Unable to integrate into the foreign school environment because of language and cultural differences and difficulties with the curriculum, some Vietnamese students overseas have tried to commit suicide.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Vietnam has announced a type of medicine that helps prevent the transmission of HIV through sexual intercourse.

The police of Mong Cai city, the northern province of Quang Ninh, on December 24 issued an arrest warrant for Ngo Manh Tuong, born in 1986 and registered to reside in Hai Duong city, Hai Duong province, for allegedly transporting 1.5kg of drug illegally.

The Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival 2018 will be held in March around the statue of King Ly Thai To in Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi downtown, as part of activities to mark 45th anniversary of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic relations, said Chairman of the Hanoi city People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung.

All 31 Chinese visitors, a guide and four crewmembers aboard a tourist ship, were brought to shore safely after a collision between the ship and a cargo barge in Ha Long Bay, the northern province of Quang Ninh, on December 24.

The Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Search and Rescue of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has urged local vulnerable localities to evacuate locals to safe places as Typhoon Tembin is heading to Vietnam’s mainland.

Trigger-finger and trigger-thumb, the painful condition common in middle-aged women and people with diabetes, may occur in young people who overuse smartphones.

VOV.VN - A conference was held in Thai Nguyen province on December 23 to review the 2014-2017 United Nations Joint Programme (UNJP) supporting the National Target Programme on New Rural Development (NTP-NRD).

VOV.VN - Over the next three hours, storm Tembin, the sixteenth of this year, will pass south of Palawan Island of the Philippines and enter the East Sea, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

A Ho Chi Minh City-based travel company has been allowed to hold fireworks displays to celebrate both the New Year and Lunar New Year at a local theme park.

Pedestrians may be subject to imprisonment sentence if they are found to violate road safety regulations and cause fatalities from 2018, when an amended Vietnam’s Penal Code comes into effect.

YouTube has removed approximately 90% of “toxic” video clips the Vietnamese Government complained about in 2017, Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan claimed on December 22.

VOV.VN - Models Le Hang, Nguyen Thi Loan with the Top 45 finalists of the Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 pageant visited disabled children and gave them presents in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong on December 22 on the occasion of the Christmas season.

VOV.VN - Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) President Tran Thanh Man extended his  Christmas greetings to the Bishop Church in Can Tho City while visiting the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on December 23.

VOV.VN -The National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting has announced that as of 10 am on December 23 the eye of tropical storm Tembin was about 280 km east and southeast from Palawan Island of the Philippines.

In December 45 years ago, Vietnam’s northern army and people defeated the US’s largest ever air attack on Hanoi. 

VOV.VN - As the predecessor of the National Library of Vietnam, the Central Public Library of Indochina was founded on November 29, 1917. Over the past century, the library has played a role in Vietnam’s development by guaranteeing people’s access to knowledge and protecting important national archives.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man visited and extended Christmas greetings to Catholic and Protestant dignitaries and followers in southern localities on December 22.

A requiem was held at the B52 victory monument in Hanoi’s Kham Thien street on December 22 to pray for victims and soldiers who lost their lives during the US airstrike in December 1972.

The high-level court on December 22 upheld the verdict for Tran Thi Nga, who was previously sentenced to a nine-year imprisonment on the charge of conducting anti-State propaganda under Clause 1 of Article 88 of the Penal Code at the first-instance trial in July this year.

Many university lecturers in Vietnam are not qualified as they hold below standard degrees, statistics recently released by Ministry of Education and Training revealed.

Two years after joining the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), Vietnam’s labourers have not tapped the opportunities brought about by greater labour mobility, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

The Japanese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, on December 22, signed contracts to provide non-refundable aid worth nearly US$400,000 for five health care and educational projects.

The central province of Thua Thien-Hue on December 22 held a ceremony to honour winners of a writing contest on history of Vietnam-Laos special relations. 

VOV.VN - 2017 saw some devastating fires break out, destroying property and claiming a number of precious lives. Let’s look back at some of the major incidents of the year.

A street introducing tea, coffee, wine and specialties of Da Lat city, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong opened on December 22. 

President of the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) Nguyen Thi Thu Ha is leading a VWU delegation to visit China from December 18-22 to boost cooperation between women of the two countries and to learn about vocational training for women and women’s start-ups.

A project sponsored by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to support Vietnam in developing and monitoring the implementation of policies on youth development was launched in Hanoi on December 21.

Some 4-8 million Vietnamese people are suffering from xerophthalmia – a progressive eye disease caused by vitamin A deficiency that can dry out tear ducts and eyes.

Forty-eight foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) were honoured for their contributions to poverty reduction and sustainable development in Vietnam during 2013-2017 at a ceremony in Hanoi on December 21.