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The World Bank has approved a US$107 million credit to enhance the capacity, efficiency, and safety of inland waterways in the southern region of Vietnam, while also aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector.

A French-Chinese satellite blasted off Saturday on a hunt for the mightiest explosions in the universe, in a notable example of cooperation between a Western power and the Asian giant.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is set to attend the 15th World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian city, Liaoning province of China, and hold working sessions from June 24-27.

Authorities in the central province of Quang Tri have just proposed a plan to upgrade the Hien Luong Bridge, which is facing deterioration, to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam will carry out a project to upgrade Dong Hoi Airport in the central province of Quang Binh, including constructing a new terminal.

Vietnam's pepper prices have continued increasing amid the higher demand but lower supply.

More than 1,500 items of medical equipment were handed over to Vietnam's health authorities on Friday as part of the support from the United States and United Nations Children's Fund .

Pacific Airlines will return to operations on June 26 with an aircraft transferred by its parent company Vietnam Airlines Group.

A severely polluted canal in the central city of Danang will be upgraded to become a park, following VND105 billion (USD4.12 million) in investment.

The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in southern China's Guangdong province this week rose sharply to 38 on Friday, state media reported.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature has officially recognised Cát Tiên National Park in southern Vietnam as the 72nd addition to its prestigious Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas.

As a business, financial and trade hub, Singapore is vulnerable to being misused as a conduit to launder illicit funds derived from fraud committed abroad, said the Singapore’s Money Laundering National Risk Assessment (ML NRA).

Vietnam is keeping a close watch on and is deeply concerned at the information on the recent ship collision between China and the Philippines near the Second Thomas Shoal, an official has said.

A 14-year-old girl in the northern province of Bac Ninh is struggling with bone cancer, but her family is too poor to cover the treatment.

According to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting, heavy rains will fall in the Central Highlands and Southern regions in the next three days.

Michelin Guide has revealed this year’s Bib Gourmand list for Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Mass fish deaths have occurred in the Yaly Reservoir in the Central Highlands Province of Kon Tum's Sa Thay District following heavy rains.

Asian markets mostly fell Friday following a broadly negative lead from Wall Street, where tech giants led a sell-off on profit-taking, while traders are on intervention watch as the yen retreats back towards a three-decade low.

Hanoi will build a night food street around Hoang Cau Lake in Dong Da District.