Vietnam's average temperature in October was 26.3 degrees Celsius, 1.74 degrees above the long-term average and the highest since records came to be maintained in 1961.

ECCO Vietnam halted production at its factory in Bau Bang Commune of Ho Chi Minh City on Monday afternoon to begin dissolution procedures.

Tarps and metal roofing are encroaching on the yin-yang tiled roofs and open-air lightwells of Hoi An's old houses, spoiling the heritage landscape of the UNESCO-listed town in central Vietnam.

Thousands of young people worldwide have shared what makes a city appealing, revealing the best places for them to live.

Vietnamese recruitment firms that once had seven or eight applicants for every Japan job order now send staff into villages and still find it hard to fill their quotas.