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A ceremony was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 31 to present China's Friendship Order to General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong.

The director of a travel company in Danang City has just been arrested for cheating people about the repatriation flights during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has adopted a comprehensive reform road map, featuring a new operating model, to accelerate its transformation and more effectively serve the rapidly changing needs of its developing member countries in Asia and the Pacific.

Credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed Vietnam's long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating at 'BB' with a positive outlook.

An additional 411 new Covid-19 infections were confirmed on Monday, raising the national tally to over 11.50 million, according to the Ministry of Health.

A grand welcome ceremony at the highest level for a head of state was held in Beijing on October 31 for Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, who is on an official visit to China.

Functional forces in Phu Quoc Island City in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on Monday removed several tourist bungalows built without permission in Ham Ninh Commune.

A poor woman in the northern province of Thai Binh has just received her first treatment for a large facial tumour thanks to financial support from the public.

Travel companies in HCM City have started selling tours for the coming Lunar New Year Tet Holiday.

The visit to Vietnam by Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary Elizabeth from October 31- November 3 is expected to provide a good opportunity for Danish businesses to meet Vietnamese companies and experts.

Border guards in the central province of Quang Binh have seized thousands of traps used to catch wild birds.

Tropical storm Nalgae, the sixth of its kind to hit the East Sea this year, has changed its course, and is forecast to gather strength when it is swirling across Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago.

Vietnam’s outbound investment, including both newly-registered and adjusted capital, exceeded 450 million USD in the first 10 months of this year, equivalent to nearly 70% of the figure recorded in the same period last year.

At least 120 people were killed in India after a colonial-era pedestrian bridge collapsed, sending scores of people tumbling into the river below, police said Monday.

Vietnam posted a trade surplus of 9.4 billion USD in the first 10 months of 2022, compared to 630 million USD in the same period last year, according the General Statistics Office.

An additional 305 new Covid-19 infections were confirmed on Sunday, raising the national tally to over 11.50 million, according to the Ministry of Health.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and his entourage arrived in Beijing on October 30 afternoon, starting his official visit to China at the invitation of Party General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping.

China has remained Vietnam’s biggest trade partner, while Vietnam has continued to be the sixth largest trade partner of the neighbouring country, and the biggest in the Association of Southeast Asian nations (ASEAN) despites impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic