Vietnam News

A war veteran said he will attempt to forge closer relations with Angel Fire and Quang Tri province in Vietnam by making them sister cities.

MANILA, Philippines - The San Miguel Beermen sizzled in the second half to keep the Saigon Heat winless after Saturday's 85-62 rout in the AirAsia ASEAN Basketball League at the Tan Binh Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City.

Stashing gold at home rather than having cash in the bank is a generations-old habit in communist Vietnam, but a recent surge in prices has sparked government attempts to bring the yellow metal to heel.

Photo shows a motorbike after it burst into flames in Ha Noi's Cau Giay District.

Suits are made for export by workers of the UK-invested Dong Tai International Limited Co in the northern province of Hai Duong.

A winter storm is interrupting 1 of the mildest winters in recent record this weekend, bringing between a trace and two inches of snow to Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

The Vice president of the Republic of Angola, Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, heads on Saturday, February 11, to Vietnam, for a working visit at the invitation of his local ounterpart, Nguen Thi Doan.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked for a nationwide review of land management procedures and said local authorities made mistakes in a land acquisition case in the northern port city of Haiphong, according to a statement on the government's website.

From its sandy beachside retreats to its grand, historic monuments, Vietnam's picturesque port city of Da Nang is an adventure through space and time.

In Ho Chi Minh City , there are eight million people and five million motorbikes," my guide informed me as we slowly wound our way through this bustling city en route to the Ca Chi tunnels.

A man caught pumping liquid into a fuel tank after spiriting part of its load in a footage taken by Thanh Nien reporters.

Funeral services were held today for George Esper , a longtime Associated Press correspondent who refused to leave Vietnam as the war ended, instead staying to cover the fall of Saigon.

A 1935 painting featuring local musicians and their audience at a market in the southern Vietnam is on display in Hue town.

Last week Ford Vietnam celebrated the 2,000th all-new Ford Fiesta to roll off the line at the Hai Duong assembly plant.

When local police arrived in riot gear to evict the Vuon clan, family members were ready with homemade land mines and improvised shotguns.

Illegal sand exploitation had surged since the beginning of this year, causing headaches for local authorities as it was very difficult to stop, Hai said.

In this photo taken Feb. 4, 2012, Nguyen Thi Thuong stands by the ruins of her house in Tien Lang District, northern city of Haiphong, Vietnam.

Now videogamers can play the role of Ho Chi Minh's communist forces as they rout French colonists in a blood-spattered shoot'em-up. Developed by Hanoi-based Emobi Games, "7554" is an example of how Vietnamese entrepreneurs are setting their sights on creating their own brands, instead of doing piece work for foreign companies.

Jerome Reynolds, Gleaner Writer Energy Minister, Phillip Paulwell, has announced that the Administration will be going ahead with the Liquefied Natural Gas project started under the previous government.

Ten fire engines and a full contingent of fire fighters were mobilised to the scene but they had difficulty reaching the blaze because the path to the market was blocked by hundreds of temporary stalls.