Society

Rescuers are racing to find survivors after a landslide obliterated a Papua New Guinea village and killed an estimated 670 people, a UN official told AFP on Monday.

Tobacco is a burden on society with a total cost of medical examination, treatment, illness and fatality of VNĐ108 trillion (US$4.24 billion) a year, health minister Đào Hồng Lan has said.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam Bui Thanh Son will pay an official visit to the Republic of Korea from May 30 to June 1 at the invitation of his RoK counterpart Cho Tae-yul, according to an announcement from

Nepal's Phunjo Jhangmu Lama, who smashed the record for the fastest ascent of Everest by a woman, said Sunday she is not chasing records but climbing for her country.

With its launch taking place in the Republic of Korea, a book on General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyễn Phú Trọng, authored by Cho Chul-hyeon, is the first dedicated to the Vietnamese leader published outside Vietnam.

At least 800,000 Bangladeshis fled their coastal villages Sunday for concrete storm shelters further inland as the low-lying nation prepared for crashing waves when a cyclone makes landfall, top government disaster officials said.

A road along the Huong River in the central province of Thua-Thien Hue, famous for its unique old architecture, is at high risk of disappearing.

Several unique artworks by well-known Vietnamese painters Vu Cao Dam and Thang Tran Phenh have been sold at high prices at an auction sale organised by Aguttes.

About 10,000 local and foreign athletes are expected to join the fifth Mekong Delta Marathon 2024 themed “Shinning Together” due to take place in Vi Thanh City, the capital of Hau Giang province, on July 6-7, heard a press

The 2023 Southeast Asia Report – Technology in Education was launched in Hanoi on May 24 by UNESCO and the Vietnam National Institute of Educational Sciences in partnership with the Southeast Asia Ministers of Education Organisation (SEAMEO) and the

A senior official of the State Bank of Vietnam has silenced rumours that the central bank has adjusted the currency band, saying the recent exchange rate fluctuations in the market still fall within the already fixed 5% range.

The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has agreed to suspend the Vietnam Seas and Islands Festival 2024 just a day after its opening due to issues related to the organisation.

The Management Board of Ly Son Marine Reserve in the central province of Quang Ngai has launched a campaign to collect waste from Ly Son Island's coastal waters.

Many bridges in HCM City have been defaced with graffiti.

Starting June 25, the national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, will reopen a route for flights from Hanoi to Chengdu, China.

A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS)’s Institute for Health Innovation and Technology has unveiled a novel approach to stimulate muscle cells’ natural defence against cancer using magnetic pulses.

Dozens of large-scale bridge projects have yet to make any progress.

HNLMS Tromp (F803), the second De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate of the Royal Netherlands Navy, docked at Chua Ve port in the northern city of Hai Phong on May 24, beginning a four-day goodwill visit to Vietnam.

A large-scale off-road car event will be organised at an abandoned Hue City park.