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Breaking curfew / Night-time economy: Vietnam yet to see the light

Reunion / American soldier, Vietnamese girl find lost love after 50 years

Aftermath / Fear, confusion stalk residential areas near site of Hanoi warehouse fire

Crisis of morality / Mass killings in Vietnam ‘a cancer of the soul’

Sorting / One man's trash is another man's treasure

Sold and rescued / How two Vietnamese women trafficked to China returned home

Experts warn Hanoi is not ready for exclusive bus lanes

Hanoi's plan to have four more priority bus lanes next year is a hasty decision considering its poor infrastructure, experts say.

Vietnam, South Korea investigate emergency landing of plane in Saigon

A joint probe has been launched into the emergency landing of a South Korean plane with a damaged nose in HCMC last Thursday.

Lawmakers oppose increase in annual overtime cap

Vietnamese lawmakers are opposed to a proposal that will increase the maximum allowed overtime from 300 to 400 hours per year.

Saigon real estate firm scammed over $107 million from customers: police

A Saigon property firm is suspected of swindling VND2.5 trillion ($107 million) from 6,700 people, tricking them into investing in ghost projects.

50 years on, American GI, Vietnamese girlfriend pick up the threads

Hanoi air pollution rises to unhealthy highs

Saigon real estate firm leaders arrested for duping customers with fake projects

Vietnamese queue up for 30 hours in Singapore to buy iPhone 11

Vietnam labor union suggests three more public holidays

Hanoi, HCMC among Asia’s more expensive cities, survey finds

Vietnam’s social mores make it more difficult to fight domestic violence

Vietnamese students in Japan stretched to breaking point

Vietnam Airlines to fly non-stop to Bali, Phuket

Go-Viet revolving door sees new general manager quit after five months

Hole-in-the-wall home to aged Saigon couple for 20 years

Should dogs be in their hearts or freezers? Vietnamese are divided

Three Japanese firms blacklisted after duping foreign interns, including Vietnamese

South Korean firms up instant noodles investment in Vietnam

News

Seven moon bears rescued from Vietnam farms after 17 years in captivity

Cyclo drivers fleece Filipino tourists in Saigon

Two cyclo drivers have been detained for overcharging and attempting to rob two Filipino women in HCMC.

Saigon university among world’s top 500 producing most employable graduates

Vietnam National University-HCMC is the only one in the country included in the world’s top 500 Graduate Employability Rankings this year.

Water levels at record low in Vietnam's biggest hydropower dam

Reservoirs of Vietnam's biggest hydropower project, built on the Da River, have seen their water levels drop to the lowest ever.

Perspectives

Is Rang Dong fire vicinity really safe now?

Business

Economy Industries Companies DataSpeaks

First 5G network broadcasts in Vietnam

Telecom giant Viettel broadcast its first 5G network Saturday from its network of 5G base stations in Ho Chi Minh City.

South Korean firm to invest $700 mln towards cashless payment in Vietnam

Financial solutions firm Alliex will invest over $700 million to build shared Point of Sales (POS) across Vietnam.

Tourism firms yet to tap into solo travel trend

Vietnamese tourism firms need to use technology well and cater to the global trend of solo travel, industry insiders say.

Domestic private sector collects pittance from global supply chain: PM

Vietnam’s domestic private sector will be “collecting change” from the global value chain without quality and productivity breakthroughs, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc says.

Lenders warm to Vietnamese credits

Vietnamese borrowers are taking advantage of improved sentiment and abundant liquidity in the offshore loan markets, following positive sovereign rating news earlier this year.

DataSpeaks

Social media time falls for second year in a row

Travel

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The tangled matrix that is Mekong Delta’s first heritage tree

A 150-year-old banyan tree in Can Tho City with scores of entangled aerial roots has a matrix-like appearance.

Kong: Skull Island film set to be removed from world heritage site

A set made for Hollywood blockbuster Kong: Skull Island is being dismantled in the Trang An limestone complex in northern Vietnam.

The tangled matrix that is Mekong Delta’s first heritage tree

A 150-year-old banyan tree in Can Tho City with scores of entangled aerial roots has a matrix-like appearance.

More Vietnam-Jakarta direct flights will boost bilateral tourism: Indonesia

The Indonesian government is encouraging more direct flights connecting Vietnam’s major cities with its capital Jakarta to strengthen connectivity.

Vietnamese lensman's shot wins first prize in international Nature Conservancy contest

A photo taken by Le Van Vinh of a fisherman casting fishing nets in central Vietnam has won first prize in The Nature Conservancy's people-in-nature category.