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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed $23.6 billion from its own resources in 2023, including $9.8 billion for climate action, to help Asia and the Pacific progress on sustainable development.

Another bidding session for 16,800 taels of gold bullion will be held today, the State Bank of Vietnam said in a statement.

A VND1.5 trillion (USD59 million) theme park in the southern province of Dong Nai is scheduled to open on the coming Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day holiday.

Vietnam has been the fastest growing digital economy in ASEAN in 2022, 2023 and expected to maintain this position until 2025, with the forecast of smartphones users reaching 67.3 million by 2026.

About 20,090ha of farmland and over 2,600 households have been hit by drought and water scarcity in the Central Region, Central Highlands, and Northeastern Regions.

The State Bank of Vietnam has taken some moves like issuing treasury bills and stipulating liquidity and interest rates in the inter-bank market in the face of surging USD/VND exchange rates.

The HCM City Management Centre of Public Transport has launched Go! Bus TPHCM – a mini app on popular messaging platform Zalo, to provide information about public passenger transport.

Standard Chartered Bank has moved to lower Vietnam’s GDP growth forecast for the year to 6% from the previous figure of 6.7% due to lower-than-expected growth in the first quarter of the year and global trade headwinds.

A barge capsized when travelling to Ly Son Island in the central province of Quang Ngai, killing three and leaving two others unaccounted for.

Victims of severe floods in southern China raced on Wednesday to salvage property from the muddy waters, as authorities warned of more heavy rains to come.

Around 7.1 million cubic metres of water are being pumped into Vam Co Dong River in the Mekong Delta province of Long An to mitigate saline intrusion.

Around 100 tonnes of seaweed has drifted onto Do Son Beach in the northern city of Haiphong over recent days.

Uzbekistan Airways will open a new international air route from Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan, to Cam Ranh city in the southern central province of Khanh Hoa.

Fireworks are set to illuminate the skies over six venues across the capital from 9 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. on October 10 as a way of marking its 70th Liberation Day.

The US Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) and the US Coast Guard opened the regional workshop on illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Da Nang in partnership with the Department of Fisheries Surveillance of

A poor couple in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa is in desperate need of support for their two ailing sons.

The US Department of State and the Atlantic Council, in partnership with the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology hosted the inaugural AI Connect II Regional Workshop in Ho Chi Minh City from April 22-24, 2024, featuring participants from

The Moc Chau tourism complex has been officially recognised as a national tourism site under a recently-signed decision by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

More than 100,000 people have been evacuated due to heavy rain and fatal floods in southern China, with the government issuing its highest-level rainstorm warning for the affected area on Tuesday.