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Vietnam’s exports expanded about 13.8% year-on-year in the first half of this year, and imports rose 18.4%, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Planning and Finance Department.

Rubbish has blanketed Man Quang Bay in Son Tra District in the central city of Danang, causing severe pollution.

The Ministry of Finance is to start a process to study the effect of a tax on gold transactions, said deputy minister of finance Nguyễn Đức Chi.

Torrential rains in Bangladesh have triggered landslides burying alive at least nine people and forcing thousands to flee to higher ground, police and government officials in the low-lying nation said Wednesday.

Vietnam's target of achieving the climate neutrality by 2050 is not only technically feasible but also the most cost-effective scenario, according to a report developed by Vietnam’s Electricity and Renewable Energy Authority, the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) and the

The Ministry of Health has approved a project aimed at preventing, detecting, and managing non-communicable diseases and mental health disorders through the end of 2025.

Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and his entourage arrived in Hanoi on Wednesday night, starting a state visit to Vietnam from June 19-20.

The University of Sydney on June 18 announced the official launch of the University of Sydney Vietnam Institute, a non-profit social enterprise wholly owned by the University of Sydney.

Farmer Bao Mingchen gestured to a dry pipe where water typically irrigates a patch of crops, the soil now cracked under a drought hitting China's vast agricultural hinterland.

A recent clip featuring a traveller taking a photo of an oncoming train in Hanoi has again sparked concerns about the lax management of the well-known tourist site.

People in Hanoi are experiencing blazing hot weather as the outdoor temperature has reached up to 42 degrees centigrade.

The four state-owned banks Agribank, BIDV, VietinBank and VietCombank have been allowed to sell SJC-branded gold on their website.

A bomb, weighing 340 kilos, has been detected at a local resident’s house in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai.

A couple were killed and their two children seriously injured after being stabbed by a relative in the central province of Quang Ngai on Wednesday morning.

Vietnam's international fibre optic cable system should have at least ten new undersea cables by 2030, bringing the country's undersea routes to at least 15.

Trần Phương Bình, the former CEO of Đông Á Joint Stock Commercial Bank (DongA Bank), passed away on June 18 while serving a life sentence for multiple wrongdoings during his tenure at the bank.

Equities rose across most of Asia on Wednesday following yet another record day in New York fuelled by data that boosted US interest rate cut hopes, though expectations were tempered by cautious comments from Federal Reserve officials.

Some streets in Hanoi will be closed to vehicles during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit on June 19 and 20.

Hanoi needs around 10,200 more fire hydrants and many other facilities to support firefighting efforts.