The average lifespan of a Ho Chi Minh City is 76.5 years, three years higher than the national mean, and the city’s population is aging rapidly. Pham Chanh Trung, head of the municipal Department of Population and Family Planning, said on Tuesday that low birth rates, low death rates and …

Former Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung and former head of the government office Mai Tien Dung have been rebuked by the Politburo for several violations at the trade ministry. At a Saturday meeting, the Communist Party’s Secretariat issued a warning to the Party Committee of the Ministry of Industry …

Actress Song Hye Kyo recently dined with French jeweler Chaumet’s director of international global PR Eloise Coisy at one of Paris’a premier international restaurants. Song, who made Forbes’s Korea Power Celebrity list five times, is now in Paris to attend Spring Summer Fashion Week as Fendi Fashion Ambassador. She gained …

Apax Leaders promised the HCMC Department of Education and Training last month it would refund tuition fees paid by students at its HCMC centers by October, an official revealed. At a meeting with department officials from late last month, Apax Leaders said it planned to use 20% of its profits …

Delegates cut the ribbon to open the 2024 Festival of Peach Blossom, Kumquat, Ornamental Products and OCOP Products HÀ NỘI — The Festival of Peach Blossom, Kumquat, Ornamental Products and OCOP Products to welcome the Spring and Lunar New Year 2024 – the Year of the Dragon officially kicked off …

Airlines are constantly changing Tet flight timings, even repeatedly in some cases, throwing passengers’ plans for the year’s biggest holiday into disarray. Hong Ngoc, 40, bought tickets on a Vietnam Airlines flight from HCMC to Vinh in central Vietnam for her family three months in advance after making detailed plans …

Indonesian players went to coach Shin Tae-yong’s room to celebrate after finding out Thursday night they had advanced to the last 16 of the Asian Cup. Oman needed to beat Kyrgyzstan to move past Indonesia in the list of best third-placed teams in the group stage and qualify for the …

The Vietnam Football Federation continues to have faith in coach Philippe Troussier despite the disappointing run at the Asian Cup this month, general secretary Duong Nghiep Khoi said. “If we want to reach the continental level, we have to be patient,” he told the media on Friday. “I have been …

A group of tourists during a visit to the HCM City Post Office. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI Vietnamese travellers have turned away from domestic tours during the Tết (Lunar New Year) holidays as airline tickets have become more expensive, said industry insiders and experts. Tour companies said there has been …

A Thai woman has been charged with illegal possession of a lion cub, police said on Friday, after a video of the animal cruising in a Bentley with a Sri Lankan tourist went viral online. The police ordered an investigation after a video showing a lion cub riding around the …