Search continued on January 15 for 13 fishermen who remained unaccounted for when their ships went missing in the Gulf of Tokin.

VOV.VN - Children travel with their parents to Sapa City centre from various surrounding hamlets as they try to earn a living selling products or offering tourism services.

Province and city authorities have been told to stop investment in fired clay brick production and to prioritise investment in other environmentally friendly construction materials.

As Tet (Lunar New Year) draws near, several Hanoi citizens have been hospitalised with alcohol poisoning, which is often caused by home-made spirits.

The Prime Minister has approved investment policy for a health cooperation programme with the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the fiscal year 2018-2019.

VOV.VN - A music performance staged at the Hanoi Opera House to raise funds for impoverished patients drew the participation of many famous singers such as Thanh Lam, Dang Thuat, and Le Man.

Ho Chi Minh City will use a US$278 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the fourth phase of Belt Road 3 project extending from National Highway No. 22 to Ben Luc district in Long An province.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) will continue to work towards an institutional breakthrough for promoting the agglomeration of land for large-scale agricultural production. 

Incentives are needed to encourage small- and medium–sized enterprises (SMEs) to join green growth projects, said Hoang Thi Hong, Director of the SME Development Fund (SMEDF) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

National carrier Vietnam Airlines plans to launch the first direct route between Vietnam and the United States (US) this year, with the destination being either San Francisco or Los Angeles in California.

The average income of civil servants from Ho Chi Minh City is expected to increase this year but will not exceed 1.8 times their main salaries, according to Nguyen Thanh Phong, Chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee.

The Vietnamese Youths and Students’ Association (VYSA) in Japan debuted the executive board for the 2018-2019 tenure and reviewed its 2017 activities during a ceremony on January 14. 

The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) on January 13 launched a SMS programme to support poor workers during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Vietnamese students in Cambodia on January 13 organised an event to celebrate the 2018 Lunar New Year.

With their growing dependency on online accounts, people are increasingly facing a dilemma – how to choose strong passwords to protect themselves and their data.

Trinh Xuan Thanh, former Chairman of PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC), and other defendants in the trial for several charges of wrongdoings defended themselves during the trial’s argument on January 13 and 14.

The Vietnam Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre Zone 3 on January 13 saved two foreign sailors who met an accident in the waters off the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

VOV.VN - As many as 30,000 local students participated in the tenth edition of the Spring Volunteer Campaign, which was officially launched in Ho Chi Minh City on January 14.

VOV.VN - Thongs of young volunteers from many different provinces nationwide donated their blood on January 14 at the 10th blood donation festival 2018 called “Red Sunday” to help treatment during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday. 

VOV.VN - A project to give an educational opportunities to disabled students launched by the Disability Research and Capacity Development Center (DRD) in Ho Chi Minh City has made a real difference. 

When social or digital foreign media break stories first, they've already won Vietnamese public's recognition, a propaganda official said.

The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has sent an urgent message to 24 districts to shut down most parking lots using pavements by the end of March.

Japanese companies in Vietnam are seeking more personnel, especially at the managerial level, as investment from Japan has risen greatly in recent years.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has just signed a decision on the establishment of Phia Oac-Phia Den National Park in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang to preserve typical ecosystem and biodiversity.

Funding shortages and foreign language deficiencies have hindered the nation’s efforts to strengthen information security in the digital era, experts said.

VOV.VN - Border police and customs officials in central Quang Tri province arrested two firecracker smugglers on January 12 for the illegal transport of 84 kg of various firecrackers from Laos to Vietnam. 

The Hanoi People’s Court has decided to bring Trinh Xuan Thanh and his accomplices to trial involved in “asset embezzlement” case at the PetroVietnam Power Land JSC (PVP Land) on January 24. 

VOV.VN -Being able to hold down a steady job providing a secure income and maintaining good health are major concerns for Vietnamese consumers.

Five Vietnamese female scientists were granted the 2017 L'Oreal-UNESCO awards at a ceremony in Hanoi on January 12.

Students from Thailand’s Ubon Ratchathani Technical College have taken the championship title at the 10th International Collegiate Snow Sculpture Contest 2018 in China, retaining the honor for Thailand for the ninth year in a row.