Racing pigeons was once something armies used during the Lý Dynasty. The birds carried messages from the northern border areas to the city that is now Ha Noi. When there was no longer any fighting, people carried on using pigeons to race, as a sport.

A jubilant-sounding President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that his "deal" with Kim Jong Un has ended the North Korean nuclear threat, as his top diplomat said he hoped to see "major disarmament" of the country by 2020.

Located 30km from Hà Nội, Bắc Ninh Province is renowned not only for its melodious quan họ (love duet) singing, but also for another romantic local hobby: raising homing pigeons.

Painter Lưu Tuyền uses epoxy paint to create amazing pieces of resin art after many years experimenting with this paint.

Đinh Văn Nhã, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Committee for Finance and Budgetary Affairs, talks to the Việt Nam News Agency about his concern over the ineffectiveness of using the State budget in many localities.

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has urged some State-owned enterprises (SOEs) to hasten their equitisation and divestment plans, as progress remains slow and might fail to meet their deadlines this year.

Goods temporarily imported for re-export can be kept in Việt Nam for no more than 60 days from the date of completion of customs formalities, according to a new Governmental decree.

Personnel and personnel work hold a decisive role for the success of the revolution, said General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV)  Central Committee Nguyễn Phú Trọng at the Party Central Committee’s seventh plenary session which kicked off  yesterday.

Scientists have for the first time created embryo-like structures in the lab from stem cells, without recourse to eggs or sperm, they reported on Wednesday.