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The European Chamber of Commerce and its member businesses are ready to help the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment build policies and mechanisms to build a green and sustainable economy, EuroCham Chairman Alain Cany has said.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has proposed a temporary halt on appraisal and approval for the surveying of offshore wind power projects due to a number of legal and technical problems.

Singapore Airlines flight attendants will no longer be let go after becoming pregnant, the carrier said Tuesday as it ditched the long-criticised practice.

An additional 1,226 new Covid-19 infections were confirmed on Tuesday, raising the national tally to over 11.48 million, according to the Ministry of Health.

Vietnam International Digital Week opened in Hanoi on October 11, with the theme of “Global Partnership for the suitable digital future.”

Lightning struck a Vietnam Airlines plane parked at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on the evening of October 10, blasting a hole in its fuselage.

The Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) Da Nang 2022 will take place in the central city this December, it was made known at a recent press conference.

A landslide in the central province of Quang Ngai on Monday evening buried part of a local hydropower plant and left one worker missing.

Chipmakers plunged in Asian trade Tuesday over new US measures to limit China's access to high-end semiconductors with military uses, a move that wiped billions from companies' valuations worldwide.

March 24 is expected to be observed as the Day of Banh Mi (Baguette) in honour of the Vietnamese cuisine both at home and abroad.

After almost three years of disruption Japan is fully reopening its borders to foreign tourists and other arrivals as of October 11, providing a chance for many international travelers, including those from Vietnam, to tour Japan without restrictions.

Most markets fluctuated in Asian trade Tuesday as traders grow increasingly fearful that more big interest rate hikes will tip economies into deep recessions, with the mood also darkened by the worsening Ukraine war and worries over China's outlook.

The Tan A Dai Thanh Group has donated water tanks and purifiers worth VND200 million to flood victims in the central province of Nghe An.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced it will launch an online check-in service for passengers departing from Tuy Hoa airport in the south-central province of Phu Yen from October 11 to improve convenience.

More trains linking Hanoi and the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai will be provided to meet the increasing travel demand to Sapa.

The nation has been officially confirmed as the host country of the upcoming Miss Tourism World 2022 beauty pageant.

Ten outstanding citizens of Hanoi have been honoured for their extraordinary contributions to the capital city's development.

A rare reticulated python weighing 30 kilos has been found wrapping and killing a monkey in Son Tra Peninsula in the central city of Danang.

Many localities in the central region of Vietnam are struggling with flooding and landslides due to heavy rain.