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The HCM City Department of Transport has asked localities in collaboration with its inspectors to enforce punishments of traffic violations, specifically picking up or dropping off passengers at illegal locations.

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka said Monday it would take responsibility for $1.7 billion owed to China by state enterprises as it seeks to sell them off and restructure its foreign debt to secure an IMF bailout.

The opening ceremony of the 8th Asian Primate Symposium, the largest of its kind in the region, took place in Hanoi on Monday, providing a platform for experts and stakeholders to discuss challenges and measures for the conservation of

There remains ample room for Vietnam and New Zealand to further boost trade cooperation toward US$2 billion in bilateral trade in 2024.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 14 afternoon hosted a welcome ceremony for his New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern who is on an official visit to Vietnam until November 17.

Local Hanoi authorities have claimed that the Kim Ma - Yen Nghia bus rapid transit system has helped reduce traffic jams in Hanoi.

The US Mission to Vietnam is seeking candidates for the 2023 TechGirls Program.

Luong Ky Duyen, 22, of Thai Binh province, beat 34 other candidates to win the Miss Tourism Vietnam 2022 pageant which concluded on the resort island of Phu Quoc on November 13.

Despite concerns about a recession, economists said merger and acquisition activities in the renewable energy industry still have much potential.

Dak Lak Provincial People’s Committee has just signed a Decision approving technical assistance for a project that targets ending elephant-riding tourism services with financial support from the Animals Asia Foundation.

Gyms and public baths are now also off limits to Afghan women, the Taliban confirmed Sunday, days after banning them from parks and funfairs.

As many as 15 domestic and six foreign art troupes will participate in the fifth International Experimental Theatre Festival in Hanoi and Hai Phong City on November 15 - 26.

A poor woman in HCM City has taken care of her ex-husband’s disabled son-in-law for 25 years.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz defined major directions and measures to comprehensively advance the bilateral cooperation during their talks in Hanoi on November 13.

The bank said that the decision was announced in the US Department of the Treasury's Report to Congress on Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the US.

Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern’s official visit to Vietnam from November 14-17 at the invitation of Prime Minister Pham Minh is expected to further deepen Strategic Partnership between the two countries.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with US President Joe Biden on November 12 within the framework of the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and Related Summits in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Vietnam has ranked third in the list of Top 10 Asian countries with most beautiful women by US travel website Wonderslist.