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The Hanoi Department of Transport has proposed to spend VND21.39 trillion (USD883.88 million) on three belt road projects to help ease the city’s traffic jams.

Soloists of the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will perform a concert at the Opera House on January 6 to welcome the New Year.

The site clearance for a section of a belt road in Hanoi has been finished after 14 years.

The Ministry of Transport has proposed to the government to add nearly VND1 trillion (USD 41 million) to complete works on the My Thuan-Can Tho Expressway.

Asian markets fell Wednesday in line with a sell-off across most of the world as traders took their cash off the table after a blockbuster end to 2023, with eyes now on the release this week of Federal Reserve

A pig farm in the southern province of Binh Duong has been found to have discharged untreated wastewater into the Be River.

Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone and his spouse will pay an official visit to Vietnam from January 6-7 at the invitation of Vietnamese PM Pham Minh Chinh.

The Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology has placed orders for 10 types of vaccines used in the expanded programme on immunisation for allocation and distribution to localities in the early days of this month.

Phan Thiet-Dau Giay Expressway linking the two provinces of Binh Thuan and Dong Nai has been put into operation for eight months but remains partially unfinished.

HCM City has four VND9 trillion (USD371.9 million) traffic projects to implement this year to ease traffic jams in the city’s gateway areas.

The Garment 10 Joint Stock Company has just donated VND 600 million (USD 24,661) to build a bridge for a poor remote mountainous commune in Son La Province.

The Lao Government has agreed upon the proposal put forward to upgrade Nongkhang airport, which will be funded and built by Vietnam in Huaphanh province in northern Laos, into an international airport, the Vientiane Times newspaper reported on January 2.

Japanese rescuers scrambled to search for survivors Wednesday as authorities warned of landslides and heavy rain after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 62 people.

Danang International Airport has become the first and the only terminal in Vietnam to be certified as a 5-star airport by international airport rating agency Skytrax.

Five people aboard a Japan coast guard aircraft died Tuesday when it hit a Japan Airlines passenger plane on the ground in a fiery collision at Tokyo's Haneda airport.

Fourteen outstanding young citizens of HCM City in 2023 have been honoured by the city’s Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union.

Boasting a highly-open economy, Vietnam has great potential to attract high-quality foreign direct investment from major enterprises worldwide, according to insiders.

Although the employed population has increased, labour market quality has yet to improve with a large portion of informal workers, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO).

Tourism website Travel Off Path of the United States has revealed that Hoi An, a UNESCO-recognized World Cultural Heritage Site in the central province of Quang Nam, is among the top 7 trendiest destinations, ranking second in the list.