Society

The Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade), in partnership with the Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment held the Australia – Vietnam Investment Forum in Hanoi on Monday.

Around 832,900 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine have been allocated to localities across the country as booster shots for people aged 18, according to the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology.

Authorities in the Son Tra District on Monday carried out a raid on restaurants that have been illegally built on Son Tra Peninsula.

Dantri/DTiNews readers have donated a total of VND646.39 million (USD27,489) to a poor man in the northern central province of Nghe An who has been seriously burnt in a gas explosion.

Thai Nguyen is going to build a 100-hectare commercial service complex with a horse race course and 13 golf courses, according to the provincial planning for 2021-2030 period which has just been approved by PM Pham Minh Chinh.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced plans to open a second direct route between Vietnam and India on May 20 in a bid to meet people’s increasing travel demand.

The northern and central regions of Vietnam have been forecasted to experience widespread hot weather from tomorrow, April 18.

Danang City received 1.40 million tourists in the first quarter of this year with 391,600 international visitors or a 62-fold increase against last year's figure, according to a report from the Danang City Department of Tourism.

Medea - an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides and first produced in 431 BC has been on the cai luong (reformed opera) stage for the first time, conquering Vietnamese audiences.

Asian markets fluctuated Monday as traders weighed a bigger-than-expected drop in US retail sales and a Federal Reserve official's support for further monetary tightening.

The steel market is likely to recover in the third and fourth quarters of this year thanks to augmented efforts to disburse public investment and credit packages for social housing projects, according to the Vietnam Steel Association.

The Vietnam Zoos Association has partnered with the Zoological Park Organisation (ZPO) of Thailand to increase the population of the Eastern Sarus Crane in Vietnam.

Nguyễn Thanh Phúc, 28, living in District 3, HCM City, has been married for more than two years but still doesn't want to have a baby.

Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue will pay official visits to Cuba, Argentina and Uruguay from April 18 - 28, according the NA Committee for Foreign Affairs.

Le Nguyen Bao Ngoc, Miss Intercontinental 2022, has been named as an Ambassador of Earth Day 2023 in Vietnam.

The G7 pledged on Sunday to quit fossil fuels faster and urged other countries to follow suit, but failed to agree to any new deadlines on ending polluting power sources like coal.

Tickets for the coming Reunification Day (April 30) and International Labour Day (May 1) on many air routes have sold out.

Japan's army found wreckage and five bodies Sunday during a deep-sea search for crew on board a helicopter that disappeared from radar earlier this month, an army spokesman said.