Year Holiday. 

In Vietnam, tracking devices are being sold openly, allowing users to trace the location of another person without permission, particularly doubtful wives seeking the inside scoop on their husbands.

 A 7-year-old girl in Hanoi can distinguish colors, paint pictures and read books blindfolded.

Wild elephants from a national park in the Central Highlands continue to scare farmers living near the area as they have rampaged their fields in search of food.

Ho Chi Minh City spent US$2.34 million on activities for children over two months this summer. 

The Ministry of Education and Training has encouraged schools across the country to voluntarily continue applying the new model of learning and teaching, called the Vietnam Escuela Nueva (VNEN). 

The number of deaths from storm Dianmu, which swept through the northern region on August 19, has climbed to seven as of August 21, according to the Office of the Central Steering Committee on Disaster Prevention and Control.

Apartments are becoming the housing of choice for many young families in HCM City thanks to the many advantages they offer.

 Over 4,300 children in t he central province of Thua Thien – Hue were taught swimming skills during this year’s summer under a project funded by the Nordic Assistance to Vietnam/ Norwegian Church Aids (NAV/NCA).

Vietnam’s dairy giant Vinamilk marked its 40th anniversary at a ceremony that was live broadcast nationwide on August 20 night. 

French photographer Rehahn, who has been residing in the ancient town of Hoi An in the central coast province of Quang Nam for seven years, has unveiled a “Giving Back” project designed to improve the lives of the characters in his photos who are in poor rural areas of Vietnam.

Amway Vietnam in conjunction with Operation Smile in Vietnam has been organizing free surgeries for nearly 100 kids with cleft-lip and palate deformities from the Mekong Delta at An Giang Children’s Hospital from August 15 to 19.

With only his motorcycle, a 25 year old German is carrying all necessary belongings for his trip through Southeast Asia. He is now in Vietnam after touring Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.