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Staff from Vietnam Airport Ground Services Company Limited have returned VND2.4 billion (USD100,840) to a passenger who somehow left the money on a Vietnam Airlines flight.

A workshop was held in the central province of Quang Binh on September 16 to review a cooperation model for managing and conserving the Hatinh langur, a critically endangered primate, in a special-use forest in Tuyen Hoa district.

Deputy PM Pham Binh Minh delivered a pre-recorded speech at the opening of the 19th ASEAN-China Expo and the 19th China-ASEAN Business Investment Summit in Nanning on September 16.

Police at Tân Sơn Nhất Airport have seized an estimated US$1 million in cash, which two men had hidden in their baggage and intended to take to Bangkok, Thailand.

Nearly 60,000 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospital following their full recovery on Friday in Vietnam while the country reported an additional 3,080 new infections, according to the Ministry of Health.

There have been a rising number of Adenovirus infection cases in Vietnam and six fatalities have been confirmed at the Hanoi-based National Children's Hospital.

Dantri/Dtinews Newspaper has just presented 500 health insurance cards worth VND300 million to disadvantaged students in the southern city of Hau Giang.

Asian markets dropped on Friday, tracking Wall Street losses as investors continue to show concern over persistently high global inflation and the likelihood of further interest rate hikes.

The Industrial University of HCM City has launched the first Smart Grid Lab in Vietnam, giving 350 students a year the opportunity to build the skills they need to address the power network challenges of the future.

“578 Phat dan cua ke dien”, known as “578 Magnum” in English, has become the first Vietnamese film selected to compete in the Official Selection Competition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.

Vietnam's coffee has been shipped to more than 80 countries and territories, making the country the second biggest exporter in the world, with a market share of 14.2%.

Five people died and six others were injured after a wall collapsed at a factory in the central province of Binh Dinh on September 15.

More than 50 domestic and foreign aviation firms participated in the Vietnam International Aviation Expo 2022 which kicked off in Hanoi on September 15.

Around 1,200 fishing boats in the southern central province of Binh Dinh could be relocated out of Quy Nhon City to help protect the environment and boost tourism development.

The Vietnam Motor Show 2022 will officially take place in Ho Chi Minh City on October 26 with the participation of 14 auto brands, motorcycle manufacturers and several popular brands from the supporting industry.

Experts have stressed the need to carefully calculate all airport projects before construction due to the large number of localities proposing new airports.

As of December 31, 2021 the education sector of Vietnam had 605 valid foreign investment cooperation projects with a total investment capital of more than US$4.57 billion, an increase of 321 projects compared to five years earlier.

A forum was held in Hanoi on September 15 to boost farm produce consumption connectivity in the Netherlands and Northern Europe.

The Ministry of Finance has proposed a reduction of the most favoured nation tariff on a number of petrol products widely used in industrial production from 20 per cent to 10 per cent to bring down the economy's input cost.