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The Vietnamese traffic police have fined up to 40,000 drivers nationwide for excessive blood alcohol levels between November 15 and December 14.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism has set a target of welcoming 110 million tourists including 8 million international visitors, earning revenues of VND650 trillion (USD27.08 billion) in 2023.

The northern province of Bac Giang has planned to build 13 golf courses by 2030 and a vision until 2050, said Duong Van Thai, the provincial party secretary.

The Investigation Security Agency under the Ministry of Public Security has decided to arrest and launch criminal proceedings against Vice Chairman of the Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung on charge of receiving bribes.

The Hai Ba Trung pedestrian street project in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue’s Hue City is behind schedule due to its stagnant implementation.

Ngoc Chau, a Vietnamese representative at Miss Universe 2022, unveiled her outfit for the upcoming national costume segment of the global pageant which is set to get underway in the United States in January next year.

At least five people were killed and over 70,000 rushed to evacuation centres in Malaysia after monsoon-triggered floods inundated the country's north, authorities said Wednesday.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his delegation on December 21 departed Hanoi for a state visit to Indonesia from December 21 to December 23 at the invitation of Indonesian President Joko Widodo.

More than 100 wooden artworks are being displayed at an installation in a pine forest in the central highlands tourist city of Dalat.

It is expected that the total Vietnamese aviation market will reach 55 million passengers by the end of this year, an increase of 3.7 times compared to the previous year, recovering by nearly 70 per cent compared to 2019,

Tran Van Trung, the winner of a logo design competition on Australian-Vietnamese relations, has received a prize and certificate from Australia’s Consul-General, Sarah Hooper.

Nine authors of four breakthrough science and technology achievements generating “Reviving and Reshaping” to humanity were among those awarded the 2022 VinFuture Prize at a ceremony in Hanoi on December 20.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a USD107 million financing project with BIM Wind Power Joint Stock Company (BIM Wind) to support the operation of an 88-megawatt (MW) wind farm in Ninh Thuan province, Vietnam.

The first batch of VF 8 electric vehicles manufactured by VinFast, the first Vietnamese electric vehicle producer, arrived in the US on December 20 as the vessel Silver Queen docked at the Port of Benicia in California.

As many as 83 animals of 14 rare species have been released back to nature in the Bù Gia Mập National Park, the southern province of Bình Phước, Director of the park’s management board Vương Đức Hoà said on Tuesday.

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Tuesday banned university education for women nationwide, as the hardline Islamists continue to crush their right to education and freedom.

The Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line in Ho Chi Minh City started its trial run today, December 21.

Following two years of low sales during Tết (the Lunar New Year), things are expected to look up for the fast moving consumer goods industry this time around since the Vietnamese economy has recovered.

Local export and logistics businesses are anticipated to enduring difficulties moving forward due to factors such as high inflation and the risk of a global economic recession, according to insiders.