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The newly-established National Innovation Alliance for Pig Biosecurity, a combined venture between the Australian Government’s Aus4Innovation programme and the National Institute of Animal Sciences, was announced on Thursday, introducing a mission-critical platform for enabling innovation in pig farming.

More than one million candidates nationwide will take the 2024 National High School Graduation Exams on Thursday morning.

Bond yields in emerging East Asia increased amid strengthened expectations that interest rates will remain elevated for a longer period, according to a new report by the Asian Development Bank.

Vietnam and the United States held their first economic dialogue in Washington DC at 10am on June 25 (local time) co-chaired by US Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose W. Fernandez and Vietnamese Minister of

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Tuesday had a working session with the Informal Gathering of World Economic Leaders at the ongoing World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the Champions in Liaoning Province, China.

The central city of Danang has announced a tourism stimulus programme with attractive discounts.

Sri Lanka has finalised long-delayed debt deals with its bilateral lenders including China to meet a key condition of an IMF bailout, the government said Tuesday.

A ceremony to mark the official opening of the Hoanh Mo - Dong Zhong Border Gate pair was held in Binh Lieu district of northern border Quang Ninh province on June 25.

Vietnam's first-ever salt festival will be held later this year in the southern coastal province of Bac Lieu. The festival is expected to promote salt production in the province and the country.

PM Pham Minh Chinh emphasised Vietnam’s policy on promoting innovation-driven economic growth while attending a dialogue with the World Economic Forum’s startup and innovator community.

Some Australian technology companies are in Vietnam this week to take part in the Australia Southeast Asia Business Exchange (A-SEABX) Mission, which kicked off on June 24 in Ho Chi Minh City.

Masaki Kubota's delight at reuniting with his two sons gave way to heartbreak when the younger, two years old, stared at him uncomprehendingly as if to say: "Who are you?"

Vietnam raked in more than US$3 billion from exporting 862,400 tonnes of coffee between the beginning of the year and mid-June, with Germany emerging as the largest importer, according to data from the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

The Dong Nai Provincial Centre for Disease Control has reported a new case of monkeypox in Trang Bom district.

A plane carrying WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will stop in Bangkok to refuel, a senior Thai official told AFP on Tuesday, before flying to the Northern Mariana Islands, a US territory in the Pacific.

Hanoi will launch a new double-decker city tour from downtown Hoan Kiem Lake to Bat Trang pottery village in its suburbs this year.

Hanoi targets to have all public buses running on electric or green energy by 2030, according to a proposal sent by the city's People's Committee to the municipal People's Council.

Japan has suggested Vietnam revise the maximum residue limits for certain agricultural chemicals, according to the Office of the Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point.

The Ministry of Transport and the People’s Committee of the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng on Sunday held a ceremony to announce Liên Khương airport as an international one, the first of its kind in the Central Highlands region.