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Authorities in HCM City will run a promotion programme from now until September 15 with attractive discounts to increase spending.

Fast-growing greenhouse development, rapid urbanisation, underinvested drainage and abnormal weather have been cited as the main reasons for the heavy flooding in the Central Highlands tourist city Dalat.

Canada-based magazine The Travel has revealed a list of the 10 cheapest countries to work remotely across the world, with Vietnam featured in the list.

Two sisters in the central province of Nghe An have received donations of VND450.47 million (USD19.14) following a serious traffic accident.

The USAID in partnership with UNICEF, has delivered 590 vaccine refrigerators to the Vietnamese Ministry of Health as part of support to further improve cold chain systems for routine immunisation and COVID-19 vaccination campaigns.

Five Vietnamese universities keep their places in the QS World University Rankings 2024 recently released by the UK-based education organisation Quacquarelli Symonds.

As many as 13 households located by Thanh Da Canal in HCM City’s Binh Thanh District have been severely hit by erosion.

The Vietnamese economy is continuing to encounter difficulties as it only expanded by estimated 3.72% in the first half of the year, according to statistics released by the General Statistics Office (GSO).

A fishing boat was found transporting around 60,000 litres of diesel off the coast of the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

State President Vo Van Thuong attended a farewell ceremony held for Vietnamese peacekeepers who will depart for UN peacekeeping missions in South Sudan and Abyei.

Two fishermen have died of asphyxiation after entering a fish storage cabin in a vessel off the southern province of Binh Dinh.

A string of forest rangers in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai have resigned due to low pay and high pressure, prompting local authorities to scramble for recruits.

Two people have died and five others injured after a landslide buried houses in Hoang Hoa Tham Street in Dalat City early Thursday morning.

The flows of foreign direct investment into Vietnam are forecast to increase in the second half of the year as the downturn has been improved in recent months, experts have said.

As many as 65 flights faced difficulties landing at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport late Wednesday afternoon due to a thunderstorm, according to the Southern Region Air Traffic Services Company.

The Ha Nam Provincial People's Committee has just issued a fine of nearly VND2.65 billion on the Vu Bang Textile Garment Company for discharging untreated wastewater into the Chau Giang River.

Lee Jung-hee was set to turn 60 next year but South Korea dropped its traditional age counting system Wednesday, so the Seoul-based housewife just got a year younger -- and she's thrilled.

The government has issued a decree on slashing registration fees for domestically produced and assembled cars from July 1.

All 18 referees and assistant referees who attended a video assistant referee technology training course have been confirmed as meeting FIFA's VAR refereeing standards.