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HCM City has reported the first patients infected with a new Covid-19 subvariant, known as JN.1, according to the municipal Department of Health.

Online travel company Agoda has named the nation among the top 5 destinations for travelers around the Asia-Pacific region looking for a getaway over the forthcoming Lunar New Year travel break.

Six people were killed and 14 injured in a gas explosion caused by a vehicle crash in Mongolia's capital on Wednesday, authorities said.

President Vo Van Thuong held talks with visiting German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Hanoi on January 23 following a welcome ceremony featuring a resounding 21-gun salute.

Overseas remittances to Ho Chi Minh City in 2023 reached over 9.46 billion USD, marking a year-on-year increase of 43.3% and a record high in the last ten years.

The HCM City Department of Culture and Sports has proposed holding a range of cultural and artistic activities to welcome the 2024 Tet Lunar New Year.

The HCM City Department of Construction has proposed building six more parks by 2030 to increase public space.

Mau Son Mountain in the northern province of Lang Son has been covered in layers of ice and frost amid the bone-chilling cold weather.

Three people were killed and five injured in northwestern China after an earthquake hit the area near the country's border with Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday, state media said.

President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse hosted a grand welcome ceremony with cannon salute for German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his spouse in Hanoi on January 23.

The Ban Flower Festival, a highlight of the National Tourism Year 2024, is set to open in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien on March 16.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) of Viet Nam and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) today launched the first-ever study on women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Viet Nam.

Prestigious British newspaper The Times recently recommended 12 best places to visit in Vietnam all of which provide dazzling and memorable experiences.

Nearly 500 gifts and scholarships have been presented to Cambodians of Vietnamese origin in Phnom Penh and Kandal province of Cambodia, in an endeavor to bring a more warm and happy Lunar New Year Festival to them.

Thick frost is blanketing Phja Oac Mountain in the northern province of Cao Bang as the temperature fell to minus five degrees centigrade.

Many schools in Hanoi closed on Tuesday morning as temperatures fell to below 10 degrees Celsius.

Police in the central province of Quang Tri have seized a 200-kilo tiger which was found in a car on Monday evening.

At least three passengers have died and many others were injured after a passenger bus plunged into a valley in the central city of Danang early Tuesday morning.

Four teenagers drowned while swimming at a lake in the central highlands province of Dak Lak on Monday afternoon.