A festival showcasing Hà Nội’s traditional cuisines and crafts will take place in the city from May 19-23, as part of the celebrations for the upcoming SEA Games.

As the capital city gets set for the region's biggest sporting event, all sectors are gearing up their preparations for the event, including hospitality. Most hotels are ready, though many are facing staff shortages, due to fluctuations of the pandemic over the past two years.

The Vietnam News Agency on May 4 launched a special website on the 31st Southeast Asian Games at http://seagames.vnanet.vn.

Singers Trần Nguyễn Uyên Linh and Bùi Nguyễn Trung Quân, who have become stars after competing at Vietnam Idol singing contest, will open Amo La Musica, a music program series that debuted in Hà Nội on May 20.

Nguyễn Bá Tụng, 78, spends his time turning plastic waste into useful household items. 

To celebrate the 68th anniversary of the nation's greatest victory, the battle of Điện Biên Phủ (May 7, 1954), a large-scale oil on canvas painting by Mai Duy Minh will go on display at an exhibition in Hà Nội from Saturday.

HCM City's Ring Road No 3 and Capital Region Ring Road No 4 are crucial to regional linkages and spurring economic growth.

A 'Border Medicine Cabinet' model in remote and poor villages along the Nghệ An Province border has made a significant contribution to providing healthcare services for ethnic people in recent years.

Total passengers passing through airports across Vietnam exceeded 1.1 million during the four-day National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1) holiday, reported the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh is working to enhance cooperation with international partners in education and training in efforts to develop high-quality human resources, a local official has said.

The seven-day rolling average of new daily cases currently stands at 4,418, less than half the figure reported a week ago, marking the steady decline of the outbreak in Việt Nam.

A national conference was held by the Vietnam National Mine Action Centre (VNMAC) in coordination with the Ministry of National Defence and the ASEAN Regional Mine Action Centre (ARMAC) to look at ways to support victims of explosive remnants of wars in ASEAN countries.

The capital city of Hà Nội served over 550,000 tourists during the four-day holiday of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1), an almost 20-fold increase compared to that of 2020, according to the municipal Department of Tourism (DoT).

There were 55 deaths on the roads and 84 people injured during the four-day holiday and a total of 104 traffic accidents, according to figures released by the Traffic Police Department. 

More than 230,000 children aged five to under 12 years old in HCM City have got their first COVID-19 vaccine shot, according to a report by the city’s Department of Health.

Police of Đà Lạt City have clarified that information circulating on social media that a Russian singer was arrested for protesting the war in Ukraine was false.

Following a programme launch last year by the Việt Nam Women’s Union, the Kon Tum Border Guard Command’s Women Union adopted Y Cam who lost her father due to COVID-19.

The Imperial Citadel area in Huế City of Thừa Thiên-Huế Province has been seriously affected by the slow progress of relocation and site clearance for many years.

Many educators have raised concerns about the Ministry of Education and Training’s new general education programme plan in which history will become an optional subject for high school students in the 2022-23 academic year.