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The coffee industry of Vietnam is working to increase the value of raw coffee exports as low added value still makes up the majority of the product that is shipped overseas.

Drastic measures are needed for HCM City to address a series of problems in a bid to speed up recovery, experts say.

Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan is scheduled to leave Hanoi on May 3 for Dubai to attend the 2023 Global Summit of Women and then visit the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.

Xavier Bettel, prime minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is scheduled to arrive in Hanoi on May 3, beginning a three-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart.

A US climber has died on Mount Everest, his expedition organiser said Tuesday, in the first foreign death on the highest mountain in the world this season.

Four COVID-19 patients have died of the coronavirus and underlying illnesses in Vietnam during the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said in its coronavirus update on May 2.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in partnership with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Plus Three (ASEAN+3) finance ministers and central bank governors, today launched the report “Reinvigorating Financing Approaches for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure in ASEAN+3”.

Three tourists from Hanoi were rescued from being drowned while swimming at Lang Co Beach in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today announced the Innovative Finance Facility for Climate in Asia and the Pacific (IF-CAP), a landmark programme which could significantly ramp up support for the region in the battle against climate change.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has issued a plan on solutions to realise Vietnam’s commitment to cutting emissions to net zero by 2050 announced at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in the UK in 2021.

The central city of Danang has witnessed a sharp rise in tourists on the Reunification Day (April 30) and International Labour Day (May 1) holidays.

Under a new initiative approved by Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha, at least one million homes will be built for low-income and industrial park workers by 2030.

A train of Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line in HCM City has been covered in graffiti paintings.

A delegation of the Vietnam Supreme People’s Court led by Chief Judge Nguyen Hoa Binh made a working trip to Switzerland from April 26 to May 1 to share experience in responding to global challenges in the 4.0 era.

ASEAN member states and Russia reaffirmed commitments to strengthen their strategic partnership at the 19th ASEAN-Russia Senior Officials Meeting (ARSOM) held recently in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

The northern and central regions of Vietnam have been forecasted to see more warm fronts from this month.

The first medical clinic for Vietnamese in Japan, the T-Matsuoka Medical Clinic Kanda in Tokyo, was officially inaugurated on April 28, as part of activities marking the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic ties, and received the

The Vietnamese Veterans’ Association in Russia held a ceremony in Moscow on April 30 marking the 48th anniversary of southern liberation and national reunification and the 137th anniversary of International May Day (May 1).