Tennis players compete at Davis Cup 2012

A passenger bus carrying 20 people caught fire on National Highway 4D in Lao Cai Province early on October 18, but all passengers escaped safely.

A 68-year-old man who went missing while climbing Viba Mountain in Vung Tau Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, has been found dead in dense vegetation.

Rescue teams searched overnight for a 68-year-old man who went missing while hiking on Viba Mountain in HCM City's Vung Tau Ward on October 17.

Six women have been fined a total of VND 1.5 million (USD 57) for sitting in the middle of a road on Hai Van Pass in Da Nang to take photos,...

A 3,400-tonne steel span for HCM City's Saigon River pedestrian bridge began a 124-kilometre journey by water on October 18, ahead of its planned...

One student has died and two others have tested positive for meningococcal bacteria at a HCM City secondary school, prompting urgent disease control...

HCM City and southern Vietnam face heavier rain and thunderstorms in the coming days as strengthening easterly disturbances bring more widespread...

Tests have detected harmful bacteria in 12 of 13 food samples collected from a banh mi shop in Quang Ngai Province, where 167 people were...

Heavy rain sent floodwaters and debris surging onto National Highway 55 in Lam Dong Province on October 17, burying dozens of metres of road and...

Authorities have recovered 13 more sets of war dead remains at Le Thi Rieng Park in HCM City, bringing the total found in the first three days of the...

HCM City plans to integrate security and traffic surveillance cameras with the national population database and its smart city operations centre to...

A widespread power outage in Thu Duc on October 17 disrupted 14 services on Ho Chi Minh City’s Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line, with operations fully...

Authorities have uncovered 12 more sets of remains believed to belong to fallen soldiers at Le Thi Rieng Park in Ho Chi Minh City, two days after a...

HCM City recorded 1,673 hand, foot and mouth disease cases in a week, up nearly 48 per cent from the previous four-week average, as hospitals...

Hanoi is considering removing noisy amusement rides near Voi Phuc Temple in Thu Le Park and replacing them with a public square and green spaces to...

HCM City recorded over 34,600 acute respiratory infections in a week, up 64 per cent from the previous four-week average, with influenza A/H1N1...

Danang City's Military Command has tested cargo drones capable of carrying 80-120kg and motorised inflatable boats to strengthen disaster response...

Hanoi has signed turnkey contracts for five metro lines spanning 253.5km, with plans to adopt fully automated, driverless train technology.

Search teams recovered eight more sets of remains believed to be those of Vietnamese soldiers killed in wartime, along with three sets of artefacts,...