Vietnamese engineer recounts grim battle against Covid-19

Stranded for six months in Bangladesh after going there on a business trip, Nguyen Quoc Toan also contracted the novel coronavirus.Early morning one day in the middle of July Toan folds his blankets and...

Vietnamese in Australia face upheavel as coronavirus lockdown returns

A solitary man runs along a waterway after lockdown restrictions were implemented in response to an outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in Melbourne, Australia, July 10 2020. Photo by Reuters.With a renewed lockdown imposed...

Vietnamese passport among world’s weakest

A Vietnamese passport. Photo by Shutterstock/Andy Tran.The Vietnamese passport continues to be among those enjoying the least visa free access, placed 89th out of 109 positions in the Henley & Partners ranking updated for...

Work on bridge to HCMC coastal district to begin in 2022

An artist impression of the Can Gio Bridge in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo courtesy of HCMC Transport Department.Construction of the Can Gio Bridge, connecting Ho Chi Minh City's outlying namesake district with the city's...

300-year-old pagoda, a major attraction in Binh Dinh

Thap Thap Di Da, a 17th century pagoda, adds to the charm of central province Binh Dinh with its cultural, historical and architectural beauty.Thap Thap Di Da is located 30 km north of coastal town Quy...

HCMC developers turn their attention further afield

An aerial view of a satellite urban area project in the southern province of Dong Nai. Photo courtesy of Aqua City.Real estate giants are gobbling up huge areas of land in HCMC’s neighboring localities...

Saigon tickled pink as trumpet flowers enter bloom

Downtown Ho Chi Minh City casts a spell over passers-by with the vibrancy of pink trumpet flowers blossoming from mid-February.Pink trumpet flowers bloom at 6 a.m. on Vo Van Kiet Boulevard connecting District 1...

Transport sector enters slow lane due to coronavirus

Buses at My Dinh Bus Station in Hanoi on February 17, 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Anh Duy.Nguyen Van Quyet’s 40-seater bus on Monday left Hanoi for a northern province carrying five passengers. "This is still better...

Thousands of Chinese stuck in central Vietnam province after suspension of flights

Chinese tourists in Nha Trang, a popular coastal resort town in Khanh Hoa Province, central Vietnam. Photo by VnExpress/Nguyen Nam.5,361 Chinese nationals including 4,800 tourists are stuck in Khanh Hoa Province after all flights...

Vietnam-China train grinds to a halt as nCoV closes in

A train route between Vietnam and China is serving its final batch of travelers before suspending operations in the wake of coronavirus fears.A train from China's Nanning Railway Station arrived at Dong Dang Railway...