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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc upon arriving in Seoul on December 4 for an official visit received representatives of several friendship and economic cooperation organisations that have made positive contributions to promoting bilateral relations.

Indonesia's Mount Semeru erupted Sunday spewing hot ash clouds a mile high and rivers of lava down its side while sparking the evacuation of nearly 2,000 people exactly one year after its last major eruption killed dozens.

Indonesia raised the alert status for the Mount Semeru volcano on Java island to its highest level on Sunday after an eruption spewed hot ash clouds a mile into the sky and caused a tsunami warning in Japan.

Authorities of Gia Lai Province and Pleiku City have launched the ‘Bike to school’ campaign providing 85 new bicycles for low-income students to be able to bike to and from school.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam left Hanoi on December 4 morning for a state visit to the Republic of Korea.

Ho Chi Minh City expects to fully exploit bleisure travel - a novel type of tourism combining business travel with leisure time.

At least six people were injured after a stage of a music festival collapsed in Binh Duong province, southern Vietnam, on December 3 evening.

Vietnamese circus performers have left an impression on audiences worldwide, bringing hope of a bright future for the genre.

A strong earthquake hit Indonesia's main island of Java on Saturday, injuring at least one person and shaking the same town devastated by a tremor last month that left more than 330 people dead.

NA chairman Vuong Dinh Hue arrived at Auckland International Airport in the late afternoon of December 3 (local time), beginning his official visit to New Zealand.

Thai Vietjet on December 2 resumed the only direct service between Da Lat, the city of flowers, and Thailand’s Bangkok capital after nearly three years of suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hospitals in Hanoi have received more patients over the recent days amid a strong cold front.

The Politburo yesterday issued a resolution that set the goal to make HCM City a modern city that leads the country in the digital economy and be an economic hub of Southeast Asia by 2030.

The MM Mega Market Vietnam Company working in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in Hanoi officially opened the Taste of Italy week in Hanoi on December 2.

Vietnam’s first cat fish festival is scheduled to take place in the southern province of Dong Thap on December 16-17.

For nearly half a century, education and training co-operation has been a pillar and a bright spot in the friendly relationship between Vietnam and Australia, according to National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

Local sky gazers will have a rare opportunity to witness the peak of the Geminids meteor shower, with the astronomical event set to occur between midnight on December 13 and the morning of December 14.

Hanoi Railway Transport Joint Stock Company has announced plans to operate more trains on the Hanoi-Lao Cai route for the coming Lunar New Year (Tet) Holiday.