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The railway sector is striving to escape losses and divest capital in many companies in 2023, the Committee for Management of State Capital at Enterprises said about the Project on Restructuring Vietnam Railways from 2021 to 2025.

Air pollution soared in Beijing on Wednesday as the Chinese capital was hit by a huge sandstorm, and dust also shrouded other parts of the country in a sickly orange haze.

Dozens of houses have been badly damaged by hail and whirlwinds that struck some mountainous districts in the central province of Nghe An on Tuesday afternoon.

Vietnam ranks 65th out of 137 countries and territories in the 2020-2022 period as per the World Happiness Report 2023, up 12 places from the 2022 Report.

As many as 52 large firms of the Unite States, including Boeing, Coca Cola, SpaceX, Netflix, and Apple, have come to Vietnam to seek cooperation opportunities in various fields.

Dantri/DTiNews readers have donated VND310 million (USD13,107) to a poor family in the central province of Nghe An, the father of which was seriously injured due to a traffic accident.

The torch of the 32nd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 32) is scheduled to land in Hanoi on March 22 as part of its ongoing tour to the 10 ASEAN member states.

The retail price of petrol sharply decreased as of 3pm on Tuesday following the fall in global markets.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son held talks with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn in Hanoi on March 21.

The Silicon Valley Bank collapse by itself will end up being neutral for Vietnam’s stock market and economy, Michael Kokalari, chief economist at investment fund VinaCapital, has said in a report.

The nation is facing a plethora of huge challenges as it aims to ensure a rapid, smart, and green digital transformation, according to insiders.

Bank Indonesia (BI) is preparing 195 trillion Rp (12.7 billion USD) in cash in preparation for the upcoming holy month of Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr.

The central coastal province of Binh Thuan has completed preparations for the opening of Visit Vietnam Year 2023 with the theme “Binh Thuan - Green convergence,” which will officially be held on March 25 night.

Farmers in the Central Highlands city of Dalat are complaining about losses as local traders are selling Chinese strawberries under the Dalat brand name.

The Ministry of Finance has just signed a decision to establish a working group to fight against smuggling by air.

The first heatwave facing the north this year has arrived, affecting mostly the northwestern area, with the highest temperature on March 21 reaching 34-36 degrees Celsius, even higher in some other places.

Asian markets bounced Tuesday from the previous day's rout, with lenders boosted by easing concerns of another financial crisis, while focus turned to the Federal Reserve's policy decision later in the week.

Vietnam’s fixed broadband Internet speed in February jumped up six notches to 39th position worldwide compared to January, according to the rankings compiled by the Speedtest Global Index.

The Ministry of Health has asked the People's Committees of cities and provinces nationwide, the Pasteur Institutes and hygiene and epidemiology institutes to strengthen prevention and control of the Marburg virus disease.