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I have a US driver’s license but still failed Vietnam’s driving simulation test
I once held a U.S. driver’s license and had years of experience behind the wheel, yet I still failed Vietnam’s driving simulation test.
Vietnamese buyers queue for hours amid gold rush
For five consecutive days this week, 38-year-old Hoai has lined up each morning outside a gold shop on Hanoi’s Tran Nhan Tong Street, joining a crowd of anxious buyers, most of whom leave without making a purchase.
Australian CEO arrested in Vietnam for $5M loan fraud
An Australian businessman who headed a major Vietnamese petroleum company has been arrested for allegedly fabricating billion-dollar funding deals to swindle millions in fees.
Vietnam seeks to tighten control over rare earths for national security
Vietnam is moving to tighten state control over rare earth resources, vital to electric vehicles, renewable energy and defense technology, under a new proposal that would classify them as « special strategic resources. »
Vietnam to enjoy 9-day Lunar New Year holiday in 2026
The 2026 Lunar New Year, or Tet in Vietnam, will span nine days, from Feb. 14 to 22, as approved by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Monday.
23 million records leaked in Vietnam Airlines–linked data breach
Vietnam Airlines has confirmed that some customers’ personal information, including full names, email addresses and phone numbers, was exposed in a recent data breach linked to its technology partner’s online customer service platform.
Vietnam Airlines investigates data breach affecting customer information
Vietnam Airlines has confirmed a data breach linked to a third-party customer service platform operated by a global technology partner.
From menacing to ‘cool’: How views on China have shifted in Vietnam
Dozens of young Vietnamese women lined up for hours last month to catch a glimpse of « cool » troops marching through Hanoi in a huge military parade. But it was not their own soldiers they were looking out for. It was…
The other Cambodia border issue ASEAN can’t fix
The bloody border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia this year took place a long way from Vietnam, but the implications for Hanoi are not so distant. Outwardly, Vietnam offered a modest expression of concern and call for restraint, even as the clash…
Vingroup’s energy arm proposes selling electricity directly to end-users
VinEnergo, a subsidiary of Vietnam’s leading private conglomerate Vingroup, has proposed direct electricity sale to end-users instead of via state utility Vietnam Electricity (EVN) currently.
Vietnam motorcycle market slows amid transition
Vietnam’s motorcycle market faces a slowdown as sales decline and consumers await new emission standards and the shift to electric vehicles.
From four pillars to five: Vietnam reshapes its collective leadership model
With the elevation of the standing member of the Secretariat, the Communist Party of Vietnam is restructuring its top leadership while keeping collective rule intact.
$3,800 per square meter becoming new normal for HCMC apartments
Over half of the 5,500 apartments launched in HCMC last quarter were priced at VND100 million (US$3,800) per square meter or higher as the high-end segment remained dominant.
Vietnamese rush to buy gold but face empty shelves on first day as state lifts bullion monopoly
Vietnamese consumers flocked to gold shops nationwide on Friday, the first day the state ended its monopoly on bullion production, but many went home empty-handed amid widespread shortages.
Vietnam arrests and charges journalist Huynh Ngoc Tuan for anti-state propaganda
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Vietnamese authorities to immediately and unconditionally release independent journalist Huynh Ngoc Tuan and cease harassing commentators for expressing critical views online.
Vietnam frees its gold market but shoppers pause as prices dip
Along Hanoi’s busiest gold trading street, dozens of storefronts gleam with bullion bars and jewelry. On Friday, however, shopkeepers sat idly behind glass counters, waiting for customers as Vietnam ended its decades-long monopoly on bullion trade and production, the first major liberalization…
AI cameras hit Ho Chi Minh City streets, catching thousands of violators
Ho Chi Minh City has installed 31 AI-powered cameras on major streets and accident blackspots to automatically detect traffic violations and send them to a central system for fines.
Vietnam’s garment industry moves beyond low-cost outsourcing
Vietnam’s textile and garment industry is generating high added value, leaving behind the era of low-cost outsourcing, said Vu Duc Giang, chairman of the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS).
How Vietnam could ease Trump’s China soybean pain
Vietnam could buy more American soybeans, softening the blow of China’s block and gaining leverage in US tariff talks
Natural disasters leave 238 dead and missing in Vietnam, economic damages hit $1.4 billion
More than 555,000 hectares of rice fields, crops, and plantations have been submerged since early this year.
Vietnam is courting North Korea – and still winning Western friends
Hanoi’s multilateral approach lets it engage both Pyongyang and Washington, punching above its weight diplomatically.
Why are more typhoons heading north in Vietnam this year ?
Six out of the ten storms that have hit Vietnam this year, including the most recent, Typhoon Matmo, have moved northward, primarily due to the influence of the subtropical high-pressure system and cold air.
Vietnam becomes Southeast Asia’s 2nd largest EV market
Vietnam ranked as the second-largest electric vehicle (EV) market in Southeast Asia during the first eight months of 2025, with nearly 90,000 units sold, trailing only Thailand.
Is Vietnam turning against LGBTQ+ rights ?
After years of steady progress on LGBTQ+ issues, Vietnam’s sudden cancellation of Pride events has raised fears that the ruling Communist Party is retreating into a more repressive stance.
Hanoi flooded again as Typhoon Matmo hits Vietnam
Torrential rains triggered by Typhoon Matmo have flooded parts of Hanoi, the latest in a series of deluges that have inundated the Vietnamese capital over the past month as a run of storms has swept across the country’s northern regions.
How Vietnam’s non-aligned foreign policy helps bolster its position in the South China Sea
Hanoi’s expansion of its outposts in the Spratly Islands has prompted little opposition from rival claimants, including China.