Throughout our years of living abroad, anytime a foreign friend asks about traveling to Vietnam, I and my wife always try our best to give detailed advice.

Studying abroad is never a waste, although one should be prepared to invest seriously in the journey, readers said.

For the same amount of money put into a master's degree in the west, one can travel the world, study in Vietnam while working, and gain even better and more realistic experiences.

As a reporter covering labor and industry, I've noticed the year-end period tends to be stressful and anxious for workers, and businesses too.

Vietnam does not have the best sceneries, nor the friendliest people, and tourists will not just come naturally.

While Phu Quoc is trying to revive its tourism industry, readers pointed to a vexing problem: flying to the island costs much more than to other countries in Southeast Asia.

I was horrified upon seeing the videos of a teacher in Vietnam being abused by her children. They locked her inside, threw slippers at her, cursing and jeering. The teacher appeared to be helpless for the first few minutes of the videos.

Readers share their vexation with a ubiquitous bad habit some Vietnamese have: causing a din.

Many foreigners will be planning on how to celebrate their biggest holiday of the year, but with only a short amount of time off work and feelings of homesickness emerging as quickly as Santa on his sleigh.

Dissatisfied with my VND8.5 million (US$350) monthly salary after graduating from university, I decided to go overseas and continue studying, and raised my annual income to €70,000 ($76,800) after eight years.

Without effective regulations to stop people from letting their dogs roam the streets unmuzzled, I have to look out for them for my own safety.

A friend in the consumer goods business once told me that he feared competing with other cheap small and medium enterprises in Vietnam, not more expensive multinational corporations.

As Vietnam's largest island is dealing with a tourism crisis with crashing visitor numbers, readers suggested that it transform itself by returning beaches to the public.

I read every couple of months about a person, sometimes it’s a child, being attacked by a pit bull.

We often talk about public awareness for matters such as littering, queuing, or speeding on the road.