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“Walk on water”: find your place among the gods deep in the forest

“Walk on water”: find your place among the gods deep in the forest

An impossible deed that has earned a small few a mythical status and drawn applause for magicians, walking on water is nothing special in southern Vietnam. VnExpress takes you down south, deep into the forest, for an experience that was once reserved for the gods.
4-year-old girl in southern Vietnam tests positive for Zika virus

4-year-old girl in southern Vietnam tests positive for Zika virus

The country has confirmed nine cases so far as outbreaks continue in Asia.
October 21, 2016 | 01:25 am PT
Major coal-fired power project near Ho Chi Minh City sparks pollution concerns

Major coal-fired power project near Ho Chi Minh City sparks pollution concerns

The planned location is too close to Ho Chi Minh City, threatening air and water pollution to home of about 13 million people.
March 13, 2017 | 09:39 pm PT
Customs boat crash kills cigarette smuggler in southern Vietnam

Customs boat crash kills cigarette smuggler in southern Vietnam

The incident took place when customs officers were chasing after smugglers on a river in the Mekong Delta.
April 20, 2018 | 12:31 am PT
Real estate prices ramp up around Saigon

Real estate prices ramp up around Saigon

Investors have been warned to do their research before taking the plunge.
May 8, 2018 | 05:00 pm PT
Flies become a cash cow for Mekong Delta farmer

Flies become a cash cow for Mekong Delta farmer

The larvae of black soldier flies, a source of protein for livestock, fetches a farmer around $900 a kilogram.
December 8, 2018 | 05:00 pm PT
Mekong Delta residents earn a living off noxious water weed

Mekong Delta residents earn a living off noxious water weed

When nature gives you too much water hyacinth, what do you do? Turn them into baskets and sell.
December 18, 2018 | 07:49 pm PT
Four killed, 16 injured as truck crashes into motorbikes in Vietnam

Four killed, 16 injured as truck crashes into motorbikes in Vietnam

At least four people died and 16 others were seriously injured in southern Long An Province Wednesday after a truck slammed into motorbikes.
January 2, 2019 | 03:01 am PT
Driver in deadly Vietnam crash high on liquor, heroin

Driver in deadly Vietnam crash high on liquor, heroin

The truck driver who plowed into motorbikes waiting at a traffic light has tested positive for liquor and heroin.
January 3, 2019 | 12:00 am PT
Six face trial in southern Vietnam for stealing prize-winning lottery tickets

Six face trial in southern Vietnam for stealing prize-winning lottery tickets

Six people in Long An Province face prosecution for stealing two prize-winning lottery tickets worth VND3.6 billion ($155,000).
January 6, 2019 | 07:54 am PT
Poultry infected with bird flu in province near Saigon

Poultry infected with bird flu in province near Saigon

Thousands of poultry are infected with H5N1, otherwise known as bird flu, in a province near Saigon.
January 7, 2019 | 06:07 pm PT
Kite festival in southern Vietnam

Kite festival in southern Vietnam

More than 100 kites in a range of shapes, sizes and patterns soared through the sky in Long An Province last Sunday.
February 12, 2019 | 07:13 pm PT
Kite show brings colors to Vietnam’s southern sky

Kite show brings colors to Vietnam’s southern sky

Hundreds of people came to enjoy a kite show in the southern Long An Province last Sunday.
February 13, 2019 | 12:15 am PT
Neither here nor there: Vietnamese-Cambodians live in no man’s land

Neither here nor there: Vietnamese-Cambodians live in no man’s land

Recognized neither as Cambodian nor as Vietnamese, thousands have lived with neither home nor identification for generations.
March 20, 2019 | 05:47 pm PT
70 held for drug abuse in southern Vietnam karaoke parlor

70 held for drug abuse in southern Vietnam karaoke parlor

A pre-dawn police raid on a karaoke parlor in Long An Province found 70 customers using banned drugs.
May 11, 2019 | 04:59 am PT
Vietnamese nabbed for smuggling 64 kg of drugs from Cambodia

Vietnamese nabbed for smuggling 64 kg of drugs from Cambodia

Long An police have arrested a local man for transporting 64 kg (141 pounds) of heroin and meth from Cambodia via a border gate.
May 13, 2019 | 06:05 pm PT
Two arrested for smuggling meth from Cambodia on motorbike

Two arrested for smuggling meth from Cambodia on motorbike

Two Vietnamese men were arrested while carrying methamphetamine from Cambodia to Vietnam on a motorbike on Wednesday.
May 23, 2019 | 05:48 pm PT
Two killed, 2 injured in shooting at Long An border guard station

Two killed, 2 injured in shooting at Long An border guard station

A senior border guard officer in Long An Province shot two colleagues and a resident before killing himself Saturday.
June 15, 2019 | 05:38 am PT
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