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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s upcoming visit to the Republic of Korea marks a pivotal moment in further elevating the RoK-Vietnam relationship, which is considered at its best, to an even higher level, said RoK Ambassador to Vietnam Choi Young-sam.

A research study conducted by Vietnamese doctors in HCM City has been published in The Lancet, a highly esteemed international medical journal.

The national economy of Vietnam has maintained its upward trajectory, expanding by 6.93% in the second quarter of the year, thereby raising first-half growth to 6.42%, reported the General Statistics Office.

Vietnam has recorded an estimated agro-forestry-fishery trade surplus of 8.28 billion USD during the first half of 2024, surging 62.4% year on year, said the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

A Chinese CEO in Vietnam's southern province of Binh Dinh has been banned from leaving the country after his construction company failed to pay taxes.

A ceremony was held at Xa Mat international border gate in Tay Ninh province on June 28 to receive 172 sets of remains of volunteer Vietnamese soldiers who had died in Cambodia during the past war.

A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted twice on Friday, sending a hot cloud of ash as high as seven kilometres (4.3 miles) into the sky.

Three girls have drowned while swimming in a river in the southern province of Phu Yen's Dong Xuan District.

The female driver who crashed into multiple motorbikes on Thursday night in the southern Vung Tau City, leaving two dead and five injured was drunk according to her blood alcohol level.

A water supply pipeline to Tri Nguyen and Hon Tam islands in the southern central province of Nha Trang has burst.

HCM City will spend VND28 trillion (USD1.1 billion) on the construction of five bridges.

The Hanoi Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has warned that the Breteau index (BI) has exceeded the threshold in several outbreaks in the capital city, making dengue fever increasingly complicated.

The Ministry of Health has just ordered the closure of the canteen at Song Cam Shipbuilding Company in Haiphong City after nearly 180 workers suffered suspected food poisoning following their lunch on Thursday.

The Ministry of Finance has asked relevant ministries, branches and agencies for feedback on a proposal to cut by half registration fees for domestically manufactured and assembled cars in Vietnam.

Torrential monsoon storms in Nepal have triggered landslides, lightning and flooding killing at least 14 people, a disaster official said Thursday.

The southernmost province of Cà Mau is seeking more than VNĐ26.8 trillion (US$1.05 billion) from the Government to invest in emergency works to prevent erosion, which is growing increasingly worse along the coast and threatening lives of local people.

The volume of Vietnamese products exported and sold on Amazon e-commerce platform of the United States has increased by 300% over the past five years, heard a forum held in Hanoi on June 27.

At least two women have died, while five others suffered severe injuries after being hit by a car in the southern city of Vung Tau on Thursday evening.

Five French-style villas in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, which used to host the late King Bao Dai and his family during their holidays, have just been officially recognised for their architectural values.