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PM Pham Minh Chinh has expressed his belief and wish that Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., of the Republic of Korea will maintain its important role in enhancing economic cooperation between the two countries with many new strategic projects.

Around 7,000 runners will take part in the Bà Đen Mountain Marathon in Tây Ninh Province on April 22-23.

The southern province of Dong Thap will organise Mango Festival 2023 on the coming Reunification Day (April 30) and International Labour Day (May 1).

The Smart City Asia International Expo and Forum 2023 in Vietnam opened in HCM City on Thursday, showcasing leading technologies and solutions for public lighting, smart cities and smart homes, urban planning and public administration, and others.

Vietjet officially welcomes passengers on direct flights connecting Vietnam with Australia's largest cities – Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

A man in the southern province of Dong Nai has been injured in a wild elephant attack.

The Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said it is verifying news that some royal ordination documents under the reign of the former Nguyen dynasty will be put up for auction in China.

Many hotels and restaurants in the central coastal city of Danang have allowed visitors to use their toilets.

Asian markets mostly fell Thursday after minutes from the Federal Reserve's most recent policy meeting showed officials foresaw a US recession at the end of the year, while inflation data could not temper expectations of another interest rate hike.

The Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of Austria Alexander Schallenberg will pay an official visit to Vietnam from April 16-18 at the invitation of Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son.

The Ministry of Health has urged localities to step up Covid-19 prevention measures as the country has reported a sharp rise in the number of infections.

The central province of Thua Thien-Hue Military Command started construction of a monument on Wednesday to commemorate 13 rescue members who died while searching for flood victims in Phong Dien District in October 2020.

The stock market is in a favourable situation with many supporting factors such as the State Bank lowering interest rates, positive short-term sentiment and the return of cashflow.

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is considering exporting up to 100,000 endangered monkeys to China, the agriculture minister said Wednesday, raising concerns among conservationists.

The People's Court of Hanoi sentenced 47-year-old Nguyễn Lân Thắng to 6 years in prison for the crime of "making, storing, disseminating or propagandising information, documents, materials aimed at opposing the Socialist Republic of Vietnam" under the Penal Code.

The US Agency for International Development and the General Department of Vietnam Customs on Wednesday celebrated their joint success creating a more attractive trade and investment environment in Vietnam.

Authorities of HCM City plan to spend more than VNĐ10.2 trillion (US$433 million) on sustainable poverty-reduction programmes this year.

A search was underway for three Nepali climbers who fell into a crevasse while ascending Everest on Wednesday, the first such accident on the world's highest mountain this climbing season.

Century-old trees at Hanoi Botanical Gardens seem to be dying.