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The Vietnamese delegation won a total of two silver and three bronze medals at the 17th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA-17) which recently concluded on August 27 in Brazil.

A major hotel complex project has been built without licence in the northern port city of Haiphong, with the local authorities claiming they were unaware of the situation.

Vietnam and Australia have agreed to ramp up investment and trade promotion, striving to swiftly reach the trade turnover target of US$20 billion and double two-way investment over the next two to three years.

Three schools and one health centre have recently been submerged almost up to the roof following torrential rain.

The number of websites impersonating organisations and businesses has quadrupled compared to the same period last year.

A building in HCM City suddenly collapsed this morning, August 27, severely injuring a worker.

Vietnam's vaccine maker AVAC Vietnam Joint Stock Company (AVAC) will export 150,000 doses of African swine fever vaccine to the Philippines on August 29, said AVAC General Director Nguyen Van Diep.

New Zealand’s universities are offering flexible admissions requirements and criteria, coupled with diverse educational pathways in a concerted effort to attract more Vietnamese students.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man presided over the 6th meeting of full-time NA deputies in Hanoi on August 27.

A train suddenly stopped on a street in HCM City after it became entangled in cables.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ha Kim Ngoc and US Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Bonnie Jenkins co-chaired the 13th Vietnam-US Political, Security, and Defence Dialogue in Hanoi on August 26.

Authorities in the central province of Ha Tinh's Huong Son District yesterday destroyed seven frozen tiger cubs, which were found earlier at a local house.

The People's Court of Ha Tinh province handed down a 6-year prison sentence and two-year probation to a local man for making, storing, disseminating or propagating information, documents or materials aimed at opposing the State of the Socialist Republic

Fulbright University Vietnam is a result of educational cooperation between Vietnam and the US, particularly in the field of high-quality human resources training, said Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang on August 26.

Michelin Guide has published an article suggesting a two-day tour of the capital with a range of delicious street foods and interesting tourist attractions put forward.

The scientific and educational organisation "Meeting Vietnam" on August 26 presented a total of 465 Vallet scholarships to several outstanding students at high schools and universities based in southern provinces and cities.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam has presented appointment decisions to three new Deputy Prime Ministers.

The Hanoi Days in Ho Chi Minh City programme was held in HCM City from April 23 to 25 to mark the 70th anniversary of the capital city's liberation on October 10, 1954.

Two men remain missing three days after being swept away by a flash flood in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang's Ha Quang District.