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Many farmers in the southern province of Dong Nai have continued to lose their crops to wild elephants seeking food while local authorities are trying to complete the electric fences around the forest to avoid human-elephant conflicts.

Vietnamese PM Pham Minh Chinh hosted a welcoming ceremony for Cambodian PM Hun Manet who arrived on an official visit to Vietnam on Monday morning.

TikTok on Monday announced a $1.5 billion investment in GoTo in a deal that would allow the Chinese-owned short video app to restart its online shop in Indonesia.

Asian markets diverged Monday as investors awaited key US data and a Federal Reserve policy decision after labour figures last week suggested the US central bank was on course to deliver a soft landing for the economy while reining

Asian markets diverged Monday as investors awaited key US data and a Federal Reserve policy decision after labour figures last week suggested the US central bank was on course to deliver a soft landing for the economy while reining

Japan’s Shinnyo-en Foundation and the Vietnam Study Promotion Fund have awarded 88 scholarships to disadvantaged students in the northern provinces of Hung Yen and Nam Dinh.

The Ministry of Transport has issued a circular which will increase ceiling airfares for domestic routes from March 1, 2024 in the context that domestic airlines are under post-COVID-19 financial pressure.

Some of the more than 300 Rohingya refugees who arrived on the western coasts of Indonesia on Sunday were transferred to a temporary shelter during the visit of a United Nations representative.

The official visit to Vietnam from December 11-12 by Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet will continue to further solidify traditional friendship between the two nations.

The southern province of Dong Thap will organise the first Sa Dec flower and ornamental tree festival between December 30 and January 5 next year.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue cut the ribbon launching the Vietnam Town in Thailand's northeastern Udon Thani province on December 9, with the site being the first in Thailand and the world.

The northern province of Lang Son has approved a VND11.2-trillion (USD462.81 million) highway project.

The annual BridgeFest Music Festival was held on Nguyễn Huệ Street in HCM City on Saturday night, attracting thousands of people.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang has asked ministries, sectors and localities to promptly implement solutions to strengthen foreign investment attraction, according to a document released by the Government Office.

Nearly 200 Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, were stranded on a beach in western Indonesia Sunday after local authorities said they would not accept the new arrivals, AFP witnessed.

The Hue International Music Week 2023 officially opened on December 8 in Ngo Mon Square of the Hue Citadel in the central province of Thua Thien Hue.

Doctors from the Ho Chi Minh-based Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine have provided free health check-ups and medicines for disadvantaged Vietnamese and locals living in Khammouane during a programme in the central Lao province from December 5-10.

China’s Sichuan Airlines started operating the first flight from Sichuan’s Chengdu City to Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on Friday.