Society

The number of human organ trafficking crimes has risen with increasingly sophisticated tricks and techniques, triggered by high demand and low rate of donation from dead brain donors, according to local authorities.

Hanoi will continue to remove fences at Thu Le Zoo following the city's plan to make public parks free to visitors, according to the municipal Vice Chairman Duong Duc Tuan.

Japanese prosecutors arrested a former senior Tokyo Olympics official over alleged bid-rigging, local media said Wednesday, the latest twist in a growing corruption scandal.

Many tourists in HCM City choose to travel around the city by cyclos.

The number of people travelling through Lao Cai–Hekou Border Gate has been on the rise after the reopening of China’s border.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's visit to Singapore aims to affirm both nations’ desire to take their economic connectivity to new heights in the context of a series of new-generation free trade agreements coming into effect and being implemented.

In a ceremony held on Tuesday by the Ministry of National Defence, seven additional military officers were officially dispatched on United Nations peacekeeping missions.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines had the biggest number of delayed flights in 2022 with 11,486 flights or nearly 12.50 percent.

Vietnamese start-up project Monkey Junior has received two international certificates, including kidSAFE Certified (KSP) and Mom’s Choice Awards® (MCA).

Right from the beginning of 2023, many banks have announced their plans for merge and acquisition deals and capital increase.

Asian markets squeezed out gains Tuesday, giving investors some relief from a recent sell-off fuelled by worries that US interest rates will go higher than feared following last week's blockbuster jobs report.

Greener trade and investment is crucial to tackling climate change in Asia and the Pacific and will require governments in the region to work together more closely, according to a new report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Saltwater intrusion has begun to increase in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta’s rivers, affecting irrigation of crops.

Vietnam has been accelerating the disbursement of public investment since the beginning of this year after missing its target in 2022.

Hundreds of bus stops in HCM City have had facelifts, as part of moves to improve the city’s public transport sector.

Police in the northern coastal city of Haiphong yesterday seized another batch of ivory illegally imported from Africa at Lach Huyen Port.

Vietnamese striker Nguyen Tien Linh has received only one point from voters of the Best Footballer in Asia Award 2022, finishing 29th in the list of 31 rated players altogether.

The National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) and Hanoi Youth Association for Blood Donation on February 6 kicked off the Xuan Hong (Red Spring) Festival – the biggest annual blood donation campaign of the season.

HCM City faces a shortage of teachers at all levels of education, according to the city’s Department of Education.