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Hanoi opened a trial for the second phase of the corruption case surrounding "repatriation flights" for Vietnamese citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 17 defendants brought to the court.

The express boat service connecting Vung Tau City and Con Dao Island District in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau will resume early next year after a lengthy suspension.

A man drowned after being swept away by strong waves while taking photos on a beach in Nha Trang City in the southern central province of Khanh Hoa.

The PM has asked for urgent measures for fire prevention, fighting, and rescue operations at high-risk establishments and crowded venues ahead of the upcoming New Year and Lunar New Year holidays.

Traffic has resumed on both lanes of the Khanh Le Pass, allowing people to travel between Nha Trang and Dalat cities from 7 am on December 24.

At least two men have been killed and one other suffered serious injuries in an explosion at a house in the central province of Nghe An's Quy Chau District.

The highest bonus for the coming Tet Lunar New Year in Ho Chi Minh City will be around VND1.9 billion (USD79,950).

Japanese authorities will hand Google a cease-and-desist order over an alleged antitrust violation in the first such move against a US tech titan, a government source said Monday.

Airports in Vietnam have served around 109 million passengers this year, achieving 96 percent of the year's target.

The Hanoi Department of Construction has just conducted a check on 273 streets and 899 pavements planned to be leased out from next year.

Fourteen people on board a ferry escaped after it sank in the central province of Quang Nam.

A crackdown on illegal child marriages in India's northeast has resulted in nearly 5,000 arrests, after 416 people were detained in the latest police sweep, a minister said Sunday.

16 contracts were signed primarily by the General Department of Defense Industry and Military Industry and Telecoms Group Viettel of Vietnam at the 2024 Vietnam International Defense Exhibition.

PM Pham Minh Chinh on December 22 attended the inauguration of the resettlement area in Nu village of Lao Cai province, an area severely devastated by flashfloods and landslides in September 2024.

A Thai national was sentenced to death and two Germans were handed life sentences for the gruesome murder of a German real estate broker near the resort town of Pattaya, Thai media reported.

An increasing number of Chinese celebrities are choosing high-end Vietnamese fashion, creating new opportunities for Vietnamese designers to make their mark in the 1.4 billion-strong market.

The Ministry of Transport and the People’s Committee of the northern province of Phu Tho on December 21 started the construction of the new Phong Chau bridge.

The southern island city of Phu Quoc, a major tourist destination in Vietnam, welcomed the first flights from Singapore of Scoot airline and a China Eastern Airlines flight from China’s Xi'an.

Hundreds of soldiers had an artistic performance on Hoan Kiem Pedestrian Street in Hanoi on Friday evening, drawing a large crowd.