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A low pressure area strengthened into a tropical depression in the East Sea on July 19, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

The southernmost province of Ca Mau has organised free swimming classes for local poor children this summer.

An eight-year-old elephant in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak which had both tusks broken due to an accident has been successfully rescued.

Danang City People’s Committee has proposed financial support for local households to buy smartphones following the Ministry of Information and Communications’ decision to turn off 2G technology on land in the coming time.

Asian equities sank in line with Wall Street Friday as the optimism over expected US interest rate cuts was overshadowed by uncertainty about the presidential election and worries over China's economy.

The pepper prices on July 18 in some key pepper producers of Vietnam continue to be under downward pressure, reaching the lowest price of VNĐ147,000 (US$5.79) per kilo.

The final night of the Miss Tourism Vietnam 2024 pageant is scheduled to take place on July 20 in Cam Pha city in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

The rampant hunting for wild birds is threatening the biodiversity in Vietnam, according to Education for Nature Vietnam.

A solemn ceremony was held by the Vietnamese Party and State at the Hanoi-based Military Central Hospital 108 on July 18 afternoon to present the Gold Star Order to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed an official dispatch to relevant ministries to work alongside relevant Thai authorities in deploying citizen protection measures over the death of four Vietnamese nationals in a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.

Domestic retail petroleum prices declined at 3 pm today, July 18, after a decision by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance.

Most striking South Korean junior doctors will not be returning to hospitals despite government efforts to persuade them, Seoul's health ministry said Thursday, in a major blow to a health system already rocked by months of chaos.

The Transport Department in HCM City has asked the municipal centre for road traffic management to conduct a feasibility study on opening a separate bike lanes in the city centre.

The Politburo, the Party Secretariat and high-level leaders have directed professional units and mobilised leading medical professors, physicians and medical experts to prioritise health care for the Party leader.

For decades, people in the Gao and Ga market area in HCM City's District 1 have struggled to live in tiny 2-4 square metre houses.

Vietnamese athletes promised to give their best Olympic performance in Paris while speaking at the send-off ceremony held on July 17 in Hanoi.

Vietnam, along with Thailand, are the two fastest growing e-commerce markets in Southeast Asia, according to the recently released report '2024 E-commerce in Southeast Asia' by Momentum Works.

A fire that tore through a shopping centre in southwestern China has killed 16 people, state media reported Thursday.

Vietnam has officially presented the Submission of Vietnam’s extended continental shelf in respect of Central Area of the East Sea (South China Sea) to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf.