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Two boys in the northern mountainous town of Sapa have survived by drinking water from a tank while stuck on a building's rooftop for three days.

Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh has just received four rare wild animals that local people handed over.

Many provinces in the northern mountainous region have been warned about threats of flash floods and landslides following heavy rains.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with leaders of several Korean conglomerates in Seoul on July 3, with the latter all expressing their desire to expand investments in Vietnam.

Durian exports have brought in over USD1 billion in May and June.

Authorities in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa have urgently requested the suspension of a pig farm in Lang Chanh District.

Japan's top court will issue a ruling Wednesday on a defunct eugenics law under which the government forcibly sterilised around 16,500 people, causing decades of suffering for the victims.

Vietnam's economic growth might decelerate in the second half compared to that in the first half, with several supportive factors expected to sustain the overall growth outlook, according to the Singaporean-based United Overseas Bank.

Survivors of India's deadliest stampede in over a decade on Wednesday recalled the horror of being crushed at a vastly overcrowded Hindu religious gathering that left 116 people dead.

Around 9,500 lanes and alleys in Hanoi will be equipped with water supply pipelines and hydrants for firefighting, according to Lieutenant General Nguyen Hai Trung, Director of the Hanoi City Police Department.

HCM City has been forecasted to struggle with consecutive rainy fronts in July, according to the Southern Region Meteorological Station.

A VND300 billion (USD117.64 million) night entertainment site will be built next to Quy Nhon Beach in the southern central province of Binh Dinh.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính and RoK President Yoon Suk Yeol agreed to work closely together to deepen and make economic relations more substantive and effective.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has proposed that the Republic of Korea (RoK) encourage businesses to expand investment in Vietnam.

Local chefs brought home 60 awards at the 2024 Penang Culinary Competition which was recently held in Malaysia.

A bill aimed at better protecting children against modern marketing tactics intended to get young people hooked on unhealthy snacks and drinks is now ready to be forwarded to legislators, the Thai Department of Health says.

Both nations will continue to enhance the role of their legislatures in supporting the two governments to bolster bilateral cooperation towards achieving the goal of bringing trade turnover to US$100 billion in 2025.

At least 27 people were crushed to death at a Hindu religious gathering in northern India, with several more injured and fears the toll could rise, government medics said Tuesday.

Vietjet has celebrated the launch of its newest route connecting HCM City to Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province in China at Xi'an Xianyang International Airport.