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Remittances to Ho Chi Minh in the first half of 2023 topped 4.33 billion USD, an increase of 37% compared to the same period last year, the State Bank of Vietnam’s HCM City branch reported.

Many visitors have come to offer incense in commemoration of the war dead at Hang Duong Cemetery on Con Dao Island to mark 76 years of Vietnamese War Invalids and Martyrs Day.

Around 300 South Korean ginseng trees have been planted at Kon Ka Kinh National Park in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.

Authorities in the central highlands province of Lam Dong are investigating the destruction of over 250 pine trees that have just been poisoned to death.

Buses in Hanoi served a total 223 million passengers between January and June this year, according to the city’s Department of Transport.

A gunman killed two people and wounded at least five at a building site in central Auckland Thursday, just hours before New Zealand's biggest city hosts the opening game of the football Women's World Cup.

The northern province of Ninh Binh’s famous Tam Coc - Bich Dong Tourist Site has just been temporarily closed for landscape maintenance.

The Czech Republic wants to attract foreign workers, including those from Vietnam and the Philippines, to address its labour shortages, said Czech Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Marian Jurecka.

More than 80 professional offroad teams from different countries will compete in the Buon Don Offroad Tournament 2023 which will be held in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak from August 12-17.

Japan’s discharge of treated radioactive water into the sea will not impact Vietnam’s sea areas, according to the Ministry of Science and Technology.

A tourist site has been suspended due to being illegally built on a hydropower reservoir in the southern central province of Binh Thuan.

United States Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen is paying a will three-day visit to Vietnam from July 19 to discuss bilateral economic relations and regional affairs.

Businesses that recognise their part in mitigating climate change can better recruit and retain employees, and better serve customers and shareholders, experts said.

A new Phu Quoc Express 5 speedboat ferry service was launched on Wednesday on the Sa Ky - Ly Son route in the central province of Quang Ngai.

The latest report compiled by the Henley Passport Index indicates that Vietnam climbed six positions to secure 82nd place in a ranking of the world’s most powerful passports this year.

Security officials shot in the air and used firehoses Wednesday to disperse dozens of Afghan women protesting in Kabul against an order by Taliban authorities to shut down beauty parlours, the latest curb to squeeze them out of public life.

The Asian Development Bank is maintaining its growth outlook for developing economies in Asia and the Pacific at 4.8% this year, as robust domestic demand continues to support the region’s recovery.

Another storm is expected in the East Sea next week, said Hoang Phuc Lam, deputy director of the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

An elephant has been found dead in a forest in the central province of Ha Tinh.