Vietnam’s prime minister has approved a $300-million research and development project in Hanoi by Samsung Electronics Vietnam, a local unit of a South Korean giant that is the communist country’s single biggest investor. The project would operate for 50 years, rent-free, Vietnam’s government reported on its news website on Wednesday. Samsung secured government approval late […]

Vietnam is working on plans for a major expansion of its expressway network. The plans call for a new network of expressways to be constructed by 2020. The programme of works calls for the construction of 21 new expressways, with a total distance of 6,411km. The new routes will connect major cities including Ho Chi […]

After being drafted to serve in the war in Vietnam, an American GI decided to treat his days off-duty in the country as a ‘working vacation’ with camera in hand. The pictures that Private 1st Class Lance V. Nix took in and around the city of My Tho between 1968-69 show bustling markets, busy townsfolk […]

A suspected bomb went off on Saturday in Hanoi, killing four and injuring six others. The location of the explosion, which happened at 3:00 pm, is the Van Phu residential area in Ha Dong District on the outskirts of the Vietnamese capital. Witnesses at the scene reported to have seen a scrap vendor who lived […]

Quang Ninh border guards have returned nine children to their families after finding them walking across the border from China, following an alleged escape from human traffickers. Earlier on March 13, they found the H’mong children, including two girls, without any identity papers walking across the border. The children, aged from 13-15, were later identified […]

Vietnam’s national broadcaster has been suspended from YouTube after it beamed out videos from an amateur photographer without his permission. Bui Minh Tuan runs a motorbike business, and he also has a keen interest in drones and aerial photography. His shots of stunning Vietnamese scenery - such as the the one above - have been […]

Rosneft has commenced exploratory drilling of a block offshore Vietnam. The company said the drilling will be performed using the HAKURYU-5 drilling rig owned and operated by Japan Drilling Co. Another exploration well is expected to be drilled in Nam Con Son basin. Rosneft chairman of the management board, Igor Sechin, said: “The Rosneft team […]

A pair of twins has been discovered to have different fathers, after the dissimilarity between the children prompted their parents to take DNA tests. The children, from Vietnam’s northern Hoa Binh province, are two-years-old and distinctive by one having thick, wavy hair, while the other has thin, straight hair. Both the mother and father took […]

Foreign Office Minister of State Hugo Swire and Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son co-chaired the fifth UK-Vietnam Strategic Dialogue on 7 March 2016 in London as part of the bilateral Strategic Partnership signed in 2010. The Dialogue is a chance to evaluate the common goals of our bilateral relationship and make recommendations […]

Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has called on local citizens to carry out necessary measures to prevent the outbreak of dengue fever and other disease brought about by the Zika virus. On Saturday, the ministry jointly launched a campaign to raise people’s awareness of preventive methods against the epidemics in Binh Chanh District with the Ho […]