Parts of South Korea were battered by record rainfall typically seen just once every 200 years, the country's weather agency told AFP Wednesday, with the interior ministry reporting four dead.
Dantri Newspaper co-operated with the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and Thuong Xuan District People's Committee in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa to hold a ground-breaking ceremony for a local primary school.
The Government Office has issued an official dispatch on Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s directions requiring the acceleration of public investment disbursement for 2024.
State budget collection from Vietnam’s export-import activities reached 200.46 trillion VND in the first half of 2024, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.
The HCM City - Côn Đảo express boat service will be temporarily suspended from July 29 due to inefficient operation, just over two months since launch.
The Vietnamese economy is forecast to grow by 6.95% this year compared to the previous projection of 6.48% on the grounds that its economic recovery is on the right track, said the Central Institute for Economic Management.
Devastating floods in India's northeast that have killed scores of people also swamped a national park drowning six threatened rhinos and other wildlife, government officials said Tuesday.
For the fourth consecutive year, Vietnam is the most affordable country in the world for expats, ranking first out of 53 destinations when it comes to personal finances, according to a 2024 InterNations study.
The Ministry of Public Security cracked down more than 3,000 corruption, economic and smuggling cases, with more than 4,900 defendants involved in the first half of this year, a conference has been told.
Vietnamese President To Lam is scheduled to make state visits to the Lao People's Democratic Republic and the Kingdom of Cambodia from July 11- to July 13.
The Ministry of Finance is set to announce the final draft of a circular related to the upgrade of Vietnam's stock market and operate the Korea Exchange system this week.