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Vietnam attracted foreign direct investment (FDI) worth 1.69 billion USD as of January 20 this year, down 19.8% annually, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

An ailing woman in the northern province of Bac Giang is calling for community support to save her two children who are both struggling with leukaemia.

Lionbooks Children's Bookstore has organized a Tet program in Hanoi to bring children and their families to an attractive playground of 20 folk games and activities.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) topped the list of countries and territories with most foreign visitors to Vietnam in January 2023, the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO) announced on January 29.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 29 asked the southern province of Dong Nai to complete the handover of cleared ground for the first-stage construction of Long Thanh international airport by the end of this first quarter.

Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) in January edged up by 0.52 % month-on-month, fueled by high consumer demand for the Lunar New Year or Tet which fell in the same month, the General Statistics Office said on January 29.

Vietnam’s tourism sector targets to serve about 8 million foreign visitors from the total of 110 million this year, according to the General Administration of Vietnam Tourism.

The Asian Football Confederation has published an article titled “Park Hang-seo: A lasting legacy”, to honour the Korean coach after his magical five year journey with the Vietnamese men’s football team.

At least 40 people died when a bus plunged off a bridge in southwestern Pakistan and burst into flames, a government official said Sunday.

Vietnam remains one of the 10 countries receiving the most remittances in the world, according to the recent Migration and Development Brief by the World Bank and the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development.

Three people have died and four others were seriously injured after a coach carrying 18 people fell off the ravine in the mountainous province of Son La on Saturday morning.

Vietnamese nationals account for 25.4% of the total 1.82 million foreign workers who were working in Japan as of the end of October last year, according to the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Le Thai Ha has become the only female Vietnamese scientist to be named among the top 100,000 most-cited researchers in the world.

The central region of Vietnam is facing heavy rain with strong winds, while some localities in the southern region are being affected by the light cold weather.

Over 300 staff at a South Korean-run firm in Binh Duong Province have gone on strike due to the company failing to pay their Tet Lunar New Year bonus.

Japan's health ministry will soon decide whether to make abortion pills available for the first time after the proposal cleared a major hurdle with endorsement by a government panel on Friday.

Dien Bien Airport in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien will close for at least six months for expansion work.

A number of expressways have been built or are under construction in the Mekong Delta, enabling the region to keep up with the rapid socio-economic development momentum of the rest of the country.