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Naomi Kitahara, the United Nations Population Fund Representative in Vietnam, speaks to Vietnam News reporter Thu Trang about the milestone of Vietnam's population passing 100 million next month, and the challenges and opportunities that this will bring.

The first group of Chinese visitors arrived in HCM City today, March 17, marking the return of Chinese travellers to the city after a three-year suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Authorities of the northern province of Quang Ninh have called on the partial relocation of Ha Long tour boats to Bai Tu Long Bay to operate.

The central city of Danang is making preparations to welcome the return of Chinese holidaymakers.

Northern and central provinces are forecasted to experience their first major hot spell of summer with temperatures reaching 37 degrees Celsius.

Four female Vietnam Airlines flight attendants have been detained after transporting 10 kilogrammes of drugs from Paris to HCM City.

Cambodian leader Hun Sen unveiled a collection of stolen Angkor crown jewellery on Friday which was recently returned to the kingdom after decades in Britain, pleading for other long-lost treasures to be handed back.

The Can Tho Department of Agriculture and Rural Development held a ceremony on March 17 to mark the export of its first batch of 18 tonnes of durians to the Chinese market.

Dalat City Ward 1 People's Committee has urged Lam Dong Provincial Ornamental Creatures Association to return the land of Bich Cau Garden which is being used for the Bich Cau Coffee Shop to local authority management.

Authorities in Quang Ninh Province have planned to remove nearly one million styrofoam buoys used at fish farms in the Van Don Island District and replace them with environmentally-friendly alternatives.

Asian markets rose Friday, tracking New York and European equities, as traders welcomed multi-billion-dollar shows of support for troubled banks aimed at soothing concerns about contagion in the sector.

A green sea turtle weighing 100 kilos has been found at a beach in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

Vietnam National Children’s Hospital in Hanoi has seen a sharp rise in the number of patients who are affected with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

The Hanoi VPBank International Marathon 2023, an annual international sporting event held in the capital, is scheduled to take place on October 8 and attract the participation of around 10,000 local and foreign runners.

30 years on since the first kidney transplants were performed in 1992, Cho Ray Hospital has so far successfully conducted a total of 1,127 cases, helping to improve the lives of thousands of people.

A workshop on promoting Vietnam’s offshore wind power development was held today in Hanoi.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency will continue closely cooperating with Vietnam in the field of education and training, Shimizu Akira, chief representative in Vietnam of JICA assured Vietnamese Education Minister Nguyen Kim Son.

As many as 240 students from four schools in the northern province of Lao Cai's Bao Yen District have been found to be infected with the Influenza A virus.

A ceremony was held on March 16 to commemorate 504 victims of a massacre by US troops 55 years ago in My Lai Village in the central province of Quang Ngai.