There were hopes there could be survivors from an Indonesian plane that crashed with 18 people aboard, the government said, after rescuers spotted the fuselage intact and a door open.
Police in the central Nghe An Province have caught three men with 209 kg of ivory thought to be smuggled in from abroad following a tip-off from the public.
At 118, Nguyen Thi Tru of Ho Chi Minh City is probably the world’s oldest but she says she has no desire of being registered in the Guinness Book of Worlds Record.
In the ultimate accolade for the world's mad scientists, spoof Nobel prizes were awarded for studies into beetle sex, yawning, and other daffy investigations.
Vietnam and the Netherlands are expected to further their energy cooperation after a series of agreements were signed during PM Nguyen Tan Dung’s visit.