Society

Vietnamese contestant Ngoc Chau is forecast to be named winner of the Miss Universe 2022 pageant, according to predictions made by renowned beauty website Reinasgrandslams.

Sleepers buses with more than 30 seats will be banned from travelling into the centre of HCM City to ease traffic jams.

Cancer cases are on the rise nationwide, particularly among young people, according to Bui Vinh Quang, director of Hanoi Oncology Hospital, at a conference held in the city on November 4.

HCM City has announced a list of 32 places suffering from erosion that scattered across different districts, posing a danger to around 1,328 households.

Market management in HCM City have seized thousands of suspected counterfeit products consisting primarily of bags, glasses, clothes, shoes, and accessories at the Saigon Square Shopping Centre.

Most Asian investors tentatively stepped back into the markets Friday after the previous day's Federal Reserve-induced sell-off, while the dollar held gains as focus turned to the release of key US jobs data.

The annual merge and acquisition forum (M&A Vietnam Forum) in 2022 will be held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 23, according to the organising board.

Many trees in Hanoi are dying of suspected poisoning.

LEGO Group of Denmark officially commenced construction of a children's toy factory in the southern Binh Duong province, with the site receiving investment of more than US$1 billion.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will pay an official visit to Cambodia from November 8-9 and attend the 40th and 41st Summits of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and related summits from November 10-13, the Foreign Ministry announced

An additional 819 new Covid-19 infections were confirmed on Thursday, raising the national tally to over 11.50 million, according to the Ministry of Health.

Low-cost carrier VietJet Air will conduct flights from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to Kaohsiung in Taiwan (China) starting from November.

Police said Thursday they discovered the dead body of a man that had travelled undetected for 900 kilometres (560 miles) across northern India locked inside a train toilet.

Mergers and acquisitions in the technology sector have been witnessing a rebound in recent years as tech giants have employed M&A to expand their ecosystems.

Over 350 emergency service people fought a forest fire in Hanoi’s outlying district of Soc Son on Wednesday evening at an acacia and pine forest in Minh Phu Commune.

The Danang International Fireworks Festival will be resumed next year after a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Authorities in the central province of Quang Ngai yesterday safely disarmed five bombs dating back to the American War.

Asian markets sank Thursday after the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates and boss Jerome Powell suggested they would go higher than expected, blowing a hole in hopes for a more dovish pivot in its fight against inflation.

Two Vietnamese scientists have been honoured at the Hitachi Global Foundation Asia Innovation Award, winning the Best Innovation Award and the Outstanding Innovation Award.