Sandy Ngọc Nguyễn was sexually abused beginning at age 8. Later, she attempted suicide several times. Close to death, she regained the will to live and has now overcome the shame and hurt borne of her abuse.

Đỗ Khánh Linh from the central province of Thanh Hóa won the Grand Prize at a national painting competition in Hà Nội yesterday run by the Danish Embassy and the Việt Nam-Denmark Friendship Association.

Hải Phòng-based Mai Văn Phấn has become the second poet from Việt Nam to be honoured with the prestigious Cikada Prize.

A view of Sa Pa Town in the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai. It is a famous tourism site in Việt Nam. — VNS Photo Việt Thanh

A museum in central Hà Tĩnh Province has announced the discovery of precious items dating back to 2,000 years ago, following its staff’s excavations in November.

The traditional line in the English version, "Lead us not into temptation", has for decades been rendered in French as "Ne nous soumets pas a la tentation" ("Do not submit us to temptation"). From now on French worshippers will ask the Almighty: "Ne nous laisse pas entrer en tentation" ("Do not let us enter into temptation") -- shifting the onus of sin more firmly onto the shoulders of the sinner.

Jim Nabors, who created the beloved comic TV character Gomer Pyle and used his surprisingly rich baritone voice on several hit records, died Thursday at the age of 87, his assistant Charisse Gines said.

More than 300 jewelry and ornamental items of Óc Eo culture from the 1^st to 7th century are on display at the HCM City Museum of History.

The Lantern Festival 2017 will take place at HCM City’s Vạn Phúc Urban Area in Thủ Đức District next week.