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Dozens of commercial banks have simultaneously decided to reduce deposit interest rates from May 25, after the State Bank's decision to cut policy interest rates.

The HCM City Department of Transport has issued a plan for solutions to deal with 25 traffic accident hotspots.

The construction of five highway projects will be kicked off in June, according to the Ministry of Transport.

There are increasing concerns the prolonged vaccine shortage may soon lead to the resurgence of infectious diseases in Vietnam.

State President Vo Van Thuong on Friday morning led a delegation to visit some pagodas in HCM City on Buddha's 2,567th birthday.

About 40 crocodiles killed a Cambodian man on Friday after he fell into their enclosure on his family's reptile farm, police said.

Three South Koreans have been arrested for robbing a house in HCM City.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment is working on the design of incentives and measures to support new investment activities amid the upcoming application of the global minimum tax.

The northern province of Vinh Phuc will provide VND100 million for each homestay construction project with capacity for at least 15 guests and VND300 million for farmstays with larger than 0.5 hectares and capacity of hosting from 30 guests.

The 2023 National Traffic Safety Contest will open for entries until August 25 with total prizes amounting to VND321 million.

Hopes that lawmakers are edging closer to a deal to hike the US debt ceiling lifted spirits in Asia on Friday, though traders remain nervous as a deadline to avert a calamitous default draws closer.

Japanese police on Friday detained a suspect who had been holed up in a building after allegedly killing four people including two police officers in a gun and knife attack, an official told AFP.

Vietravel Airlines on May 25 officially launched direct flights connecting two central localities of Vietnam – Cam Ranh and Da Nang with Macau (China).

Many trips for students in Hanoi have been cancelled after a student and parent recently died when visiting a national park.

Around 400 electric cars have been put into use as taxi services in Hue City in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

Vietnam demand China’s relevant agencies to withdraw the Huong Duong Hong (Xiang Yang Hong) 10 ship and other coast guard ships and fishing vessels out of Vietnam’s territorial waters.

Many roads in the central province of Nghe An have been used to dry rice during the harvest season, posing a danger to traffic.

Three hospitals in HCM City have just received six vials of Botulism Antitoxin Heptavalent sent from Switzerland by the World Health Organisation as emergency aid to treat patients poisoned with botulinum.

Scaffolding suddenly collapsed at a construction site in the central city of Danang early Thursday morning, leaving two dead and injuring three others.