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Pointing to the murky waters of the Tonle Sap, Si Vorn fights back tears as she recalls her four-year-old daughter dying from diarrhoea after playing in the polluted lake.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has issued Decision No. 440/QD-BVHTTDL on Vietnam Tourism Marketing Strategy to 2030.

The Vietnamese Government commits to creating all possible conditions for businesses to growth further, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed at the Vietnam Business Forum 2023 in Hanoi on March 19.

Illegal waste discharging has become increasingly rampant in areas around the Han River in Danang City.

At least 17 people were killed and up to 25 were injured Sunday in Bangladesh after a bus smashed through a highway fence and plunged into a roadside ditch, according to police.

Some beaches in the central province of Quang Nam are struggling with serious erosion.

About 500 Cambodian people and those of the Vietnamese origin in Borebo district, Cambodia's Kampong Chhnang province, received free health check-ups and medicine on March 18.

The nation won 17 gold medals during the Southeast Asia Karate Federation (SEAKF) Championships 2023’s first day of competition, with the event currently underway in the Philippines.

Representatives from more than 50 US businesses, including pharmaceutical and technology companies, are set to visit Vietnam from March 21 to March 23 in order to discuss investment and business opportunities through the annual programme.

Ca Mau Cape tourist site in the southernmost province of Ca Mau will be doubled in size to 42,000 hectares.

HCM City has witnessed a sharp rise in dengue fever and hand, foot and mouth disease patients, according to the municipal Department of Health.

Leaders of Ho Chi Minh City have called for support from the heads of the country’s overseas representative bodies for local development, during a meeting held on March 17.

Police in the northern city of Haiphong announced on Friday that they had detained a Georgian man who was accused of swindling USD 30,000 from a gold shop in Le Chan District.

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday pledged to boost child allowances and paid parental leave as he warned the country faced its "last chance" to tackle a declining population.

Vietnam’s trade with 11 other major Asian markets could rise significantly in value by 2030, according to an industry study released by UPS.

Bamboo Airways on March 17 started selling tickets for its direct flights from the capital city of Hanoi to the southernmost province of Ca Mau and vice versa with prices from 769,000 VND (32.6 USD) per ticket.

The northern province of Ninh Binh is seeking the prime minister’s approval to build a VND8.4 trillion (USD35.744 million) expressway linking the northern coastal city of Haiphong.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs have sent gifts worth VND 1 million each to 30 people whose stories have been published on Dantri/Dtinews.