The Hà Nội People’s Court on Thursday sentenced two men to jail for cheating labourers of over VNĐ4 billion (US$180,000) with promises of finding them jobs abroad.

As many as 16 million of the 17 million pre-activated SIM cards that were recalled have been locked by service providers as of January 15

Sixteen transport companies have announced increases to bus ticket prices of between 10 and 60 per cent, depending on the route, during the upcoming Tết holiday.

The embankment built to prevent landslides, which belongs to the Ngàn Trươi-Cẩm Trang Irrigation Project in the central province of Hà Tĩnh, is seriously damaged.

The International Manpower Development Organisation (IM Japan) on Thursday presented 1,000 wheelchairs to invalids and people with disabilities.

People in Hà Nội release carps to give Ông Công-Ông Táo (Land Genie and the Kitchen Gods) a ride to Heaven to deliver an annual report on the household's activities to the God of Heaven today.

Online services for exchanging old notes for new ones mushroom in the days prior to the Tết (Lunar New Year) holidays, although the activity is illegal and charges fees ranging from eight to 120 per cent in some cases.

Following the rapid development of information technology and the proliferation of various news sources, demand for updated information is rising, provoking fierce competition among media agencies, Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam said at a national conference in Hà Nội on Wednesday to review media performance in 2016 and set tasks for 2017.

Trần Đức Anh Sơn, deputy director of the Institute for Socio-Economic Development (ISED) in Đà Nẵng, yesterday donated to Hoàng Sa District several documents and old maps that clearly establish Việt Nam’s sovereignty over the Hoàng Sa (Paracels) and Trường Sa (Spratly) archipelagos.