Vietnam, one of the world’s rice granaries, is home to a wide range of delicious cakes made from the grain. Banh cuon (steamed rice rolls) is one such.

Prank toys are becoming increasingly popular among city youth, and one of the popular ones these days is an "electrocuting" ballpoint pen.

Most roads in Ho Chi Minh City are now so overcrowded with vehicles that the travelling speed has decreased by 50 percent compared to eight years ago.

What do you think about a 30-year-old girl who lives in Vietnam and is still single? She must be on the shelf and as nutty as a fruitcake, of course.

For the first time a Vietnamese software appears in the top applications recommended for use by Nokia on its Ovi Store website.

Hanoi researchers find Vietnamese lesbians victims of social isolation.

In Ho Chi Minh City’s crowded Thai Binh market, a middle-aged woman waited for a fish seller to wrap her purchase. The seller put the fish into a plastic bag, then wrapped the package in another plastic bag and held it out.

Outrigger Hotels and Resorts Asia signed an agreement with developer Vietnamese American Hotel and Resort Co. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of American company ITC Spectrum, LLC, to co-design and manage a luxury resort to be built along the central coast of Vietnam. The Outrigger Vinh Hoi Bay Resort and Spa will be part of the fully integrated Vinh Hoi Bay Golf Resort being constructed on 325 hectares with four other hotels along a 1.6-mile secluded white sand beach five miles north of Quy Nhon in Binh Dinh province.

Situated between both the mountain and the sea, Nha Trang - Cam Ranh route is truly a sight all travellers should experience.

Germany’s Technical Cooperation Agency (GTZ) has launched a photo contest with the theme “Climate change in the Mekong Delta.”

Ho Chi Minh City Department of Natural Resources and Environment plans to use Global Positioning System to monitor the movements of waste tankers after finding that as much as 80 percent of household sewage is being dumped into rivers and canals.

Hotels in Khanh Hoa Province, home of the world-renowned Nha Trang Bay, are offering discounts of up to 50 percent to attract tourists.

Pancakes are popular around the world, including in Vietnam, where the local version is known as banh xeo.

Old fishermen once downed a cupful to keep warm when venturing out to sea. Divers drank it before plunging into deep, cold waters. Many believe the best kind comes from only one island, where it is aged in decades-old barrels of a particular type of wood.

A section of the Red River has become a popular gathering place for Hanoians to cool off as the temperatures keep soaring well into the 40’s.