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Shanghai roasted under some of its hottest temperatures ever recorded on Wednesday as a searing heatwave in China triggered a flurry of weather alerts and strained the farming and energy sectors.

Along with maintaining the nation’s GDP growth forecast at 6.7% for this year and 7% in 2023, Standard Chartered projects that this year's inflation will exceed 4%, a figure higher than the target set by the National Assembly.

Da Lat City will install a camera system around its iconic Xuan Huong Lake to fine people who litter or are too loud.

Two people were killed in lightning strikes in Hanoi's Hoai Duc District during a rainstorm on Wednesday morning.

Two fishermen remain missing after their boat sank in strong winds and high waves off Phu Quoc Island in the southern coastal province of Kien Giang on Tuesday.

The capital of Hanoi is speeding up COVID-19 booster vaccination for local residents and striving to complete the campaign in July amidst the recent emergence of Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 in the community.

Vietnam is eying great opportunities in exporting aquatic products to the Japanese market thanks to the high level of openness of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, according to insiders.

A hardy plant grown using salt water is thriving in the UAE's desert farms and helping create "healthy" burgers, showing sustainable agriculture's potential in the toughest conditions.

In an article posted on July 12, The Business Times of Singapore cited some economists' opinions that said Vietnam’s economy is back on track for a strong recovery this year.

As many as 130 business executives of all 21 APEC economies will meet in the Vietnamese province of Quang Ninh on July 26-27 for the third meeting of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC III).

A fine of between VND 500,000 - VND 1 million will be applied to individuals or households that fail to classify waste, according to a newly-issued government decree.

Shipping to the southern province of Kien Giang’s Phu Quoc Island has been suspended due to bad weather.

An additional 873 new Covid-19 infections were confirmed on Tuesday, raising the national tally to over 10.75 million, according to the Ministry of Health.

Cyclists have increasingly been seen on some expressways in Hanoi, posing a threat of potential traffic accidents.

Hundreds of thousands of people were under lockdown in a small Chinese city Tuesday after just one case of Covid-19 was detected, as Beijing's strict no-tolerance virus strategy showed no sign of abating.

Many major foreign online service providers such as Facebook, Microsoft, TikTok, and Netflix have directly registered, declared and/or paid taxes online into the Vietnamese budget.

Close to 100 scientists from 18 countries, including Professor Duncan Haldane – the 2016 Nobel Prize laureate in physics – and Professor Dam Thanh Son – the 2018 Dirac Medal winner – are participating in the 18th "Meet Vietnam"

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha had an online meeting with Alok Kumar Sharma, President for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, discussing cooperation in response to climate change.

When South Korean rapper Psy released "Gangnam Style" a decade ago, few anticipated the scale and speed of its success, and how it would help usher in the streaming revolution.