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The overall punctuality of domestic airlines reached 81.8% in July with Vietravel Airlines taking the lead for on-time performance (OTP) at 91.9%, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) reported.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism planned to offer language courses in Korean, Japanese, and Spanish – all free of charge – to tour guides.

Schools in Vietnam will organise their opening ceremony for the new 2022-2023 academic year on September 5.

A poor woman in the central province of Ha Tinh who is facing cancer is taking care of her son struggling with kidney failure.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health on Saturday reported an additional 1,602 Covid-19 infections, raising the country's total tally to over 11 million.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has suggested the Government remove coal-fired plants with a capacity of 14,120 megawatts from Power Development Plan VIII (for 2021-30), which is currently being drafted.

Construction on the first section of the Bien Hoa-Vung Tau expressway will start on April 30 next year in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

Authorities of Da Lat City in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong have proposed to develop a night market and pedestrianise streets.

Two prominent Myanmar models have been arrested and face charges of "harming culture and dignity" for posting clips online, including to intimate video-hosting platform OnlyFans, the junta said on Friday.

The Mini Thailand Week 2022 was launched at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC), District 7, Ho Chi Minh City on August 5, with the participation of nearly 100 enterprises.

Vietnamese athletes bagged seven more gold medals on August 5, the last competition day of the ASEAN Para Games 2022, retaining their third place in the medal tally.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has signed a decision approving a plan of action on reducing methane emissions to 2030 with the goal of cutting methane emissions by at least 30% from 2020.

The Malaysian government will stop building coal power plants starting in 2040, and shift its focus toward clean and renewable energy, according to Minister in the Prime Minister’s department in charge of economy Mustapa Mohamed.

Authorities in Co To Island have announced a pilot programme to ban visitors from bringing plastic products onto the island in an attempt to boost sustainable tourism.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health on Friday reported an additional 2,074 Covid-19 infections, raising the country's total tally to over 11 million.

The 29th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) opened in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on August 5 with the participation of foreign ministers from countries in the Indo-Pacific region.

The Hoang Quan and Century City real estate projects which sold well thanks to being located near Long Thanh International Airport remain largely unused.

The renovation of Ho Chi Minh City’s iconic Notre Dame Basilica, which began in mid-2017, will be extended until 2027 due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

A VND10 trillion (USD437.3 million) anti-flooding project in HCM City is four years behind schedule.