Over the weekend, high-level Vietnamese government officials made visits and extended best wishes to Christian communities across the country on the occasion of Christmas and the New Year holiday.

A fire that broke out on Sunday morning at a hotel on Lý Sơn Island has caused losses estimated at VNĐ2 billion (US$88,000).

Visitors to Tương Bình Hiệp craft village in the southern province of Bình Dương’s Thủ Dầu Một City these days can have opportunities to witness the ebullient activities of artisans producing lacquerware works for the traditional Tết festival.

Đinh La Thăng, former chairman of the Member Council of PetroVietnam (PVN), is set to face further prosecution after investigations conclude in the case of wrongdoings at PVN and its subsidiary PetroVietnam Construction Corporation (PVC).

Youtube has removed approximately 90 per cent of “toxic” video clips complained by the Vietnamese Government in 2017, Minister of Information and Communications Trương Minh Tuấn claimed on Friday.

Lý Văn Bon is making a fortune breeding river fish in cages in a tributary of the Mekong River. He ís farming the fish, known as Cá thát lát knifefish (notopterus), in the Hau River and believes he ís the first to do so.

A plan of supervising the amount of aflatoxin, a type of mold that is considered a human carcinogen, should be implemented in all steps from harvesting, processing to storing food, plants and grains to reduce toxic exposure to consumers, health experts have said.

The proposal for high-rise buildings around the Hà Nội Railway Station will have major impacts on the city’s inner areas, the Ministry of Construction (MOC) said.

Degeneration of the macula, which is the small central area of the eye’s retina that controls visual acuity, is the leading cause of vision loss among people over 50 years old. As Việt Nam sees the rapid ageing of the population, the number of people affected by age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is expected to increase.