Society

Hundreds of households in the central city of Danang’s Hoa Vang District have faced water shortages due to the prolonged drought.

HCM City has piloted collecting pavement rental fees on 11 streets from May 9.

Vietnam Railway Corporation lost VND50 billion (USD1.97 million) due to recent landslides at Bai Gio Tunnel on the North-South railway.

Tourist services have continued on Tuyen Lam Lake in the Central Highlands Province of Lam Dong despite a ban by local authorities.

An examination conducted by the Ministry of Education and Training has uncovered that an IDP Education Company in Vietnam issued 56,000 IELTS certificates in 2022 in spite of not being authorised to do so.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang on May 9 said that Vietnam welcomes the US Commerce Department’s consideration of upgrading Vietnam to 'market economy' status.

Retail petrol prices have sharply dropped by over VND1,000 per litre following the latest adjustment by the ministries of Industry and Trade, and Finance.

The Vietnamese student team have won a total of six prizes at the VEX Robotics World Championship 2024.

The northern coastal province of Quang Ninh topped Vietnam's Provincial Competitiveness Index 2023 for the seventh consecutive year with 71.25 points, according to the PCI 2023 report released on May 9.

Vietnam continued its bumpy path of recovery in April, in part reflecting the highly uncertain global environment, according to the April report “Vietnam at a glance” released recently by HSBC.

Vietnam's banking sector is in a prime position to take the lead in the country's digital transformation process, said Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính at an event organised by the State Bank of Vietnam.

Many of the central city of Danang's streets have been defaced with graffiti.

Vietnam has for long not used the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 across the country, said a representative of the Drug Registration Division of the Drug Administration of Vietnam under the Ministry of Health.

Cuc Phuong National Park, which covers 22,000 hectares stretching across the northern provinces of Ninh Binh, Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa, has opened night tours using electric cars.

Large amounts of fish have died in the Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal in HCM City following heavy rain over recent days.

The US Mission Vietnam has just announced the 2025 competition for the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Programme.

The German Embassy hosted its first discussion of the “Hanoi Climate Talks” series on May 8.

Coffee prices have continued falling while local traders have reduced transactions.

A high-speed ferry connecting Con Dao Island in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Ho Chi Minh City will start operation on May 13.