51-year-old woman with kidney failure becomes Việt Nam's 30th COVID-19 death: health ministry A 51-year-old COVID-19 patient died Thursday morning, the 30th coronavirus-related fatality in Việt Nam.

Fever, kind strangers and bombs as war rages

Chu Cẩm Phong (1941 – 1971), whose real name was Trần Tiến, was born in what was formerly Hoi An Commune in the southern central province of Quảng Nam. His father was a municipal military officer during the French resistance. His mother was part of a secret communist cell also operating in Hoi An during the American resistance. In 1954, Chu Cẩm Phong accompanied his father to relocate to North Vietnam, studied at secondary schools for Southern students, and pursued a bachelor’s degree at the former University of Hanoi’s Department of Literature.

Agriculture needs to adapt for better development

Hoàng Trọng Thủy, an agriculture expert, talks to the newspaper Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economic and Urban Affairs), on the important role of agriculture in national socio-economic development

Fatal coronavirus infects Spring festival

The Perfume Pagoda Festival, Việt Nam's oldest, biggest and longest-running festival, has officially been opened but due to the Covid-19 epidemic, the number of visitors has dropped sharply. 

Typhoon Matmo injures 14, leaving 1 missing Fourteen people have been reported injured and one person is missing after Typhoon Matmo churned through the central and south central provinces from Quảng Ngãi to Khánh Hoà on Wednesday.

Đức, Tài to have injuries checked Singapore

Becamex Bình Dương players Nguyễn Anh Đức and Lê Tấn Tài left for Singapore yesterday for health checks.

Abandoned children find a home with nuns in Lâm Đồng

In the first year of opening of the charity house, the nuns received and took care of six children. Now, it is home to 107 kids aged from 2 months old to 10 years old.

Unexploded bombs continue to haunt Hà Giang

Residents of Thanh Thuỷ Commune in Vị Xuyên District said they are still occasionally startled by an explosion somewhere in the mountains nearby, a cruel reminder of a bloody border clash between Việt Nam and China in 1979.

Shares subside as investors remain cautious

Shares ended down on Wednesday due to cautious market sentiment on the movement of regional and world markets.

Garbage woes in Hà Nội's flooded area

Living with worms and eating among the garbage. That's how one resident in Chương Mỹ District describes his life since a flood virtually submerged an entire region 30km away from Hà Nội.