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The central city of Danang has announced a range of summer tourism activities that will last until mid-August.

The HCM City Department of Construction has proposed using VND500 billion (USD21.55 million) to repair 246 old apartment buildings.

The goal of maintaining inflation at 4% this year will be threatened unless viable solutions are introduced in a bid to rein in rapidly-increasing petrol prices, according to economic experts.

As many as 2,200 motorbikes and cars were burnt down when a parking lot run by traffic police in Thu Duc City under Ho Chi Minh City caught fire on Monday afternoon.

Ambassador Nguyen Trung Kien, Governor - Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is attending the regular meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors held from June 6-10 in Vienna, Austria.

Thousands of mourners gathered Tuesday for the cremation of Indian hip hop star Sidhu Moose Wala, whose murder at the weekend shocked fans at home and in Punjabi communities from Canada to Britain.

Vietnamese swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang has qualified for the upcoming International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Championships Budapest 2022 which is set to get underway in Hungary from June 18 to July 3.

Vietnamese enterprises pumped nearly 340 million USD of total investment into new and supplemental capital ventures abroad in the first five months, down 38 percent year-on-year, the latest report by the Foreign Investment Agency revealed.

Hundreds of households in a Hanoi ward have been living with severe inundation during the rainy season for more than a decade.

The Party Central Committee at its extraordinary meeting in Hanoi on June 6 decided to expel Hanoi People’s Committee Chairman Chu Ngoc Anh and Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long from the Party.

Vietnam has made the shortlist in 10 categories at the prestigious World Travel Awards (WTA) 2022, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) said on June 6.

The Huế Festival will take place from June 25 to June 30, according to the Huế Monuments Conservation Centre.

An additional 806 new Covid-19 infections were confirmed on Monday, raising the national tally to over 10.72 million, according to the Ministry of Health.

During his visit, Singh is expected to lay a wreath at the Mausoleum of President Ho Chi Minh, hold talks with defense minister Phan Van Giang, and make courtesy calls on President Ho Chi Minh and Prime Minister Pham

Australia's new prime minister and Indonesia's president rode bamboo bicycles together on Monday as they held talks to boost ties, with Canberra embarking on a diplomatic charm offensive to counter China's expanding assertiveness in the Asia-Pacific region.

Standard Chartered Bank Vietnam has been named the “Most Inspiring Brand (Banking sector) in Vietnam” in 2022 by International Business Magazine.

More than 20 ambassadors and representatives of various international cultural organisations recent paid a visit to the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum to gain greater insights into the country’s lacquer paintings.

The northern region of Vietnam is facing torrential rain and this has been forecasted to last throughout the region until the end of this week.

Three fishermen drowned after two fishing boats collided off the central province of Quang Nam's coast early Monday morning.