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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.

More than 500 delegates will attend the ninth global conference of young parliamentarians to be hosted by the National Assembly of Vietnam in Hanoi on September 14-18.

Vietnamese flower designers won big in a flower arrangement contest at the World Flower Council Summit 2023 which wrapped up in the Central Highlands city of Da Lat on September 11.

A Chinese city has launched an operation to find a large number of crocodiles that escaped when floods hit the region in recent days, authorities said Tuesday.

The Standing Committee of the National Assembly opened its 26th session in Hanoi on September 12, with National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue in the chair.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines plans to buy 50 narrow-body Boeing 737 Max aircraft in a deal worth 10 billion with the US group Boeing.

The health sector in HCM City will inaugurate a new dialysis facility in the outlying district of Cần Giờ in the beginning of October, providing better access to dialysis for people who have kidney failure or end-stage renal disease.

The northern region of Vietnam has been forecasted to witness heavy rain with strong winds on September 12-13.

Asian markets struggled Tuesday to extend a Wall Street and European rally as traders nervously await US inflation data, while lingering concerns about China's economy remain a millstone.

Vietnam exported a record volume of nearly 6 million tonnes of rice in the first eight months of this year, up 20% year on year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Authorities in the south-central province of Phu Yen have just proposed the construction of a domestic passenger terminal at Tuy Hoa Airport, with a design capacity of three million passengers per year.

Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa was acquitted Tuesday of her final tax evasion charge, the latest legal victory for the veteran journalist as she battles to stay out of prison.

Two people have been killed when two trucks collided on the Phap Van-Cau Gie Expressway early Tuesday morning.

A rubber and coffee processing plant in the central province of Nghe An has created severe pollution in two nearby residential areas.

Silk Sense Hoi An River Resort has become the first Zero Plastic Waste Resort in Vietnam by utilising eco-friendly materials and completely eliminating plastic waste from the local environment, with no more single-use plastics being used on site.

US President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. on September 11 concluded his two-day State visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

The Ministry of Transport by the end of August had disbursed about VNĐ49.7 trillion (US$2 billion) out of the total public investment capital plan assigned by the Prime Minister of more than VNĐ95.2 trillion ($3.96 billion).

Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue met with US President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. in Hanoi in the afternoon of September 11.

President Vo Van Thuong hosted a reception in Hanoi on September 11 for US President Joseph R. Biden Jr. who paid a state visit to Vietnam following the invitation of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.