Society

Nguoi Lao Dong (Labourer) Newspaper and the People’s Committee of the south-central coastal province of Ninh Thuan on December 31 presented 10,000 national flags to local officers, soldiers, and fishermen.

Twenty six traffic accidents occurred nationwide on December 31 - the first day of the 2023 New Year holidays (December 31-January 2), killing 14 people and injuring 11 others, according to the Ministry of Public Security’s Traffic Police Department.

A couple from the northern central province of Thanh Hoa and three others from the neighbouring province of Nghe An have been sentenced to a total of 69 months for trading a tiger carcass and making bone glue.

A total of VND19.50 trillion was lost due to over 1,050 natural disasters in 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced at a meeting on December 30.

Authorities in the northern province of Lao Cai have seized lots of smuggled goods floating on a local river that borders China.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has highlighted Vietnam’s achievements in 2022 and their impacts on the country's growth in 2023.

Vietnam received over 3.36 million foreign visitors in 2022, according to a report from the General Statistics Office.

The Vietnam Animation Studio has just released twenty-one animated films from this year's productions. The films span a wide range of genres and content areas, but all share a common goal: to honour Vietnam's rich history and culture while

An electrical fault caused a devastating casino fire that killed 26 people, Cambodian authorities said Saturday, with many of the bodies found in stairways or trapped in rooms after rescuers failed to reach them in time.

The Tran Nhan Tong Pedestrian Street, opened on Friday evening in Hanoi, attracting lots of visitors.

China’s reopening is expected to boost Vietnam’s GDP growth by over 2 percentage points next year, Michael Kokalari, chief economist at investment fund VinaCapital, said in a recent report.

France and Britain on Friday joined a growing list of nations imposing Covid tests on travelers from China, and the World Health Organization pressed Beijing to be more forthcoming on real-time data amid an explosion of cases there.

Vice chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee Bui Xuan Cuong has signed a decision to approve the ban of sleeper buses in the city centre from January 10.

Hanoi will organise the Huong Pagoda Festival in the outlying district of My Duc on January 27, the second day of the lunar New Year.

The Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has called for candidates for the technical internship training programme in Japan.

Cha Lo Border Gate in the north-central province of Quang Binh has recently seen increasing landslides, threatening the lives of local people.

Hanoians are experiencing a biting cold front with a temperature of 10 degrees centigrade.

Vietnamese farmers are enjoying big profits as the price of dragon fruit sharply rose after China eased their Covid-19 prevention policies at their borders.

As part of her first official tour, Peace Corps Director Carol Spahn swore-in the inaugural group of Peace Corps volunteers to serve in Vietnam during a ceremony held on Friday in Hanoi.