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Authorities in the central province of Nghe An have quarantined 119 people after they had close contact with a woman who died from diphtheria.

The United States Navy’s 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and US Coast Guard Cutter Waesche arrived in Cam Ranh, Vietnam for a five-day joint Navy – Coast Guard routine port visit on July 8.

A total of nine Vietnamese higher education institutions feature in the Best Global Universities Rankings 2024-2025, which was recently released by News & World Report of the United States.

HCM City will need around 153,500-161,500 new workers in the second half of this year, the HCM City Centre for Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labour Market Information (FALMI) has forecasted.

A low-income family in the central province of Nghe An is in desperate need of financial support to help cover medical treatment for the father and son, who are both suffering from serious health problems.

The southern Con Dao Island has just launched a campaign to encourage using environmentally friendly products for commemorations at local war cemeteries.

A 13-year-old boy has died while more than 800 other people have been isolated after a landslide occurred in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang early Monday morning.

The central province of Quang Nam's Provincial People's Committee has responded to Heineken's announcement of the closure of its brewery by providing the Ministry of Finance with an impact assessment on the province's tax income.

Hanging from a rope-and-bamboo ladder off a Himalayan mountain cliff, skilled Nepali climbers gather highly prized hallucinogenic honey -- an ancient tradition stung by environmental degradation and rapid climate change.

At least 11 people are dead and 19 more are missing after heavy rains caused a landslide near an illegal gold mine on Indonesia's central island of Sulawesi, an official said Monday.

The Vietnam-Japan digital transformation association (VADX JAPAN) has just made its debut in Tokyo.

Vietnamese exports to the United States such as computers and parts, electronics, machinery and equipment, garments and footwear have ample room to grow, according to trade experts.

Vietnam expects to attract about US$39-40 billion in foreign direct investment capital this year, a figure which is equivalent or higher than the same period in 2023, said Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Quoc Phuong.

A Hindu religious festival in Sri Lanka ended in chaos after an elephant in the procession panicked, with 13 people in the crowd injured as they fled, police said Sunday.

The Vietnam Maritime Rescue Force has rescued a Chinese seafarer who suffered a serious occupational accident in the East Sea.

A recent roundtable in Ho Chi Minh City discussed measures to support and promote the real estate market development.

Park Hang-seo, former chief coach of the Vietnam national football team, will lead his ex- players in a friendly match to raise funds for charity in Binh Duong, southern Vietnam, on July 12.

Nearly 2,000 young volunteers of Hanoi on July 6 fanned out to nearby cities and provinces, kick-starting the first phase of their Green Summer campaign 2024.