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HCM City’s transport department has just proposed to the municipal people's committee to pilot the operation of 200 tourist electric cars in the city centre.

A project on economic empowerment for young ethnic minority people in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau has had many activities to create livelihoods, promote gender equality, and facilitate youth development after two years of implementation.

Samsung Electronics on Thursday reported its worst quarterly profits in 14 years, blaming slowing consumer spending on electronics and a global microchip glut that hit its core memory business.

The northern border gates have been restored after three years of stagnation, helping Vietnam's import-export turnover with China through the northern border provinces increase by 242% in the first quarter of this year over the same period last year.

President Vo Van Thuong commended the continued, meaningful contributions of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry to national construction and development.

Ten police and their driver were killed in India's central Chhattisgarh state Wednesday when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device, an attack police blamed on Maoist rebels.

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam have been fined VND270 million (USD11,489) for dust pollution affecting the neighbouring areas during the construction of Long Thanh International Airport.

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has forecast that Vietnam’s economy will grow firmly, with its GDP projected at 6.5% in 2023 and 6.6% next year.

The HCM City Management Authority for Urban Railways conducted a trial run on the elevated section of Metro Line 1 Ben Thanh- Suoi Tien route on Wednesday afternoon.

Visitors to the Imperial City located at Hue Citadel in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue will be offered free admission during evening visits.

Hanoi People's Committee has just added Ung Hoa District as the third option for the city's second airport, together with Thuong Tin and Thanh Oai districts.

Four State-owned commercial joint stock banks in Vietnam have reached a high consensus on the State Bank of Vietnam's policy on reducing interest rates in the coming time.

Singapore hanged a prisoner on Wednesday after he was convicted of conspiracy to smuggle one kilogram of cannabis, despite rights groups decrying "many flaws" in the case.

Boasting a width of 14m and length of 30m, DELTA is expected to be the largest ever kite in Vietnam to fly during a kite flying festival in Vung Tau city, southern Vietnam, from April 29 to May 1.

HCM City received more than US$2.1 billion in remittances in the first quarter of the year, a surge of 19 per cent year-on-year, according to the State Bank of Vietnam.

A seminar on building partnerships between Vietnam and the US in higher education has been organised in HCM City with the participation of representatives from more than 30 Vietnamese higher education institutions.

At least 50 people have been arrested in connection with the Vietnam Airlines drug smuggling case.

Vietnam continued to see a rising number of Covid-19 infections with an additional 2,501 new cases confirmed on Tuesday, up 594 cases from yesterday's figure, according to the Ministry of Health.

The United Nations Human Rights Office pressed Singapore on Tuesday to "urgently reconsider" its scheduled execution of a man over one kilogram of cannabis.