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Hanoi’s gross regional domestic product in the first half of 2024 is estimated to increase 6% compared to the 5.86% growth in same period last year.

The Quang Tri airport project, with an initial outlay of 5.8 trillion VND (227 million USD), will be kicked off on July 6 by a joint venture between T&T Group and CIENCO 4.

Hanoi will organise firework displays at 30 locations to celebrate the city’s 70th Liberation Day on October 10.

The Nhon-Hanoi Station metro line, scheduled to begin commercial operation in late June, has faced another delay after 14 years of construction.

Authorities in the southern province of Dong Nai are investigating a case where two people were found dead in a locked house in Suoi Cat Commune, Xuan Loc District.

China and Finland have been chosen as the best teams of the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival 2024 (DIFF) and will progress to the final competition, according to the organising board.

The Republic of Korea is ready to cooperate with Vietnam in the field of semiconductors and artificial intelligence through specific projects to be deployed, RoK experts and scientists told Vietnamese PM Pham Minh Chinh.

Private carrier Vietjet announced its new route linking the central province of Khanh Hoa’s Nha Trang beach city to the Republic of Korea’s Daegu city at the Vietnam-RoK culture-tourism cooperation promotion forum held in Seoul on July 1.

Iran hosted a tourism roadshow and a workshop in Hanoi on July 1 to boost tourism cooperation and spur the development of the tourism industry of the two countries.

Many irrigation reservoirs in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien have seen low water levels despite the current rainy season.

At least four people have been arrested as police made a record-making international drug trafficking ring bust at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport.

Two people in the northern mountainous province of Lang Son have died from asphyxiation when descending into a deep cave.

Northern localities would face rain from this evening, July 1, with strong winds, lightning and hail.

As many as 5,255 people were killed and nearly 9,600 others injured in more than 12,320 traffic accidents in Vietnam in the first half of 2024, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.

As many as 21,000 orders were made during a livestream featuring agricultural products of the Mekong Delta Province of An Giang on Sunday afternoon.

The State Bank of Vietnam has shortened terms and kept the interest rate of its bills unchanged to increase the attractiveness of the bill channel, which will help raise the interbank interest rates and reduce pressure on the USD/VND

Hanoi will open more river tour products along the Red River and Duong rivers.

PM Pham Minh Chinh called on businesses of the Republic of Korea to expand investment cooperation in areas where the RoK has strengths and Vietnam has high demand, at a joint business forum in Seoul on July 1.