Việt Nam News

A girl from the northern mountainous province of Thái Nguyên has confessed on social media that, thanks to some unfortunate timing with regards to her bowel, she had to pay triple the price for her journey from the province to Hà Nội, from around VNĐ70,000 ($3) to VNĐ200,000 (US$8.8).

A homeless man was caught red-handed nabbing clothes that were hung up to dry outside a house in the northern city of Việt Trì. Desperate for warmth, he had no idea he was being watched by a security camera. Three men quickly came out to stop him.

With Valentine’s Day coming up there are all sorts of discounts and promotions on offer for lovebirds. But perhaps none was more thoughtful than a cinema in Hà Nội who will include a ‘special’ gift with every two tickets purchased… a free condom.

Among the tasks a university professor is expected to perform, babysitting an infant should be very far down the list. Last week, however, an accounting professor at the Hanoi College of Technology and Trading took on the unusual job so his student, the infant’s mother, could finish an exam.

A Literature teacher in a mountain district in central Nghệ An province late last month wrote a poem about not being paid as usual in the middle of January, making preparations for Tết difficult. He posted it on Facebook as an open message to the chairman of the province’s People’s Committee.

The People’s Court in District 10 in HCM City has asked a restaurant owner to pay VNĐ140 million (US$6,100) in compensation to a man who had his motorbike stolen from outside his restaurant.

In a feat many have called inconceivable, the Vietnamese U23 football team beat former champions Iraq to secure their place in the Asian Football Cup’s semi-final. In the celebrations that immediately followed the win, people and vehicles poured into downtown streets, wearing clothes of bright red and yellow, waving national flags, and singing and screaming at the top of their lungs, all in good fun.

The complicated traffic situations at BOT (build-operate-transfer) toll booths hit a ridiculous point recently when a bridal procession became trapped in a long line of vehicles waiting to pay the disputed toll. In fact, without a bit of quick thinking, their day of happiness was headed for the wall.

After a night of “spiritual debauchery,” HCM City resident named Huy drove home, very much under the influence.

Christmas is associated with eating and drinking to excess, and trips to the bathroom around this time of year can be dicey enough without adding queues for the loo into the equation.

Online shops on social networks can be a great way for small-scale traders to shift some clobber, but a public forum probably isn’t the best place to sell stolen goods.

Some say all original thought is simply undetected plagiarism, and most undergrad students know a thing or two about ripping off idea’s from others, but at least kids cover their tracks.

It has been well documented that the Hà Nội firefighting force has a really tough job on its hands when fires break out in lanes and alleys that their big trucks have no way of entering.

His deeds might not make it to the Guinness Book of World Records, but Đinh Phan Thìn belongs to the record books.

Visitors to Hà Nôi, particularly foreigners, are often wowed by cafes on train tracks on Điện Biên Phủ Street, about a kilometre from Hà Nội Railway Station.

They say to succeed it’s necessary to leave no stone unturned, but it’s a good thing one family in the coastal southern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu never heard this saying.

2017 has been a rough year, and it’s about to get worse: the undead are on the loose in Viet Nam.

Hoa sữa (Blackboard Tree) is regarded as a symbol of Hà Nội. Roads filled with hoa sữa have become an unforgettable part of the city’s autumn. For people, who had to live far away from the city for a long time, the tree reminds them of the pleasant weather of the autumn.