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Standout features of the Hanoi Old Quarter’s cuisine could be discovered through a cuisine app recently launched by the People’s Committee of Hoan Kiem district.

Deputy Minister of Agrculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam has called for coordination from Japan to implement capacity-building programmes for cooperatives joining Vietnam's project on developing 1 million hectares of high-quality, low-emission rice.

In a dingy New Delhi pedestrian subway, patients waiting for treatment at nearby hospitals line the ground as queues grow with Indian doctors protesting the rape and murder of a colleague.

A total of 120 Vietnamese players will compete at the 22nd ASEAN+ Age-group Chess Championships 2024, scheduled to take place in Vientiane, Laos from August 21 to 31.

The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has announced hotlines to receive tourist complaints on the National Day (September 2) holiday.

Hanoi Department of Transport have proposed investing VND225 billion (USD9 million) in narrowing medians and pavements on some local streets to expand the roadways.

An exchange programme between Vietnamese youth leaders and their Singaporean counterparts kicked off in Singapore on August 19 with the aim of promoting solidarity and cultural exchanges among young leaders.

Vietnam and China have issued a joint statement on further strengthening the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries.

The police of Ho Chi Minh City have so far prosecuted as many as 1,038 suspects since the case involving four flight attendants smuggling drugs from France into Vietnam in March 2023.

A severe landslide has occurred on a road connecting the two northern mountainous provinces of Lai Chau and Dien Bien.

Vietnam has always proactively applied and responded to trade defence measures in international trade to prevent negative impacts of massive imports, unfair competition and protect domestic manufacturing industries.

The State visit to China by Party General Secretary and President To Lam from August 18-20 is successful in every aspect, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has remarked.

Hanoi plans to build 15 metro routes by 2045, with a vision until 2065, costing an estimated USD55 billion.

Japan's Nintendo said Tuesday it will open its much-awaited first museum on October 2 featuring vintage video games and an interactive shoot-em-up with "Super Mario" characters.

A rare elongated tortoise has been found at a nursery school in the central province of Ha Tinh.

Two-way trade turnover between Vietnam and Russia hit US$2.74 billion in the past seven months, marking a remarkable increase of 45.5% year on year.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam visited and had a working session with the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China in Beijing.

A documentary filmed by the BBC titled Planet Earth III highlighting the majestic Son Doong Cave in Vietnam’s central Quang Binh province has received nominations at the Emmy Awards 2024.

Sixteen buffaloes have been chosen for the annual Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival set to be held on September 11 in the northern city of Haiphong's Do Son Ward.