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PM Pham Minh Chinh on September 22 met with Mayor of New York Eric Adams, during which he affirmed Vietnam attaches importance to its cooperation with the US city.

Hanoi's authorities have agreed to spend VND9.20 billion (USD383,333) to help the survivors and families of a recent tragic fire.

Thousands of people were warned to stay indoors and many schools were shut Friday as a thick haze blanketed the Philippine capital and surrounding provinces.

Vietnam defines Bangladesh as its important partner and a potential investment destination for major corporations and enterprises of the Southeast Asian country in the future, NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue said.

President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse hosted a reception in Hanoi on September 22 for visiting Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko of Japan.

Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat has called for preparing a workforce for artificial intelligence (AI), thus contributing to the sustainable development of the AI ecosystem in Vietnam.

Authorities of the southern central province of Khanh Hoa have received the proposal on building an highway linking Nha Trang City and Lien Khuong District in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) on September 22 asked health departments of all localities to enhance measures against Whitmore, also called melioidosis, following a 15-year-old death of the infectious disease.

Most stock markets rose Friday, reversing early losses and a sell-off on Wall Street, as traders contemplate further interest rate hikes by central banks to tame inflation.

Many rocks are precariously perched along an overpass on Mai Son- National Road 45, threatening passers-by.

The country has been named as a leading travel destination for international tourists, according to a list compiled by digital travel platform Agoda.

Authorities in Tinh Bien Town in the southern province of An Giang have just proposed to the provincial people’s committee to demolish 10 homestay facilities which have been illegally built on forest land on Cam Mountain.

The southern province of Binh Duong has announced to spare 200 hectares of land area near the Cau Mountain to build an airport.

Most stock markets fell Friday, extending a global retreat as investors fret that central banks will have to continue pushing up interest rates as they struggle to tame inflation.

Initial results from Nha Trang's Pasteur Institute of the samples taken from the Madam Phuong Banh My Hoi A shop on September 11 have found some bacteria including Salmonella spp and Bacillus cereus.

HCM City is making efforts to complete the construction of its first metro line linking Ben Thanh and Suoi Tien by the end of this year and put the line into commercial operation next July.

The Government has approved for the Vietnam Airlines Corporation (Vietnam Airlines) to set up an additional salary fund to increase the salary of Vietnamese pilots.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh rang the bell to open a trading session at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on September 21 morning (US time) while visiting the world largest stock exchange.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue held talks with Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) of Bangladesh Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in Dhaka on September 21, following the welcome ceremony.