Sun, Scott warned by FINA over world swim medal clash

China's Sun Yang and British rival Duncan Scott were rebuked by FINA on Tuesday following a heated exchange after Sun retained the 200 metres freestyle world title.

Music festival to honour martyrs

Every three years, the Department of Performing Arts (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) holds the festival to strengthen solidarity between Việt Nam, Laos and Cambodia and pay tribute to fallen soldiers of the three countries.

Ministry tightens control measures against pest attacking corn fields The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is strengthening the task of prevention and control of the Fall Armyworm that is damaging corn fields in the country.

Lâm Đồng police discover pine forest destruction Police in the southern province of Lâm Đồng have caught a group of people who cut pine trees in Lâm Hà District.

Man with heart rate of 300 beats/min in Bến Tre cured

A 62-year-old man in the Mekong Delta Province of Bến Tre whose rare disorder made his heart beat abnormally fast – at times 300 beats per minute – was successfully treated, doctors from the HCM City-based Chợ Rẫy Hospital said.

Post-war desire for peace keeps burning in Quảng Trị

Some 60 members of Việt Nam’s first all-female mine clearance team are working for Project RENEW on fields in the province.

Bringing an old boat back to life

Many years ago, sampans with bat-wing sails were popular in the north of Việt Nam. But they are no longer around. A professor who is interested in them, and his colleagues, have now built one.

City urged to preserve its built heritage

HCM City should develop a heritage master plan as part of its urban development strategy to ensure conservation of its architectural heritage, experts have urged.

Trump launches 2020 reelection campaign, calling US 'envy of the world' President Donald Trump launched his 2020 reelection campaign on Tuesday, whipping up a crowd of at least 20,000 with a nationalist boast about the US economy being the "envy" of the world and warning that opposition Democrats want to "destroy" the country.

US piles pressure on Iran with troop deployment, new photos The United States ratcheted up pressure on Iran Monday, announcing the deployment of 1,000 additional troops to the Middle East and producing new photographs it said showed Tehran was behind an attack on a tanker ship.