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A 200kg wartime bomb has been discovered buried underground as a resident was digging an irrigation trench in the southern province of Long An.

A troop of monkeys from Bai Tho Mountain in Ha Long City, Quang Ninh Province, has been invading residential areas in search of food, leaving local residents frustrated and concerned.

Three crew members on a fishing boat from Ben Tre Province have died of suspected gas suffocation off the coast of southern Vietnam.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam launched the 2025 Human Development Report (HDR) in Hanoi on May 12.

A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam on May 12 welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent proposal to resume direct peace talks with Ukraine.

Party General Secretary To Lam and President Alexander Lukashenko signed a joint statement on the establishment of the strategic partnership between Vietnam and Belarus on May 12.

A man exposing himself in front of some women on a beach in Nha Trang City in the southern central province of Khanh Hoa was caught red-handed.

The ashes of four Vietnamese nationals who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in an apartment in Taiwan (China) had been repatriated to Vietnam.

The People’s Committee of Thai Binh province held a groundbreaking ceremony for a 60.9-kilometre expressway segment connecting the provinces of Nam Dinh and Thai Binh on Monday morning.

​Thai P​M Paetongtarn Shinawatra will pay an official visit to Vietnam from May 15 to 16 at the invitation of Vietnamese P​M Pham Minh Chinh, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The research vessel Professor Gagarinsky was transferred to the Joint Vietnam-Russia Tropical Science and Technology Research Centre (VRTC) at a ceremony held on May 11 in Vladivostok city, Russia.

Authorities in Tay Ninh Province are investigating the cause of a serious road collapse on the approach to Hoa Binh Bridge.

As average income continues to rise, tobacco products have become increasingly affordable and accessible to the community.

Residents of the town in Indian-administered Kashmir worst hit by the deadliest fighting in decades with Pakistan trickled back on Sunday, a day after a surprise truce.

Party General Secretary To Lam had a meeting with representatives of the Belarusian Society of Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries.

Party General Secretary To Lam and Russian President Vladimir Putin have showed great pleasure at the positive development of the Vietnam–Russia comprehensive strategic partnership.

An overcrowded bus carrying dozens of Buddhist pilgrims crashed into a precipice in Sri Lanka on Sunday, killing 15 and injuring at least 30, local police said.

General Secretary To Lam affirmed that the foreign policies of independence and self-reliance of Vietnam and Russia are an important pillar, and its cooperation with Russia.

A Russian Pacific Fleet delegation comprising the corvettes Rezkii and Hero of the Russian Federation Aldar Tsydenzhapov has arrived at Tien Sa Port for a five-day courtesy visit from May 10 to 14.