Vietnam news, front pages compared
Crosswire tracks 6 major Vietnam news outlets. Preview their homepages side by side below — switch between two, three and four columns, go compact, or translate every page into your language.
The Vietnam media landscape on Crosswire
Crosswire lays Vietnam's front pages next to one another so you can see which stories lead where, how headlines are framed, and what one outlet foregrounds that another leaves out. All 6 titles tracked in Vietnam sit near the editorial centre in our classification, which is common where the press is dominated by public broadcasters and agencies, or where no confident left/right rating was available. Comparison here is less about political line than about which stories each newsroom judges worth the top of the page.
By kind of outlet, the 6 titles break down as 3 daily newspapers (Tuổi Trẻ, Vietnam News and Thanh Nien), 2 digital-native outlets (VnExpress and Dan Tri) and 1 news agency (VietnamPlus). Crosswire lists no public-service broadcaster for Vietnam, so the fixed point in a comparison has to be a wire service or the most widely read daily instead. The wire service tracked here is VietnamPlus; agency copy is written to be resold across the spectrum, which makes it the plainest baseline for spotting the framing a newsroom adds on top.
Vietnam sits in Southeast Asia, on Crosswire's Asia hub. By outlets tracked it is 6th of the 11 countries in Southeast Asia and 15th of the 33 across Asia, where the average is 5.1 outlets per country. Its neighbours in Southeast Asia with hubs of their own are Indonesia (6), Malaysia (6), Thailand (6), Singapore (6), Philippines (6), Myanmar (6), Cambodia (5), Laos (5), Brunei (5) and Timor-Leste (3).
Leaning groupings are approximate guides drawn from widely cited media-bias assessments — see the methodology and what the labels can and can't tell you. Counts are taken from the directory as of .
Which are Vietnam's main news outlets?
Across Vietnam's editorial spectrum, Crosswire currently lists near the center, VnExpress, Tuổi Trẻ, Vietnam News, VietnamPlus, Thanh Nien and Dan Tri. Each outlet below links to a full profile — its facts, editorial leaning and a live front-page preview — and the comparison view above shows any of them side by side.
VnExpress is one of Vietnam's most popular online news outlets, publishing primarily in Vietnamese with an English edition. It covers national and international news, business, and current affairs for a large online readership. Operating under Vietnam's media framework, it is among the country's most-visited digital news platforms.
Tuổi Trẻ is one of Vietnam's largest daily newspapers, based in Ho Chi Minh City and published under the city's Communist Youth Union. It provides national and international news, business and current-affairs coverage, and also runs an English-language edition. It operates within Vietnam's media system and is among the country's most widely read titles.
Vietnam News is an English-language daily newspaper published by the Vietnam News Agency, the country's official state news agency. It covers Vietnamese politics, economy, culture, and international affairs for English-reading audiences. As a state publication, its coverage reflects official Vietnamese government perspectives.
VietnamPlus is an online news service operated by the Vietnam News Agency, the country's official state news organization. Publishing in several languages including English, it covers national politics, economy, society, and foreign affairs. As state media, its reporting reflects the positions of the Vietnamese government.
Thanh Nien is one of Vietnam's largest daily newspapers, published in Ho Chi Minh City since 1986 by the Vietnam United Youth League, a state-affiliated organization. Like all Vietnamese media it operates under state supervision, and it is known for wide national reach and occasional investigative reporting on corruption and consumer issues alongside general news.
Dan Tri is one of Vietnam's most-visited online newspapers, founded in 2005. Originally the digital organ of the Vietnam Association for Promotion of Education, it now publishes under a government ministry as its supervising body, as Vietnamese law requires of all press. It offers around-the-clock Vietnamese-language coverage of news, business, education, and lifestyle.
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