Society

Many residential areas in Hanoi will face water shortages this summer.

The continual erosion of the riverbank in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has threatened many local houses.

Authorities in the northern province of Bac Giang have vowed to strictly deal with rampant illegal logging in the area.

At least seven people were killed and more than 700 injured Wednesday by a powerful earthquake in Taiwan that damaged dozens of buildings and prompted tsunami warnings that extended to Japan and the Philippines before being lifted.

Asian markets tumbled Wednesday as investors grow increasingly sceptical that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates as much as hoped this year, while a massive earthquake in Taiwan added to the sense of gloom.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said Wednesday that the tsunami threat from a major earthquake in Taiwan "has now passed", with authorities in Taipei saying no injuries or deaths had been reported so far.

Four workers have been killed in a coal mine explosion in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

Customs officers and border guards in the central province of Quang Tri have just arrested nine Lao citizens for allegedly transporting 100 kilos of methamphetamine.

The Southern Traditional Cake Festival 2024 will take place in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 17-21.

Hanoi is renovating Trang Tien Street in Hoan Kiem District and the work is scheduled to be completed for the 69th anniversary of Hanoi Liberation Day (October 10).

The Vietnam International Travel Mart Hanoi 2024, slated to take place from April 11-14 under the theme "Vietnam tourism - Green transition for sustainable development," is said to closely follow a new global trend of "Net zero tours".

Vietnamese weightlifter Trinh Van Vinh clinched a coveted spot at the Paris 2024 Olympics with a dominant performance at the ongoing 2024 International Weightlifting Federation World Cup in Thailand.

More than 100 workers from the Hoa Khanh-Da Nang Textile Joint Stock Company in the central city of Danang have gathered to protest against slow payment and poor policies.

Activists welcomed the Thai senate passing the first reading of a bill to legalise same-sex marriage Tuesday, bringing the kingdom another step closer to becoming the first Southeast Asian country to recognise marriage equality.

The Vietnam Denmark Friendship Association and the Embassy of Denmark have announced the names of 62 individual winners and three group prizewinners of the Denmark in Your Eyes 2023 painting contest.

A decrease in deposit interest rates has been recorded in a number of banks from the beginning of April.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai is leading a Vietnamese delegation to attend the 2024 Vietnam Executive Leadership Programme (VELP) held at Harvard University in Boston, the US, from April 1-3.

A man in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue has handed over a rare python weighing 85 kilos to the provincial forest rangers.

Frigate Vendémiaire of the French Navy will pay a goodwill visit to Da Nang, central Vietnam, from April 11 to 15, according to the French Embassy in Hanoi.