Is Rang Dong fire vicinity really safe now?

The brain drain is a myth that reduces skilled migration to a zero-sum game in which one country "gains" brain-power which is "drained" out of another.

Century-old churches in northern Vietnam are an attraction worth preserving.

Near Bien Hoa airport, I've met citizens anguished that they were not informed of dioxin dangers at the most contaminated spot in the world for 40 years.

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." - Robert Frost (1874-1963).

The most ambitious waste management facility in Saigon never lived up to its expectations, but the damage it has done is increasingly evident.

Rural Vietnam has seen doctors assigned duties completely outside their specialization, and even doing menial jobs like cleaning and guarding.

Storms, floods, other disasters are not uncommon, but Vietnamese farmers can only lament: "Perhaps it’s just God’s plan."

A few days ago I took my child through the gates of a beautiful school for a new chapter in his life: first grade.

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is an overarching framework for establishing legal order for the seas and oceans, promoting maritime development and cooperation.

The tragic recent death of a Hanoi schoolboy opens our eyes to the blind spots in the brain and memory. But proper protocols and guidelines can help minimize these inherent flaws.

Vietnam, a naturally agricultural country, has been unthinkingly destroying its arable land in chasing a skewed development vision.

When I was writing my book "Hanoi Promenade," I often wondered what makes the city so special, so attaching.

An expensive high-speed railway is a nice dream, but let’s get real and build better roads between provinces first.