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Thanks to drastic efforts by the Government, credit growth is expected to increase positively in the last months of this year, helping ease difficulties for businesses and propelling forward the development of the economy.

Japan issued a tsunami advisory for some coastal regions early Monday following a series of shallow earthquakes in the Izu islands in the Pacific Ocean but there were no immediate reports of damage from the minor waves generated, seismologists said.

A tourist has died while climbing the Ta Chi Nhu Mountain in the northern province of Yen Bai.

The death toll from a series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan rose sharply on Sunday to more than 2,000, the Taliban government said, as bodies continued to be pulled from demolished villages and buried in mass graves.

Vietnamese citizens, including the Vietnamese community, officials on business trips and tourists to Israel, have remained safe amid the escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas militants that caused hundreds of casualties in recent days, according to the Ministry of

Vietnam is deeply concerned about the escalating violence between Hamas and Israel, calling on relevant parties to exercise restraint and negotiate to settle disagreements.

The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office has just revised the growth forecast for Vietnam’s economy in 2023, increasing it to 4.7% from the previous 4.4% stated in the July report.

PM Phạm Minh Chính has requested the heads of ministries, sectors, and localities to take drastic action against illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and tackle existing shortcomings facing the work.

The death toll from an earthquake in western Afghanistan on Saturday has risen to around 120 with 1,000 more injured, disaster relief authorities said, as desperate families dug into the night to free relatives trapped in the rubble.

The south central province of Khánh Hòa has so far attracted six Japanese projects worth over US$2.65 billion, or nearly 70 per cent of the total foreign direct investment in the locality.

A family of four members in the central province of Nghe An are in desperate need of financial support to cover treatment for serious burns following a gas explosion.

Nearly 4,000 runners have registered to participate in the Phan Thiet Marathon 2023 which will be held for the first time at the southern coastal city on October 22.

Road traffic accidents are the second leading cause of death and serious injuries among Vietnamese children and adolescents, just behind drowning.

Heavy rains have caused landslides in many areas in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, killing two people.

A man has just been fined VND137.50 million for catching snails in a marine protected area at Con Dao National Park.

Vietnam, as an open economy with multiple Free Trade Agreements in place, is committed to fulfilling its obligations in the automobile import sector.

Hanoi has set a goal to reduce and halve the number of traffic deaths and injuries by 2030 compared to 2020.

The southern province of Binh Duong has confirmed a second monkeypox infection case, a 19-year-old man.