Việt Nam News

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.

The act of teaching and learning English in Việt Nam looks like an entangled wool which can not be disengaged in one day.

Facebook has recently emerged as a popular and effective tool to sell goods for individuals or enterprises, and livestreaming -- a new feature of Facebook -- allows sellers and consumers to interact with each other, providing benefits to all.

A few days ago, a driver working for the Science and Technology Department in the northern province of Ninh Bình was reportedly slapped by his boss.

Young people across the country are getting results of their college exams. While the tests are designed to screen and send the best students to college, some of them fail despite remarkably high scores in the multiple choice test.

The social network may be a virtual world, but we have evidence aplenty that it can cause seriously real damage in the real world.

After thirty years of major economic reform, Hà Nội has found its own way to integrate with the rest of the world, in terms of tourism.

A series of cases in which local residents assaulted strangers people coming to their areas because they are mistaken as children kidnappers are reported recently.

Việt Nam’s taxi operations and booking habits changed forever in 2014, when two big rivals from aboard - Uber and Grab - officialy joined the taxi market to compete with giants like Vinasun and Mai Linh.

Old people aged 60 and more are expected to account for 17 per cent of Việt Nam’s population by 2030 and 25 per cent in 2050 but the country almost have no programmes or solutions in places to adapt to the aging population.

Việt Nam, specifically HCM City, should have more insightful concept museums.

I strongly believe, as a mother of a four-year-old girl, that we should not force formal learning on them at a tender age.

Blood sports like buffalo fighting should be consigned to the history books.

In an attempt to get more exposure to customers, a hair salon, a restaurant and a nail salon in Hà Nội recently hired some buff male staff to, well, expose themselves to customers by strutting around topless, save for a tie.

What to eat and drink has become a major topic of conversations these days, and very often, this turns out to be controversial. A trend has emerged over the last few years of people in major cities preferring to buy imported fruit.

Remakes of movies or series have been in full swing, with many hit titles.

Perharps the most often asked question among parents during this time of the year is where to take their kids to play or to learn something now that they are off from school. It’s no easy task to find a suitable place for kids to enjoy themselves during summer time, many parents had to admit.