BANGKOK – Thailand were runners-up at the SEA Games football competition for the past two editions, and on Dec 18 they were determined to claim the gold on home soil against Vietnam. But it was not to be their day as they eventually fell to a 3-2 extra-time defeat at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok after leading by two goals.

Vietnam is on track to receive a record high of 21 million foreign tourists this year, reflecting the country's strong recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, its culture ministry said, despite chronic air pollution and deadly flooding.

Vietnam has revved up South China Sea land reclamation efforts this year, beginning construction on eight previously untouched Spratly Islands features.

The Vietnam women's national team lost the SEA Games gold medal to the Philippines in a penalty shootout after a controversial offside call by the referee denied them a legitimate goal in standard time.

Idaho Lt. Gov. Scott Bedke led 11 local businesses to Vietnam with the hopes of boosting trade and opening new markets.

Y ou might think that being a national champion in a country with a history of state largesse would be a lucrative business. For VinFast and its billionaire founder, Pham Nhat Vuong, it has been anything but.

Yotsakorn Burapha scored a beauty from a free kick 25 m out in the 20th minute, giving hosts Thailand the lead in their SEA Games men's football final with Vietnam. Captain Seksan Ratree double the score minutes later.

Middle power states are selectively granting and restricting access to their economic strengths to reshape markets and security relationships.

Vietnam's trade surplus with the United States, its main market, rose to $121.6 billion in the first 11 months of the year, official data showed on Saturday, as exports surged despite U.S. import tariffs imposed in August on Vietnamese goods.

Vietnam has quietly accelerated land reclamation at South Reef, a once-remote coral feature in the Spratly Islands, as Chinese pressure grows.

More than five decades after he was severely wounded during a nighttime attack in Vietnam, Ray Krings was formally awarded the Purple Heart he earned on Tuesday —

Coca-Cola Vietnam has introduced its Tet 2026 campaign, titled "Weave a New Tet," presenting Tet as a time not only for traditional rituals but also for connection and shared celebration.