Society

A convicted paedophile, who visited Vietnam 18 times, has admitted to regularly travelling to Southeast Asia to sexually abuse children over a ten-year period.

There are few skilled Vietnamese guest workers in Europe in recent years, according to deputy head of the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Gia Liem.

Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast is scheduled to list its share on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on August 15 after its partner Black Spade Acquisition Co. adopted the business combination plan.

Floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains have killed five people and forced the evacuation of around 40,000 others in Myanmar, officials said Friday.

As many as 5,000 people are expected to join a large-scale yoga festival which will be held by Dantri/Dtinews Newspaper at the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi at 5.30am on August 12.

Police in HCM City have conducted a raid on a prostitution ring which involved dozens of flight attendants and models.

Lending interest rates will drop sharply in the second half of 2023 as capital costs of commercial banks are falling, analysts forecast.

Seven Indochinese tigers at Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park’s Wildlife Rescue Centre have been relocated to a new and larger conservation area.

Chris Geyskens, a Belgian woman, has worked dedicatedly over the past decade in a bid to improve living conditions of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims in Hoi An city in the central province of Quang Nam.

Two Vietnamese teams, AKA Racing and Steelmate Racing, are set to represent the country to compete at The Asia Cross Country Rally, commonly known as “AXCR” or “The Asian Rally”.

The climate change response in Vietnam has shifted from focusing on adaptation to combining greenhouse gas emission reductions and taking advantage of opportunities to move towards a green, low carbon economy.

Owners or sellers of rainbow-coloured timepieces made by Swiss watchmaker Swatch face three years in prison in Malaysia, the interior ministry said Thursday, as the Muslim-majority country rails against LGBTQ symbols it says could "harm morals".

The World Bank forecasts that Vietnam’s economy will grow 4.7% in 2023, and accelerate to 5.5% in 2024 and 6.0% in 2025.

The southern coastal city of Vung Tau hopes to attract crowds of around 150,000 next month when it hosts its first beer festival, featuring food culture and music.

The Ministry of Transport has just proposed support policies to encourage the sale electric cars.

The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong is seeking approval from the Ministry of Transport and Directorate for Roads of Vietnam to declare a landslide and subsidence emergency for many local roads.

Northern localities have continued facing heavy rains, posing the risk of flooding in many areas, reported the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Beaten, forced to eat animal faeces and chained to a dog cage -- the abuse of an Indonesian maid highlights the government's failure to protect domestic workers at home even as it moves to help those abroad, critics say.

A poor woman in the central province of Nghe An is in desperate need of financial help to support three small children who are all suffering from mental problems.