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Vietnam is planning to build metro lines with a total length of 580 kilometres in the two largest cities of Hanoi and HCM City by 2035, according to the Ministry of Transport.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam met with President of the EC Ursula von der Leyen and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in New York.

Authorities in Hanoi have decided to cancel firework displays which were earlier scheduled to be held on October 10 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the capital's Liberation Day.

The Thai king has signed same-sex marriage into law, the official Royal Gazette said Tuesday, making Thailand the first country in Southeast Asia to recognise marriage equality.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam met with President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev, President of Finland Alexander Stubb, and Crown Prince of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah in New York on September 24.

A South Korean national wanted for murder in Thailand has been arrested in Vietnam.

In the draft strategy for the development of Vietnam's automobile industry until 2030, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has outlined a target of 1-1.1 million cars sold, with an average annual growth rate of 14-16 per cent.

German chemical company BASF has broken ground on a building at the Phương Ninh Primary & Secondary School in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Hậu Giang, which will benefit around 150 students.

The Ministry of National Defence held a ceremony in Hanoi on September 24 to see off Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 6 and Engineering Unit Rotation 3 to carry out United Nations peacekeeping missions in South Sudan and the Abyei area.

The northern province of Quang Ninh will fully waive tuition fees for all local nursery to high school students as a measure to help people following Typhoon Yagi.

Flight MH748 of Malaysia Airlines, carrying 160 passengers from Kuala Lumpur, landed at Da Nang International Airport on December 24, marking its first flight on the Kuala Lumpur - Da Nang route.

A Singaporean former minister pleaded guilty to bribery charges Tuesday after more severe allegations were dropped, local media said, as the first graft trial of a political office holder for more than four decades began in the city-state.

Serious flooding in central Vietnam has killed three people and forced more than 10,000 residents to evacuate their homes, officials said on Tuesday.

The mid-range segment accounts for 98% of the total supply of apartments in Hanoi, while the high-end segment constitutes a mere 2%, CEO of Indochina Capital Michael Paul Piro told a press briefing in Hanoi.

Party General Secretary and State President Tô Lâm has participated in a business forum during the 79th UN General Assembly's high-level week in New York.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam has expressed his belief that Vietnam and India will soon raise their bilateral trade to 20 billion USD, and even more than 30 billion USD by 2030, doubling the figure last year.

A driver died and 15 passengers suffered injuries after a passenger bus crashed into a container truck on the Vinh Hao - Phan Thiet Expressway in the southern Binh Dinh Province early on Tuesday morning.

Hong Kong and Shanghai stocks rallied Tuesday after China unveiled fresh stimulus measures as the country's leaders struggle to kickstart growth in the world's number two economy.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt and Lebanon has issued an urgent notice recommending Vietnamese citizens living and working in Lebanon leave the country when commercial flights are still operational.