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The Ho Chi Minh City Urban Railway Management Board has just proposed to relocate and cut down 453 trees for construction of the city's second metro line.

Global warming has played a key role in gradually thinning the glaciers atop Puncak Jaya, Papua, Indonesia, some of the few remaining tropical glaciers in the world, according to Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics.

Oil prices rallied and equities sank Friday as reports said explosions had been heard in Iran and Syria, fuelling fears of an escalation of the Middle East crisis after last weekend's missile attack on Israel by Tehran.

Nearly 1,000 houses in the two northern mountainous provinces of Cao Bang and Lao Cai had roofs blown off in a whirlwind that ravaged the area on Thursday.

The Beautycare Expo 2024 kicked off Hanoi on April 18, featuring over 250 booths from more than 15 countries and territories.

The northeastern province of Quang Ninh again secured its top place in the Public Administrative Reform Index ranking in 2023 which was announced by the Government’s Steering Committee for Administrative Reform.

A dossier has been built by the People’s Committee of the northern mountainous province of Lang Son to seek the UNESCO recognition of Lang Son Geopark as a global one.

Foreign hypermarkets, retail distributors and international buying groups registering to join the Vietnam International Sourcing 2024 have shown interest in five groups of Vietnamese products.

Vietnam and the UK signed an agreement to increase cooperation on tackling illegal migration in London on April 17.

Dantri/Dtinews Newspaper have worked with the Giao Hang Tiet Kiem Company to start construction of a new school project in one of the poorest communes in the central province of Nghe An.

Indonesian rescuers raced to evacuate thousands of people Thursday after a volcano erupted five times, forcing authorities to close a nearby airport and issue a warning about falling debris that could cause a tsunami.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang arrived in Caracas on April 17 (local time), beginning his three-day official visit to Venezuela at the invitation of the government of Venezuela.

Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Air have increased frequency of their Hanoi and HCM City-Dien Bien routes to serve rising travel demand.

Authorities in the southernmost province of Ca Mau have decided to suspend a walking competition through the U Minh Ha National Park due to the fear of forest fires.

A Filipino crew member of a cargo ship died after a bad fall while the ship was running off the Vietnamese central coastal city of Danang.

10-men Vietnam on April 17 beat 10-men Kuwait 3-1 in their dramatic Group D opener of the 2024 AFC U23 Asian Cup getting underway in Qatar.

PM Pham Minh Chinh attended an incense-offering ceremony held to commemorate the death anniversary of Hung Kings on April 18 in Phu Tho Province.

It is expected that 500,000 visitors will arrive in the northern province of Phu Tho on the death anniversary of the Hung Kings and Hung Kings Temple Festival on September 18.

Police in the central province of Nghe An's Vinh City announced that they've arrested a man who was found illegally transporting up to 420 wild animals in the area.