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A Singaporean former minister was sentenced Thursday to 12 months in prison for obstruction of justice and accepting illegal gifts, local media reported, in the city-state's first political graft trial for nearly half a century.

Tourists from the Republic of Korea, Japan, and Thailand are the most likely to be drawn in by Vietnamese delights, with visitors from these three nations most likely to visit Vietnam with cuisine on their mind, according to digital

Vietnam is extremely concerned about, discontented with, and resolutely opposes the Chinese law enforcement force’s brutal behaviours towards Vietnamese fishermen and vessel operating in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa archipelago area.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam visited Trinity College Dublin in Ireland on October 2.

A horrifying fire on a Thai school bus this week that killed at least 23 people, most of them children, underscores how the kingdom's roads are some of the deadliest in the world.

A new bee species was discovered in the Vũ Quang National Park in the central province of Hà Tĩnh, announced the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and the park on Wednesday.

President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins hosted an official welcome ceremony for General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam on October 1.

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.