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Up to 36 earthquakes with magnitudes between 2.5 and 4.0 were recorded in September, mainly in Kon Plong district the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum, according to Institute of Geophysics under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.

Hanoi welcomed about 4.45 million foreign tourists in the first nine months of this year, soaring 40.8% year-on-year and nearly fulfilling its yearly target of serving 5 million international visitors, according to the city Department Tourism.

Authorities in the central province of Quang Ngai's Son Ha District have decided to modify a mountain's slope geometry to protect a residential area and a road from being threatened by landslides.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the fifth meeting of the National Steering Committee for the implementation of Vietnam's commitments at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) on October 2.

Authorities are investigating the death of 44 tigers, three lions, and a panther at two private zoos in the two southern provinces of Dong Nai and Long An over the past month.

Many northern localities are facing threats of flash floods and landslides as heavy rain will continue on Wednesday.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam has begun a state visit to Ireland at the invitation of Irish President Michael D. Higgins.

Police based in Mong Cai city in the northern province of Quang Ninh have arrested 10 Chinese fraudsters who used technology in order to steal money from their countrymen living in China.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 1 called for the launch of a concentrated drive lasting 450 days and nights, pooling public strength to eradicate temporary and dilapidated housing nationwide by the end of 2025.

Rescuers pulled children's bodies from the charred wreckage of a Thai school bus Tuesday after an accident turned the vehicle into an inferno, with more than 20 feared dead.

HCM City will build a flood prevention embankment along Tran Xuan Soan Street in District 7.

Vietnam is scheduled to host the first UN Tourism Conference on Tourism for Rural Development, with the event scheduled to run from December 9 to December 11 in the central province of Quang Nam.

Vietnam Airlines has launched the “Bay nhe toi Con Dao” (flying lightly to Con Dao) campaign, with an aim of reducing carbon emissions.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam on October 1 visited Inter-Level School No.14 named after President Ho Chi Minh in the Mongolian capital city of Ulaanbaatar, as part of his ongoing state visit to Mongolia.

The Ministry of Transport has just approved the planning for the Bien Hoa airport upgrade project in the southern province of Dong Nai.

The central city of Danang welcomed 145,000 Thai tourists in the first six months of this year, representing 7.2 percent of the city's total foreign visitors.

A man killed three people and wounded 15 in a knife attack at a supermarket in the Chinese megacity of Shanghai, police said Tuesday.

The State Bank of Vietnam is working closely with ministries and local authorities to implement comprehensive strategies to address significant price disparities and stabilise the gold market.

A man has just been detained for illegally transporting 17 long-tailed monkeys in the southern island of Con Dao.