There are always a few cloth bags in the trunk of my motorbike, and food containers in my backpack. When a vendor hands me a plastic bag, I simply say no.

I’m 34 years old and work as a manager at a private company. My current salary is VND55 million (US$2,090) a month, plus a Lunar New Year bonus worth more than two months' pay. To many, that might sound like a dream job and a stable life. But in truth, I feel adrift.

When I turned my phone on after a seven-day jungle retreat and silent meditation, nearly 2,000 messages and emails flooded my screen.

The air pollution in Hanoi follows a predictable, seasonal pattern, like it's returning on schedule each year.

My cousin had "disappeared" in Japan. That was the initial information I received from my uncle living in the countryside.

Many people still burn trash, ride old motorbikes, and use charcoal stoves, and they treat Hanoi's air pollution as someone else's problem.

Ho Chi Minh City has reported big losses from its only metro line, but what really matters is the metro has improved the city's quality of life.

In Ho Chi Minh City, 60% of the 20-hectare Ben Nha Rong–Khanh Hoi port site is now designated for a public park, 15 times the originally planned area.

My first plate was piled high with shrimp, squid, crab, and mantis shrimp. The second was filled with oysters, salmon, and sashimi. The third was a mountain of grilled meat.

Last weekend, my family went to a popular buffet restaurant in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. The place offered more than 100 dishes, from premium seafood like lobster, grilled oysters with cheese, salmon, and sashimi to a wide range of Vietnamese, Korean, and Japanese food.

Da Lat's mountain passes are not experiencing minor erosion. They are cracking apart.

An old man, soaked from head to toe, sits on his doorstep that has just emerged after being submerged under water for four days.

Many Vietnamese students struggle to speak English clearly, pronounce words correctly, or understand native speakers, even after over a decade of learning the language.

Along my journey with UNICEF, I have met countless children and families whose lives have been torn apart by disasters.

Vietnamese students spend years studying English, yet many still freeze the moment they meet a native speaker.

My stomach churned. Cold sweat poured down my body as I vomited nonstop. The diarrhea that followed drained every bit of strength I had.

A recent study shows that hiring the wrong employee can cost a company several times more than hiring the right one.

Is the desire for a thin figure and slim waist an obsession for many women, leaving them vulnerable to deceptive advertisements?

Years ago, a photo of one of Elon Musk's high school physics exercises went viral online. Many people commented, half-jokingly, that even the billionaire Elon Musk had to learn torque problems, so students today shouldn't complain about having to study the same thing.