Society

Dozens of coffee shops and street-side eateries have sprouted up along the Hai Van Pass that connects the central province of Thua Thien-Hue and Danang City, posing traffic dangers.

The nation has climbed 11 places on the latest World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Global Gender Gap Index over the past year, marking a rise from 83rd to 72nd place out of 146 countries, with a score of 0.711.

Thousands of people flocked to beaches in the southern central province of Binh Dinh’s Quy Nhon City on the Doan Ngo Festival or Pest-killing Festival.

Over 700,000 Vietnamese work abroad, but almost 47,000 of them have broken contracts with local firms and have illegally outstayed their welcome, according to the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

The Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City has decided to suspend the operation of two taxi companies after their drivers committed taxi fare scams.

The management board of Bai Tu Long National Park in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh’s Van Don district on June 22 released ten rescued monkeys of different species into the wild at the park’s Ba Mun forest.

Vietnamese vegetables and fruits are forecast to reach a record export revenue of USD4.5 billion this year thanks to increased demand from China.

A dolphin pod has been found near a beach in the central city of Danang’s Son Tra Peninsula.

The capital's Nhon-Hanoi Station metro project will hire 463 employees.

The US and Vietnam celebrated their joint achievements over the past seven years addressing environmental pollution challenges across Vietnam.

Three people in a family have been killed in a fire which occurred at their house in the northern province of Bac Giang's Viet Yen District early on Thursday morning.

President of the Republic of Korea Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee arrived in Hanoi on June 22, beginning their three-day State visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Vo Van Thuong.

At least 31 people were killed when an explosion caused by a gas leak ripped through a restaurant in the northwestern Chinese city of Yinchuan, state media said Thursday.

Around eight tonnes of the Japanese Koi fish have been released into a lotus pond in Hanoi’s Tay Ho District.

Dantri/DTiNews readers have donated around VND5.3 billion (USD225,531) to a poor student in the central province of Nghe An.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will pay an official visit to China and attend the 14th Annual Meeting of the New Champions of the World Economic Forum from June 25-28.

The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control has agreed with the Health Ministry’s proposal of moving COVID-19 from a Class A infectious disease, deemed as “especially dangerous”, to Class B "dangerous".

The new Board of Directors of Bamboo Airways elected Hideki Oshima, former executive officer at Japan Airlines, as its new chairman following the firm’s annual general meeting of shareholders 2023 in Hanoi on June 21.

Authorities in HCM City have issued a fine of VND 55 million to the organiser of the Ms. Global Success Business 2023 pageant for holding the contest without licence.