Society

A notorious Indonesian animal market has ended the sale of dog and cat meat after years of activist pressure to stop the trade and its brutal methods of slaughter, according to campaigners.

Tourists from the Philippines make up the biggest spenders, with their spending rising from US$1,124 in 2017 to US$2,257 in 2019 per trip during their trip to Vietnam.

The chairmen of two communes in the central highlands province of Lam Dong's Bao Lam District have been suspended as local authorities continue to investigate the killing of hundreds of pine trees in a local forest.

Prices of apartments in Hanoi have increased by 73 percent since the first quarter of 2019 according to a report on the local real estate market in the second quarter of 2023 released by real estate consultancy company Savills Vietnam.

A vegetarian restaurant in the central city of Danang has provided free meals to disadvantaged people.

HCM City is facing a high risk of lacking hand, foot and mouth medicines amid increasing number of patients.

Phu Quoc island city in the southern province of Kien Giang has been seriously inundated due to heavy rains.

President Vo Van Thuong received visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in Hanoi on July 21.

The Central Highlands and the southern regions have been forecasted to face heavy rain from July 21.

Petroleum prices have considerably increased from 3 pm today, July 21 after a decision by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Ministry of Finance.

Some of the southern city of Phan Thiet’s best beaches are being covered by rubbish swept to shore as the southwest monsoon season kicks off in July.

Three children have been found dead after they went to swim in the Lam River in the central province of Nghe An on Thursday.

Three members of a family in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang died after eating poisonous mushrooms, while two others remain sick.

Police in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak have collected 4,576 weapons 40 days after calling on local people to hand in weapons and explosives.

The rising demands for rice in international markets and higher prices are benefiting rice exporters as the number of orders has increased sharply.

American singer and songwriter Charlie Puth arrived in Vietnam early on the morning of July 21 ahead of the 8Wonder music gala which will be held in Khanh Hoa province the following day.

A whale shark has been seen swimming off the Quy Nhon coast in the southern province of Binh Dinh.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his visiting Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim held talks in Hanoi on July 20, noting with satisfaction the development of the bilateral relations, especially since the establishment of the Strategic partnership in 2015.

The HCM City Department of Transport has recommended building smart multi-story parking lots in districts 1 and 5.