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Drugs which have been found drifting onto beaches in some central provinces may belong to illegal trading rings who tried to get rid of them to avoid police investigation, according to the Ministry of Public Security.

French Senate President Gérard Larcher arrived in Hanoi on December 8 morning, beginning an official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and military officers pressed buttons inaugurating the Vietnam International Defence Expo 2022 at Gia Lam airbase in Hanoi on December 8.

Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has proposed a growth target of 7.5-8% for its Gross Regional Domestic Product in 2023.

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's main island of Java on Thursday with no immediate reports of damage, less than a month after another quake in the same province killed more than 300 people.

With the Young Persons’ Achievement Award, Dr. Nguyen Huyen Duc has become the first Vietnamese scientist to receive the prize from the UK’s Royal Aeronautical Society.

Hanoi is speeding up the establishment of a night food market near Truc Bach Lake in Ba Dinh District.

The Saigon Railway Joint Stock Company has announced plans to operate more trains to meet the rising demand in the coming New Year.

The Tuan Chau International Tourist Complex in Ha Long City in the northern province of Quang Ninh is scheduled to host Winter Carnival 2022 on December 24.

More than 300 domestic and foreign businesses are showcasing their products and services at the Food & Hotel Vietnam 2022 at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City from December 7-9.

Vietnamese carrier Bamboo Airways has launched the first direct flight route between Hanoi and Tianjin, with flights running between Noi Bai International Airport in the Vietnamese capital and China’s Tianjin Binhai International Airport.

The National Children's Hospital cooperated with experts from the Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation in Taiwan to provide free examinations and surgeries for children with complicated maxillofacial deformities from December 4 to December 7, 2022.

An additional 500 Covid-19 infections were confirmed in the past 24 hours in Vietnam, bringing the national tally to over 11.51 million, the Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday.

The Hanoi Department of Construction has just proposed to the municipal People's Committee to offer free entrance to Thong Nhat Park from January 1, 2023.

Authorities in HCM City have approved a plan to upgrade the Xuyen Tam Canal with a total investment of over VND 9.60 trillion.

Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyễn Danh Huy last week urged site clearance handovers to be speeded up in order to start construction on the T3 Terminal of Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City in December.

Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast unveiled on December 7 that it has submitted a listing application under the form F-1 to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as it prepares for an initial public offering (IPO).

STEAM for Vietnam Foundation, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, and The American Centres in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have announced their cooperation in organising the 2023 Vietnam VEX IQ National Robotics Championship.

An exhibition introducing the 20 most popular Danish interior designers of the past century and their works has just been opened in Vietnam.