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A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted twice on Friday, sending a hot cloud of ash as high as seven kilometres (4.3 miles) into the sky.

Three girls have drowned while swimming in a river in the southern province of Phu Yen's Dong Xuan District.

The female driver who crashed into multiple motorbikes on Thursday night in the southern Vung Tau City, leaving two dead and five injured was drunk according to her blood alcohol level.

A water supply pipeline to Tri Nguyen and Hon Tam islands in the southern central province of Nha Trang has burst.

HCM City will spend VND28 trillion (USD1.1 billion) on the construction of five bridges.

The Hanoi Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has warned that the Breteau index (BI) has exceeded the threshold in several outbreaks in the capital city, making dengue fever increasingly complicated.

The Ministry of Health has just ordered the closure of the canteen at Song Cam Shipbuilding Company in Haiphong City after nearly 180 workers suffered suspected food poisoning following their lunch on Thursday.

The Ministry of Finance has asked relevant ministries, branches and agencies for feedback on a proposal to cut by half registration fees for domestically manufactured and assembled cars in Vietnam.

Torrential monsoon storms in Nepal have triggered landslides, lightning and flooding killing at least 14 people, a disaster official said Thursday.

The southernmost province of Cà Mau is seeking more than VNĐ26.8 trillion (US$1.05 billion) from the Government to invest in emergency works to prevent erosion, which is growing increasingly worse along the coast and threatening lives of local people.

The volume of Vietnamese products exported and sold on Amazon e-commerce platform of the United States has increased by 300% over the past five years, heard a forum held in Hanoi on June 27.

At least two women have died, while five others suffered severe injuries after being hit by a car in the southern city of Vung Tau on Thursday evening.

Five French-style villas in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, which used to host the late King Bao Dai and his family during their holidays, have just been officially recognised for their architectural values.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his spouse will pay an official visit to the Republic of Korea from June 30 to July 3.

A new heat wave is forecast to hit the northern and central regions on Friday after nearly a week of rainy weather.

The SBV has directed commercial banks to ensure online banking transactions to run smoothly for all customers, including foreign residents in Vietnam, when the mandatory biometric verification policy takes effect.

A female online influencer in HCM City is working with police after discovering a hidden camera installed in a toilet of a local studio where she was working.

Domestic retail prices of petroleum products in Vietnam rose again at 3 pm today, June 27, following the adjustment jointly decided by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance.

Authorities in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum are defining responsibilities of organisations and individuals in the mass forest death around a reservoir of the Thuong Kon Tum Hydropower Plant.