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Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi has recorded sharp rises in the numbers of international flights and passengers during the recent holidays which lasted from April 29 to May 3.

The remains of an Australian man who went missing on a fishing trip in crocodile-infested waters have been found inside two of the reptiles, police said Wednesday.

A total of 129 traffic accidents occurred across Vietnam during the national holidays from April 29 to May 3, killing 67 people and injuring 90 others, according to the Traffic Police Department.

The government is drafting a National Assembly resolution on slashing the value added tax to 8% from the current 10% to support businesses and people.

Mohammed Azhar holds his baby niece next to a storm drain full of plastic and stinking black sludge, testament to India's failure to treat nearly two-thirds of its urban sewage.

The northern tourist town of Sapa had served an estimated 103,000 visitors during the recent five-day holiday, the highest number recorded so far and 105 percent higher than the same period last year.

Police in the southern province of Binh Thuan have just detained a 14-year-old boy after he stole a 30-seated passenger bus.

Vietnam and many other countries around the world will likely observe a penumbral lunar eclipse which is set to occur when the Earth's outer shadow falls on the Moon's face on May 5.

Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and a high-ranking delegation of Luxembourg arrived at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on May 3 morning, starting an official visit to Vietnam from May 3-5 at the invitation of PM Pham Minh Chinh.

A poor couple in the southern city of Can Tho are in desperate need of financial help to support their two children who are both disabled.

A Dutch man has just been arrested for allegedly killing his Vietnamese wife in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.

The coffee industry of Vietnam is working to increase the value of raw coffee exports as low added value still makes up the majority of the product that is shipped overseas.

Drastic measures are needed for HCM City to address a series of problems in a bid to speed up recovery, experts say.

Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan is scheduled to leave Hanoi on May 3 for Dubai to attend the 2023 Global Summit of Women and then visit the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.

Xavier Bettel, prime minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is scheduled to arrive in Hanoi on May 3, beginning a three-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart.

A US climber has died on Mount Everest, his expedition organiser said Tuesday, in the first foreign death on the highest mountain in the world this season.

Four COVID-19 patients have died of the coronavirus and underlying illnesses in Vietnam during the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said in its coronavirus update on May 2.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in partnership with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Plus Three (ASEAN+3) finance ministers and central bank governors, today launched the report “Reinvigorating Financing Approaches for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure in ASEAN+3”.