Việt Nam News

Việt Nam has had its fair share of beauty contest controversies over the years, but the event’s popularity has never waned. But the latest controversy is different. It has to do with its timing in the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster.

All Vietnamese businesses, not just famous brands, should draw a lesson from the Khaisilk scandal and avoid commiting frauds that will hurt the entire community of entrepreneurs.

The entertainment world is familiar with cases of many celebrated actors turning singers. Venturing into a whole new field means you have to take a risk and accept the consequences.

Local authorities are planning to install automatic car wash stations at gateways to the inner city as they believe the surge in number of vehicles is a major contributor to air pollution in the capital city.

After dinner, Nguyễn Minh Trang, 30, allows her five-year-old daughter, Daisy (her nickname), uses her tablets in 20 minutes to learn English.

An incident recorded at an eatery for low-income people in District 1 of HCM City last week has raised discussion on the attitudes towards becoming independent of Vietnamese university students.

As the equitisation process of the Việt Nam Feature Film Studio (VFS) came to a conclusion earlier this year, it was a bitter moment when filmmakers and fans of the studio learned that the VFS’s brand value was determined at zero Vietnamese dong.

We might need to increase our population’s growth rate, but the long-standing gender discrimination and disparity, in all its insidious forms, needs to be tackled firmly.

Recent book fairs in Hà Nội have not been a success in terms of using the event’s real potential.

Recently, a father of two secondary students in HCM City sent a letter to the Government asking for the dissolution of parents’ associations in schools.

Not only celebrities such as actresses and singers but key opinion leaders in social media such as bloggers could have an impact on body image these days.

It’s not easy being overweight in Việt Nam. Ruti Sinai wants Hà Nội retailers to keep not-so-thin expats in mind.

Vietnamese students with English names are not rare in English classes in Việt Nam, especially in those taught by native English speakers. But HCM City’s Education and Training Department does not approve: the department has banned the use of English names for Vietnamese students in its latest teaching guidelines for the school year, which officially took effect early this month.

More and more startups offering Mother’s cooking have appeared in Việt Nam.

A Government decree taking effect this week requires dog owners to muzzle their dogs outdoors or face a fine of up to VNĐ800,000 (US$35).

There is a long tradition in Việt Nam that adults are always right and children have a responsibility to listen and obey unconditionally. However, things are changing.

School years throughout Việt Nam usually start with dry sermons by school principals and sombre school songs. But at Việt Đức High School in Hà Nội, the principal is moving to quite a different drumbeat – hip hop.

Mothers play an important role in preserving and promoting Vietnamese culture and identity abroad because they take the main responsibility in raising and teaching children.