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Thousands of fishermen in the Philippines have been ordered to stay ashore as authorities struggled Friday to contain an oil spill from a sunken tanker that is threatening the region's rich marine life and economy.

Two wild elephants have been spotted by trail cameras at Vu Quang National Park in the central province of Ha Tinh.

Gender perspectives should be ensured in national digital policies and resources should be allocated for full implementation, said UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam Pauline Tamesis at a dialogue in Hanoi on March 3.

USAID Administrator Samantha Power will travel to Vietnam next week to strengthen a partnership marked by years of expanded engagement and cooperation.

Despite improvement in 2022, occupancy and room rates in Ho Chi Minh City have yet to recover to pre-pandemic levels, according to real estate service provider Savills Vietnam.

Huynh Vo Hoang Son who is currently working as a doctor at the Military Hospital 175 will represent the nation at the Mister Universe Tourism 2023 male pageant which will be held from March 12 to March 21 in

Nhon Trach Industrial Park police station head Vu Dinh Thanh said he was investigating an incident in which a local worker, Nguyen Thi Anh Thu, was attacked by her South Korean manager.

Quang Binh Discovery Marathon 2023 is scheduled to be held at Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park on March 11 – 12, attracting nearly 2,000 domestic and foreign amateur athletes.

Muong Te District in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau was struck by a 4.4-magnitude earthquake early on Friday morning.

Leaders of Laos, China, Cambodia and Cuba have extended their congratulations to Vo Van Thuong on his election as President of Vietnam.

Hotels in Hanoi Old Quarter have witnessed a modest number of foreign tourists a year after the Covid-19 pandemic.

Hanoi is experiencing serious air pollution which has been forecasted to worsen in the days to come.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines is set to resume its joint venture agreement with Air France following a period of hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, said Nguyen Tien Hoang, head of Vietnam Airlines' branche in France and Europe.

A free-of-charge cleft palate operation programme, with the participation of doctors from Germany, is taking place in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế from March 1 to 10, supporting children in need from across the nation.

Authorities in the northern province of Ninh Binh have just decided to reduce the scale of the Hoa Lu University project that has been left idle for nearly two decades.

A sunken Philippine tanker carrying 800,000 litres (210,000 gallons) of industrial fuel oil has leaked some of its cargo into the sea, authorities said Thursday, as they raced to find the vessel and contain the spill.

A bomb weighing around 500 kilos has been detected in a garden in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong.

Hanoi's Center for Disease Control announced on March 2 that the capital has recorded its first human case of Streptococcus suis, a kind of bacteria that comes from pigs, this year.

Some 7,000 runners, including 300 international marathoners, will participate in the 5th Dalat Ultra Trail (DUT) 2023 which will take place in Da Lat city and Lac Duong district, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, from March 3-5.