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Ten localities in Vietnam are taking actions to fight plastic pollution under Plastic Smart Cities (PSC), an initiative put forward by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

More than 1,130 natural disasters occurred in Vietnam this year, leaving 166 people dead and missing, according to a report by the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.

The Open Air #2 X-mas Festival scheduled to take place in Hanoi on December 23 and 24 was cancelled at the last minute after some artists announced they would not perform.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 22 hosted a reception for Gautam Adani, Chairman of India's major infrastructure conglomerate Adani Group which is currently exploring an investment of roughly US$10 billion in Vietnam over the next decade.

Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City has been forecasted to handle up to 27,000 flights with a total of four million passengers during the coming Tet Lunar New Year.

The Vietnamese men’s national football team wrapped up the year 2023 with the first place in Southeast Asia, 15th in Asia and 94th in the world in FIFA's latest rankings.

The International Solar Alliance (ISA) launched the SolarX Startup Challenge for the Asia-Pacific region at COP28 in Dubai, showcasing its commitment to fostering entrepreneurship and driving solar projects in the region.

The toll from China's deadliest earthquake in years rose to 148 on Friday, state media reported, as authorities turned their attention to resettling thousands of people displaced by the disaster.

The principal of Hoang Thu Pho 1 Primary School in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai has resigned as police launched an investigation into the poor meals given to students.

Two of four wallabies recently trafficked into Vietnam have died a short time after being sent to the Hoang Lien Rescue and Conservation Centre in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.

A poor woman in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has received over VND140 million in donations to help cover treatment for her breast cancer after her story was shared on Dantri/Dtinews.

Two women have died after being hit by a train while driving a motorbike across the railway in Hanoi on Friday morning.

Asian markets pressed ahead with their rally Friday as another round of US data further stoked expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates more than it has indicated next year.

A landslide at a coal mine in the northern province of Quang Ninh has killed two workers and injured six others.

Authorities of Hanoi’s Quoc Oai District have removed a temporary market by Thang Long Avenue that specialised in selling wild birds.

According to the Vietnam Register, as many as 14,000 coaches and trucks in Vietnam are scheduled to have reached the end of their roadworthiness from January 1.

Authorities in the southern coastal province of Kien Giang have temporarily halted ferry and boat services to Phu Quoc Island due to bad weather.

Local representative Do Thi Lan Anh is among the Top 12 finalists in the Best National Costume sub-contest at the Miss Earth 2023 pageant, which is currently underway in Da Lat.

President Vo Van Thuong examined the training and combat readiness at Brigade K3 of General Department II, the Ministry of National Defence on the occasion of the 79th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army.