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Vietnamese athletes have achieved remarkable successes in 2024 with Vietnam News highlighting the five standout events of the year.

Animal ears and pom-poms on fuzzy hats adorn tourists' heads on the streets of the frigid northeastern Chinese city of Harbin, which is enjoying a surge in visitors driven by social media.

Hanoi is planning to build 15 metro lines totalling nearly 617 km by 2045, according to local authorities.

Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro route (Metro Line 1) in HCM City has increased the number of trips to accommodate passengers during the New Year.

A fishing boat with four crew members onboard has gone missing while on the way to Song Tu Tay Island off the southern province of Phu Yen.

Hanoi's traffic gridlock remains a complex issue as 16 new bottlenecks have been identified, according to the municipal Department of Transport.

A scaffolding collapse at a hydropower project in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum has left three dead and two missing.

Two people have been found dead after a car fell into a river in the central province of Ha Tinh's Duc Tho District.

Prolonged heavy rains have inundated around over 4,000 hectares of rice in the southern central province of Binh Dinh, causing big losses for local farmers.

Vietnam Coast Guard have just successfully rescued five Chinese crew members who were drifting at sea after their fishing boat sank off Con Dao Island.

The Ministry of Health has proposed designating May 20 as National Organ Donation Day.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received visiting Lao Deputy Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith in Hanoi on December 30.

Two foreigners have been found dead at a villa in Hoi An City in the central province of Quang Nam

A fire broke out at a hotel near Bangkok, killing three foreigners and injuring seven people, Thailand's Bangkok Fire and Rescue Department said on December 30.

After 179 people were killed on Jeju Air Flight 2216 in the worst plane crash in South Korea, the low-cost carrier told AFP Monday it was facing a wave of cancellations.

South Korea was reeling Monday from the loss of 179 people after a Jeju Air plane crash-landed and burst into flames.

Updating cultural and entertainment events going on between December 30, 2024- January 5, 2025.

A Jeju Air plane flying from Bangkok to South Korea with 181 people on board crashed on landing Sunday, leaving all but two people plucked from the wreckage feared dead.

The Prime Minister outlined several key directions for the Ministry of Planning and Investment to achieve its core objectives in 2025 amidst the ongoing complexities and challenges.