The biggest national holiday -- Tết or the Lunar New Year – will officially begin on February 14 and continue until February 20, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc announced on Friday.

The Ministry of Health has asked the public to suspend the use and trade of several baby formula milk and baby food products made by French dairy giant Lactalis following concerns over salmonella contamination.

The People's Court in Mekong Delta's Cần Thơ City sentenced one foreigner and three Vietnamese to prison for cheating 37 people of some VNĐ5.3 billion (US$235,500) via social network Facebook.

Four 40-45 story apartment buildings in Kim Văn–Kim Lũ New Urban Area in Hoàng Mai District are home to about 16,000 people.

In May, Trần Thiên An from the southern Bạc Liêu Province was sentenced to eight years in prison for raping a 12-year-old he met via the internet.

The tropical depression active east of the Philippines has picked up strength and become typhoon Kaitak.

Education and investment in human resources (HR) are the driving force for economic development, HR experts and educators from Việt Nam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) agreed at the Global HR Forum held in Hà Nội on December 14.

While the profile of Vietnamese businesswomen has been raised significantly in recent years with the emergence of leaders in certain sectors, budding women entrepreneurs still have to fight with one hand tied behind their backs.