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Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, former Deputy Minister of National Defense, passed away on September 14 at the age of 66 after a period of combatting illness.

Binh Chanh District in HCM City has proposed to open a night street in Trung Son Residential Area to develop tourism.

Chinese tourists will enjoy visa-free entry to Thailand from the end of September under a temporary scheme announced by the kingdom's newly formed cabinet Wednesday.

Many pharmacies in the central city of Danang have run out of pink eye medicines after a widespread outbreak.

Indonesian police, in a joint operation with Thai and Malaysian authorities, have arrested 39 people allegedly linked to a major regional drug syndicate.

Hanoi Police have detained the owner of a local mini apartment building for violating fire safety regulations after a fire caused 56 deaths and 37 injuries at midnight on September 12 here.

Authorities in the central province of Quang Nam are investigating a food poisoning case at a Banh mi baguette shop in Hoi A City after over 90 customers were hospitalised.

Renewable energy companies have recorded declining earnings results, partly due to burdens on corporate bond payment.

One of Tokyo's last handmade umbrella shops has weathered many storms and is now thriving thanks to booming demand for parasols as Japanese summers get hotter, including increasingly from men.

Dantri/DTiNews readers have donated over VND180 million (USD7,659) to a poor woman in the northern province of Hoa Binh who is struggling with bone cancer.

The Economic Zone Management Board in the northern city of Haiphong has proposed setting up a 2,000-hectare economic zone.

The northern province of Ha Nam has planned to establish a Delacour's langur conservation area in Kim Bang District.

Equities mostly fell Wednesday ahead of a crunch US inflation report, with investors increasingly nervous that a recent spike in oil will put fresh upward pressure on consumer prices and force the Federal Reserve to lift interest rates again.

More than 30 people were killed and dozens injured following a fire that broke out at a mini apartment building in Hanoi at midnight on September 12.

Dozens of people were killed and injured following a fire that broke out at a mini apartment building in Hanoi's Thanh Xuan District at midnight on Tuesday.

At least two people have died and five others remain missing when a flash flood occurred on Tuesday night in the northern mountainous town of Sapa.

Visitors to Co To Island in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh will be banned from bringing plastic bags and single-use plastic items from September 15 as local authorities are trying to build a sustainable, green tourism environment.

A smoky haze blanketed Australia's scenic Sydney Harbour on Wednesday, as a ring of controlled blazes burned on the city's fringes in preparation for the looming bushfire season.

The electronics sector accounts for 17.8% of Vietnam’s industry, placing the nation among the world’s top 15 largest exporters of this kind of product.