Viet Nam's beach rowing team made a dream debut at the 2026 Asian Rowing Beach Sprint Championships in Thailand, returning home with two golds, one silver and one bronze.

Viet Nam’s Nguyen Duc Yen Sinh made history on May 10 by becoming the country’s first female player to win the Asian women’s three-cushion title at the 14th Asian Carom Billiards Championships 2026 in Ho Chi Minh City.

The conflict in the Middle East shows no signs of easing. The Strait of Hormuz remains closed, numerous oil and gas facilities in the region have suspended operations, and countries are scrambling to secure alternative supplies, tap into strategic reserves, and even resort to improvised measures to stabilise their domestic energy markets.

British University Viet Nam (BUV) has been ranked among the Top nine in the AI Innovation in Education category at the EDUtech Asia 2025 Awards, standing out from more than 400 universities across the Asia-Pacific.

Viet Nam’s women’s national football team maintained their strong position in the latest FIFA rankings released for June, staying 37th in the world, sixth in Asia, and firmly atop Southeast Asia.

The US-based travel website Travel Off Path on March 30 listed Vietnam among top 5 international destinations to visit this summer according to Expedia.

With unique and attractive historical and cultural sites and diverse cuisine, Ho Chi Minh City has been recognised by US-based Fodor’s Travel magazine as one of leading destinations in Asia in 2023.

After over two years of interruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism industries in many Asian countries have gradually flourished again. A series of tourism stimulus programmes have been actively restarted by the countries, to revive the smokeless industry.