The Vietnamese Film Screening Days programme aims to promote city tradition and uphold the immense significance of the day Hà Nội was fully liberated, while also helping to boost patriotism education and Hanoians' historical and cultural pride.

A 71-year-old homeless man in central China who spent 21 years collecting scrap to survive has received more than 420,000 yuan (US$63,000) in pension payments he did not know he was owed.

Thai customs officers arrested two foreign passengers at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport after finding U.S. dollar banknotes worth more than THB56 million (US$1.66 million) hidden in their luggage.

With international arrivals topping 17.7 million in the first nine months of 2026, Việt Nam’s tourism sector is looking beyond visitor numbers to longer stays, richer experiences and more sustainable growth.

'Just enough to split Harapan votes, condemning both.'

Although the two countries sit on different continents, tens of thousands of km apart, similarities can be found between the culture of Panama's indigenous communities, including the Mola art of the Guna people, and the use of colours, patterns and techniques in the traditional costumes of Việt Nam's Mông, Dao, and Thai people.

Four Indonesian seamen who were kidnapped and held hostage by Somali pirates aboard an oil tanker for more than five months arrived back home on Tuesday. The men were among 17 crew rescued a week ago when maritime police from the semi-autonomous region of Puntland in northern Somalia stormed the Palau-flagged MT Honour 25 tanker that was hijacked in April. Before the vessel could be recaptured, the pirates had already killed five crew members – three Pakistanis, an Indian and a Myanmar national...

Local authorities acted on a tip-off and caught the suspects red-handed.

They question whether a politician should have the power to declare a sports body illegal.