Society

A 70-year-old man in the southern province of Dong Thap has called for community support as he cares for his ailing son.

The US Commerce Department has delayed a decision on whether to upgrade Vietnam to market economy status by about a week, due to the IT disruptions from the CrowdStrike software problems.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet welcomed the progress in relations between ASEAN and its partners, emphasising the need for coordination to further deepen existing cooperation areas.

Vietnam attracted more than US$18 billion in foreign direct investment during the past seven months of the year, according to details given by the Foreign Investment Agency.

Many houses in the southern provinces of Bac Lieu and Ca Mau have been ruined and damaged because of heavy rain and strong winds.

As many as 19 people have been reported either dead or missing in the northern provinces of Son La and Dien Bien, as well as in the capital city of Hanoi as a result of flash floods caused by

Vietnam's northern region will struggle with heavy rain starting Sunday, according to the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Friday hosted a reception for Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Fadillah Yusof, who is in Vietnam to pay last respects to General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyễn Phú Trọng.

More than 5,600 delegations with over 252,000 people formally paid tribute to General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong during the two-day state funeral on July 25-26.

The Philippine Coast Guard on Friday raced to offload 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil from a sunken tanker and prevent an "environmental catastrophe" in Manila Bay.

A fire damaged as many as 21 tourist electric cars in a parking lot on Le Van Hien Street, Hoi An City, early Friday morning.

Tens of thousands of people stood along Hanoi's streets to bid a final farewell to Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on Friday afternoon.

The memorial and burial services for Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong were held in Hanoi on Friday afternoon.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith and his wife on July 26, with the pair in Hanoi to attend the state funeral of

Vietnamese Embassies across Europe and the Middle East are holding respect-paying ceremonies and opening condolence books for Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on July 25 and 26.

Thousands thronged major streets heading to the National Funeral House in Hanoi early Friday morning, waiting for their turn to pay tribute to Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

The Authority of Information Security (AIS) detected more than 90,000 vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure in June, according to AIS Director Lê Văn Tuấn.

HCM City plans to build three more international passenger cruise terminals to develop waterway transport and boost tourism.

Three tourists who got lost in a forest in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong have been rescued.