I’m 34 years old and work as a manager at a private company. My current salary is VND55 million (US$2,090) a month, plus a Lunar New Year bonus worth more than two months' pay. To many, that might sound like a dream job and a stable life. But in truth, I feel adrift.

When I turned my phone on after a seven-day jungle retreat and silent meditation, nearly 2,000 messages and emails flooded my screen.

The air pollution in Hanoi follows a predictable, seasonal pattern, like it's returning on schedule each year.

Many people still burn trash, ride old motorbikes, and use charcoal stoves, and they treat Hanoi's air pollution as someone else's problem.

Ho Chi Minh City has reported big losses from its only metro line, but what really matters is the metro has improved the city's quality of life.

My first plate was piled high with shrimp, squid, crab, and mantis shrimp. The second was filled with oysters, salmon, and sashimi. The third was a mountain of grilled meat.

Last weekend, my family went to a popular buffet restaurant in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. The place offered more than 100 dishes, from premium seafood like lobster, grilled oysters with cheese, salmon, and sashimi to a wide range of Vietnamese, Korean, and Japanese food.

Da Lat's mountain passes are not experiencing minor erosion. They are cracking apart.

Many Vietnamese students struggle to speak English clearly, pronounce words correctly, or understand native speakers, even after over a decade of learning the language.

Vietnamese students spend years studying English, yet many still freeze the moment they meet a native speaker.

A recent study shows that hiring the wrong employee can cost a company several times more than hiring the right one.

Is the desire for a thin figure and slim waist an obsession for many women, leaving them vulnerable to deceptive advertisements?

Years ago, a photo of one of Elon Musk's high school physics exercises went viral online. Many people commented, half-jokingly, that even the billionaire Elon Musk had to learn torque problems, so students today shouldn't complain about having to study the same thing.

If the goal is for our students to achieve high English proficiency, the change must start with the language model they hear most often: their teacher.

The habit of re-seasoning food, especially noodle soups, has almost become instinctive for many diners in Vietnam.

The flight landed on time. I hurried to the baggage claim thinking I would be out and on my way to a meeting within 10–15 minutes. Thirty minutes went by. An hour passed. My suitcase still had not appeared.

Making English a compulsory subject from grade 1 is undeniably the right direction, but as a parent, the policy still brings me mixed thoughts: I'm worried that my child will be overloaded.

"Half a kilo more, come on! The plane carries hundreds of people, what difference does it make?" a woman snapped as airline staff stopped her at the check-in counter.

I got to the airport early, but the flight was delayed, then the airline changed the boarding gate, causing me to miss my flight.