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The Miss Tourism Vietnam 2024 contest has been officially launched in order to seek beautiful girls who have the mission of promoting tourism, cultural heritage, landscape, and people of Vietnam to the world.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment has issued an official dispatch, urging organisations to push ahead with the disbursement of public funds, as figures show progress is still slow in a number of ministries and localities.

Rangers of the Con Dao National Park in Ba Ria - Vung Tau province, southern Vietnam, along with local people and tourists on June 9 released 87 Malaysian baby sea turtles into the sea.

The Government will make every effort to keep inflation at a level lower than the 4.5% target for 2024, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said at a meeting of elite members of the Government held in Hanoi.

The ninth Asian Aerobics Championship kicked off in Hanoi on June 8, attracting the participation of 316 athletes from 14 countries and territories worldwide.

In a move to raise awareness of organ donation, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has registered as a donor himself, calling on all Vietnamese citizens to follow suit.

Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi have been included in the Savills list of fastest-developing cities on the planet recently released by the commercial real estate brokerage firm.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has asked carriers to focus on ensuring safety, as the shortage of available operational planes is forcing airlines to optimise aircraft flying times to meet peak transportation demand.

The northern region is experiencing heavy rain which may cause serious flooding between June 7-9.

Three people have died after a truck crashed into two other vehicles in the central province of Ha Tinh on Saturday morning.

As many as 18 representatives from Vietnamese travel agencies will take part in a familiarisation trip (Famtrip) to Kanchanaburi in Thailand on July 3 to explore its various tourist attractions and services.

The US Agency for International Development (USAID), and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), launched on Friday an initiative in Can Tho and An Giang provinces to build their local capacities to detect, prevent, and respond to climate change-related

Vietjet has inaugurated a route connecting the capital city of Hanoi with Sydney, Australia.

After having enjoyed mild weather for several days, the northern region of Vietnam will be hit by a scorching heat wave next week, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

The investor of a tourism site in the Central Highlands resort city of Dalat has just been fined VND330 million for their illegal construction.

The Mausoleum of President Ho Chi Minh and the nearby Monument for Heroic Martyrs in Hanoi will be closed from June 10 to August 12 for the yearly maintenance, according to its management board.

The Pacific's Solomon Islands has become a key player in the global live animal trade, with foreign collectors sourcing exotic species including some subject to trade bans, an AFP investigation has found.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Thuc Duc Market area has faced serious flooding following torrential rain.