DNA collection offers hope of identifying fallen soldiers

More than 13,000 DNA samples from relatives of unidentified fallen soldiers are being collected in Bắc Ninh Province as part of the nationwide "500 Days and Nights Campaign", helping build a national database to identify war martyrs and reunite families after decades of waiting.

Việt Nam's warmth lights up cold night in La Guaira

The earthquake may have broken some of the strongest concrete steel, yet it failed to extinguish the kindness or the resilience forged in solidarity. Together, the La Guaira locals are enduring their longest days, held together by hands that refuse to let go.

The atomic passport

From giving Vietnamese fruit, a passport to enter some of the world's most demanding markets to developing radiation-based products for sustainable farming, irradiation technology is showing how nuclear science is helping build a greener and higher-value agricultural sector.

Legendary wartime heroine Ngô Thị Tuyển dead at 81

The image of the slight young woman carrying a load more than twice her own body weight under relentless bombardment became an enduring symbol of the extraordinary courage and determination displayed by the people of Hàm Rồng throughout the war.

Russian among seven accused in Việt Nam online lending case

Vietnamese prosecutors have accused a Vietnamese financial consultant and six others, including a Russian national, of operating an online lending network that disbursed more than VNĐ3.7 trillion (US$140.2 million) while charging effective interest rates of up to 13,500 per cent a year.

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