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From livestreamed fish to diplomatic study trips, Japan is waging a concerted campaign to calm controversy before it begins releasing treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea.

The water levels in hydropower reservoirs have been rising and technical problems of a number of thermopower turbines solved, ensuring a basically sufficient power supply in the north.

One more suspect in the case of "terrorism aimed at opposing the people's administration" in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has been put on the special wanted list.

Dong Hoi Airport in the central province of Quang Binh will have a new VND1.96 trillion (USD83.41 million) terminal as part of upgrades.

Legendary violinist Fan Ting of Hong Kong (China) along with celebrities will perform at a concert entitled “The International Classical Music Festival: From Beethoven to Rachmaninoff: A Romantic Era” this July.

The goal of keeping inflation under 4.5% this year will be totally feasible, as the rate may range between 2.5-3.5%, experts said at a seminar held in Hanoi on July 4.

The southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City will build seven new logistic centres from now to 2025, the municipal People’s Committee said on July 3.

A total of four Vietnamese universities have entered the Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2023, which lists the world’s best universities that are 50 years old or younger.

The Thac Ba Hydropower Plant has suspended its last power turbine as the water level has dropped too low to ensure proper operations.

The highly anticipated movie Barbie will not be showing in Vietnamese theatres for scenes depicting China's nine-dash-line map that is considered to be a violation of Vietnam's sovereign territory.

The northern region of Vietnam has been forecasted to see a widespread rainy front, starting from late afternoon of July 4.

Ten members of a single family were swept away in a river surge in Malaysia, with seven bodies found just under 25 kilometres from where they had been swimming, a senior police official said Tuesday.

The Animals Asia Foundation has worked with the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak to phase out the elephant-riding tourism industry and has given endangered elephants a return to life in the wild.

The last tourist boat on Hanoi's West Lake is being dismantled after being left idle there for five years.

Authorities in the northern province of Bac Giang have approved a project to build a new urban area combined with a golf course worth over VND6 trillion (USD253.90 million).

Vinh International Airport in the northern central province of Nghe An has resumed operations after 16 hours of closure due to urgent runway repairs.

Two passenger trains from the capital city of Hanoi to the northern port city of Hai Phong will be organised at the Hanoi station on all days in the week starting July 13, instead of just weekends and holidays

Hanoi’s People Committee has proposed Hanoi’s construction master plan until 2045 should be amended to include two local satellite cities.

Vietnam can return to high growth rates over the medium term, as structural reforms are implemented, Division Chief of the International Monetary Fund’s Fiscal Affairs Department Paulo Medas has said.