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More than 4,000 amateur and professional athletes are expected to join in the 64th Tien Phong Newspaper Marathon, to be held on March 26 in the mountainous province of Lai Chau.

Hanoi needs an urgent and optimal solution for waste treatment, environmental experts have said, suggesting the construction of modern waste treatment facilities and waste sorting at source are key points to improve the city’s waste treatment capacity.

The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak welcomed the opening of the Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival this morning, March 10.

A total of 13 Vietnamese nationals working in the country have been listed among the world's top scientists by research.com, a reputable scientist ranking website.

On her third day in Vietnam on Friday, USAID Administrator Samantha Power visited Cai Rang Market, a wholesale floating market in the Mekong Delta province of Can Tho.

The northern region of Vietnam has been forecasted to experience a cold snap this weekend with a fall of 5-6 degrees centigrade in temperature.

Only 550 realty enterprises were set up in Vietnam in the first two months of this year, down 62.4 percent on-year, according to the General Statistics Office.

Airlines in Vietnam have eagerly prepared to resume and launch new routes to China after the country announced it would reopen tours to Vietnam starting from March 15.

After 30 years Japan has become Vietnam’s biggest official development assistance donor, with more than JPY2.7 trillion, approximately US$20 billion, in loans, nearly JPY100 billion in grant aid, and roughly JPY180 billion in support for technical cooperation.

HCM City is seeking investment from Singapore in some major projects including the HCM City-Moc Bai Expressway, Belt Road 4, and the 3A, 3B, and 4 metro lines, according to local officials.

Vietnam's domestic aviation market has been bouncing back, but many airlines are still grappling with difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, latent risks, and soaring expenses, the Quan doi Nhan dan (People’s Army) daily reported.

Asian markets sank again Friday following a rout on Wall Street as signs of trouble at a regional US lender sparked concerns about the wider sector as the Federal Reserve ramps up interest rates.

Vietnam welcomes Russia’s consideration of simplifying visa procedures for Vietnamese citizens, deputy spokesperson of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said at the ministry’s routine press briefing on March 9.

Snapshots of life in the capital in the 1967 to 1975 period taken by the world-renowned German photographer Thomas Billhardt will be put on display at an exhibition in Hanoi.

John Dixon, 77, and his wife Shan Ellison Barker, 70, returned to Hanoi-based National Hospital for Tropical Diseases on March 8 to thank doctors and nurses for saving them from Covid-19 three years ago.

Leaders of the Cần Thơ province had a working session with a delegation from the United States Agency for International Development and discussed collaboration in climate change response and how to support people affected by the natural phenomenon.

Officials of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of central province of Quảng Ngãi had a meeting on Wednesday with photographer Ronald L. Haeberle, who took pictures of the brutal Sơn Mỹ massacre on March 16, 1968.

Dozens of parents in HCM City have been tricked into transferring money to save their children after being told their children faced life-threatening conditions that needed urgent operations.

A mother has drowned her two small children in a river in the northern province of Nam Dinh.