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Hanoi has the highest cost of living in Vietnam, according to a report about the Spatial Cost of Living Index (SCOLI) issued by the General Statistics Office of Vietnam.

Salvage teams began removing mangled train carriages on Saturday after Taiwan's worst rail disaster in decades killed at least 50 people, as flags flew half-mast across an island plunged into mourning.

An exhibition displaying artworks by children with autism is being held in Hanoi to celebrate World Autism Awareness Day (April 2).

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue held phone talks with his Lao counterpart Saysomphone Phomvihane on April 2, during which Hue thanked the Lao NA leader who was the first leader to send a congratulatory letter after he

Vietnamese for the first time surpassed people from the Republic of Korea (RoK) to become the second biggest foreign-born community in Japan, according to the largest data of the Immigration Services Agency of Japan (ISA).

Lawmakers began the process of relieving incumbent Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc of his post on April 1 and are scheduled to elect a new Government leader on April 5.

A resolution on relieving Nguyen Phu Trong from the post of State President for the 2016 – 2021 tenure was approved by the National Assembly (NA) on April 2 afternoon.

Two Vietnamese people and a Filipino man who recently arrived in Vietnam from abroad have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,620, the Ministry of Health reported on Friday evening.

Dantri/DTiNews readers have donated VND556.311 million (USD24,197) for a poor ethnic minority boy in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong.

The Can Gio District in HCM City will be developed into a resort, ecotourism centre.

The Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro route in Hanoi is facing a shortage of staff as preparations for commercial operation near completion.

The National Assembly Standing Committee on April 2 presented to the NA a proposal on relieving Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong from the post of State President.

Dozens of people are feared dead after a packed train derailed inside a tunnel in Taiwan on Friday at the start of a long holiday weekend, with rescuers still scrambling to reach others trapped inside.

Joint training programmes and scientific research between universities from Vietnam and Australia have connected students, lecturers, and research institutes in both countries

The sudden increase in demand for land, factories, and warehouses in Vietnam has pushed up rental costs at industrial parks (IPs) near major cities, according to Savills Vietnam.

Relevant forces in Binh Phuoc province’s Hon Quang district, southern Vietnam, have detained a group of 15 Chinese citizens who had illegally entered the Vietnamese territory, local police said on April 1.

Authorities in Nha Trang City will close seven shops that are illegally opened to sell goods to tourists.

The director of the National Psychiatric Hospital 1, Vuong Van Tinh, has just been suspended while police are investigating a drug trading ring inside the hospital.

The “Top Thai Brands Hanoi 2021” expo was launched at Hanoi’s International Exhibition Centre, No.91 Tran Hung Dao Street on April 1, showcasing diverse Thai products from food to home appliances and cosmetics.