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The Southeast Asian Sports Council has officially announced the identities of 10 athletes who tested positive for doping at the SEA Games 31, including five Vietnamese players.

The HCM City Department of Tourism has proposed opening tours of the municipal people’s committee headquarters building to meet increased tourist demand.

A Vietnam Airlines pilot has been suspended from flying after being tested positive for ketamine.

Up to 23,500 Vietnamese people have registered to work in South Korea through the Employment Permit System which is the highest for a decade, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

In recent years, startup campaigns and contests have taken place to promote the spirit of entrepreneurship among students, and from those contests, many startup projects have been developed.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has sent a document to relevant agencies in order to request that they tighten control and strictly handle cases of illegal transportation of poultry products across the border into Vietnam.

Asian stocks were mixed on Friday following a slide on Wall Street driven by renewed fears of banking sector turmoil.

The consumer price index in April decreased by 0.34% month-on-month, but increased by 2.81% year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office.

Ngo Hoang Linh is set to represent Vietnam at the World Fitness Supermodel 2023 due to be held in Thailand this May.

President Vo Van Thuong arrived in London on May 4 afternoon (local time), beginning his visit to attend the coronation of King Charles III at the invitation of the Royal Family of the UK.

Petroleum products prices decreased from 3 pm on Thursday, marking the second consecutive fall.

Vietnam regrets and strongly opposes the release of items with ‘yellow flag’ images in Australia, Pham Thu Hang, deputy spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on May 4.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Luxembourg counterpart Xavier Bettel held talks in Hanoi on May 4, affirming both sides’ wish and determination to lift bilateral relations to a new development stage that is more substantive and effective.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Switzerland signed a cofinancing agreement of up to $5 million to nurture financial technologies (fintech) that can help address low financial inclusion in Vietnam, particularly among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

A train carrying 355 passengers had one of its carriage derailed while running in the central city of Hue on Thursday morning.

Hand-shaped watch towers on Hai Tien Beach in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa have disappointed tourists due to their poor construction quality.

Electricity of Vietnam have announced an increase in average electricity retail prices by 3 percent to VND1,920.37 (USD81.71) per kWh from today, May 4.

State President Vo Van Thuong on May 4 left Hanoi for London to attend the coronation of UK King Charles III.

Global and domestic coffee prices are at high levels, providing opportunities for Vietnam to maintain a coffee export revenue of over US$4 billion this year, a record set in 2022, while the global supply is narrowing down.