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Singapore executed a 39-year-old man who was convicted of trafficking heroin, the city-state's fifth hanging this year and the third in just over a week, authorities said on Thursday.

International organisations and media have continued to make positive assessment of Vietnam’s economic recovery and outlook in the second half of 2023.

A freight train arrived at Hanoi's Yen Vien Station from Shijiazhuang Station in China's Hebei Province on August 2, the first international freight train service between the two countries.

The railway sector will add dozens of trains to meet higher demand during the coming National Day holiday.

Spectrum of the Seas, a ship among the world's top 10 most luxurious cruise liners, arrived at Nha Trang Bay in the southcentral coastal province of Khanh Hoa on August 2, carrying 4,600 foreign visitors onboard.

Chinese children and teens will be cut off from accessing the internet at night and have their smartphone use curbed under new rules unveiled Wednesday aimed at fighting internet addiction.

Enterprises should look for niche markets to better cope with declines in exports in major markets, said the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

A small plane has crashed on a training flight in the northern Philippines, killing an Indian student pilot and his Filipino instructor, authorities said Wednesday.

A poor woman who is struggling with cancer needs financial help to support her four small children in the central province of Quang Nam.

The Vietnamese national women’s football team has been promised approximately VND1.80 billion following their three matches at the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.

A large 50-metre crack has appeared on National Road 14 that runs through Gia Nghia City in the central highlands province of Dak Nong following prolonged heavy rains in the area.

A rare white-cheeked gibbon and a rhesus macaque have been handed over to Vu Quang National Park in the central province of Ha Tinh.

The illegal growing of durian trees in a protective forest has been cited as one of the reasons that caused the landslide in Bao Loc Pass, according to an official.

Rice export curbs by some countries like India, Russia and the United Arab Emirates will offer opportunities to both Vietnamese exporters and farmers.

Vietnamese employees will enjoy four days off from September 1-4 for the National Day Holiday.

The East Sea is anticipated to brace for two to three tropical storms or tropical depressions in August 2023 that are likely to pound the coast of Vietnam, according to the National Centre for Hydro Meteorological Forecasting.

A large amount of fish has been found dead in the Linh Dam Lake in Hanoi's Hoang Mai District over the past few days.

The Vietnam Summer Camp 2023, which brought together outstanding young overseas Vietnamese people from many countries and territories around the world, wrapped up with a ceremony in the central city of Da Nang on August 1.

Vietnam's manufacturing industry remained in contraction territory in July but showed some signs of stabilisation as softer declines were seen in output, new orders and employment while business confidence picked up, according to S&P Global.