The Latest Breaking News from Hanoi

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will fly to Hanoi on Tuesday for a two-day visit to Vietnam before heading to a G20 meeting later this week in Indonesia, the Vietnamese government said.

HANOI: Vietnam plans to cut its Most Favoured Nation (MFN) tariff on gasoline to 12% from 20% to help ease inflationary pressure, the government said on Thursday.

HANOI: Vietnamese police have arrested a bear owner for the first time after netting a record haul of hundreds of bottles of bear bile, a wildlife protection organisation said on Friday.

HANOI Vietnam's industry minister has told the national assembly developing nuclear power is an "inevitable trend" around the world, signalling that authorities may be considering resuming a plan to construct nuclear power plants after the programme was suspended six years ago.

A mountain resort in Vietnam has opened a bridge with a bottom made of glass over a gorge 150 meters (492.13 ft) below to attract thrill-seeking tourists, the third such bridge in the Southeast Asian country. The Bach Long suspension bridge, which translates as "White Dragon", is in Son La…

Clinching a total of seven gold medals in athletics among the two, national teen stars Puripol Boonson and Thai-Australian Joshua Robert Atkinson made Thailand proud of their record-breaking feat at the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam, recently.

Snooker star Wattana Pu-ob-orm won his first SEA Games gold medal while the women's volleyball team were crowned champions for the 15th time at the biennial tournament in Hanoi.

Thai teenage sensation Puripol Boonson won the men's 100m title to complete a hat-trick of sprint crowns at the 31st SEA Games in Vietnam on Wednesday.

Thai teenager Puripol Boonson destroyed the opposition to win the men's 100m in 10.44secs at the SEA Games on Wednesday and grab a sprint double in Hanoi.