Nguyễn Thị N, of Quế Võ District, Bắc Ninh Province, was certainly surprised when she recently received a phone call asking how she felt after falling pregnant.

Đinh Thanh Tùng, 30, of Ngô Quyền District, the northern city of Hải Phòng has been arrested for robbing a gold shop in the nearby province of Quảng Ninh.

People often see rescue workers as young and strong men, because they often work in perilous situations. Few believe that someone can rush into danger when they enter retirement age.

DNA testing might be common on English TV programmes like The Jeremy Kyle Show, but in Việt Nam, it seems its livestock queuing up to find out if the baby is theirs.

Feathers were ruffled and tiaras left askew after the organisers of a beauty pageant in HCM City reneged on a promise to present Hollywood megastar Robert Downey Jr. at an upcoming press conference.

A trial in the central province of Hà Tĩnh, the People’s Court of Hương Khê District, has had to rely on the result of DNA testing to resolve a calf dispute.

Three men in the Mekong Delta province of Vĩnh Long hvae been convicted of stealing hundreds of ducks and painting them to avoid detection by the owner, Thanh Niên (Young People) newspaper reported.

The deputy director of a real estate firm in HCM City refused to get out of his car when ordered by traffic police, saying that the vehicle cost VNĐ5 billion (US$215,700), much more than the VNĐ8 million (around $430) monthly salary of a police officer.