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The Ministry of Planning and Investment has revised two scenarios for Vietnamese economic growth this year after recording a high growth rate of 6.42% during the first half of the year.

Tokyo residents vote Sunday to elect a new governor for the Japanese capital with incumbent Yuriko Koike challenged by opposition figure Renho, two prominent women in the country's male-dominated political sphere.

HCM City collected VND4 billion (USD157,171) from parking fees on 20 inner-city streets as of June.

Construction started on the Quang Tri airport project, which has an initial outlay of 5.8 trillion VND (227 million USD), in Gio Linh district on July 6.

A hot low pressure area in the west is increasing its intensity and is expected to grip the entire northern and north-central regions next week that will cause temperatures to rise up to 38 – 39 degrees Celsius.

Chinese officials raced Saturday to stem floods caused by a dam breach in central China, state media reported, as the Asian nation grapples with a summer of extreme weather.

Vietnamese payment platform Payoo has revealed statistics indicating that foreign tourists typically spend 40% of their budget on food and drink when visiting the nation.

Son Tra Peninsula and Danang Tourism Beach Management Board launched a flower walk along a local beach on Friday afternoon, the first of its kind in the city.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority fined the local arm of Singapore's DBS Bank HK$10 million ($1.3 million) for breaches of its anti-money laundering law, the banking regulator said on Friday.

Two whales have appeared off the coast of the southern central province of Phu Yen.

The Saigon Professional Chefs' Guild (SPC) that represented Vietnam at the third Global Culinary Challenge Malaysia, held in Kuala Lumpur from June 25 to July 5, has brought home the championship title and many other prizes.

The Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences hosted an international conference in Hanoi on July 5 to share experience between Vietnam and partners globally in developing the Halal ecosystem domestically.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received visiting Lao Deputy PM and Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleumxay Kommasith in Hanoi on July 5.

A water scooter exploded on a beach on Co To Island in the northern province of Quang Ninh, injuring one person.

Police in the southern province of Dong Nai have just arrested a local woman for the suspected killing of several family members using cyanide.

A Brazilian paraglider plummeted to his death in northern Pakistan, an official told AFP on Friday, the fourth foreign adventurer to die in the area since last month.

Rescue forces in the central province of Quang Nam found the body of a local man at the foot of the Cua Dai Bridge at 10.40 am on Friday.

HCM City and Hanoi, the two major cities in Vietnam, have recently been acknowledged as emerging cities in the Asia Pacific region by Cushman & Wakefield.

Authorities in the central city of Danang have just caught a rare python that a local resident found on a tree.