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Vietnam Blockchain Union has been launched, aiming to connect the technology business community and provide consultancy to related agencies to develop policies and legal frameworks on Blockchain technology, digital assets, and currencies.

The Vietnam Coast Guard and the China Coast Guard completed their joint patrol in the waters adjacent to the Gulf of Tonkin demarcation line from April 19-21.

The World Health Organization has endorsed the use of Pfizer Inc's oral COVID-19 antiviral treatment in high-risk patients after an analysis of trial data by the U.N. agency showed the therapy dramatically cut the risk of hospitalisation.

For more than two years, people in Hong Kong have lived under some of the toughest coronavirus restrictions in the world. But one beloved tradition has persisted: horse racing.

Helicopter tours will be piloted in HCM City on April 29, according to the Southern Vietnam Helicopter Company.

European firms' confidence in Vietnam has reached the highest level since the fourth COVID-19 outbreak in April last year, according to EuroCham's latest Business Climate Index report.

National defence and security cooperation must be in line with international law, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang in reply to reporters' question about the security pact between China and the Solomon Islands at a routine press

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will lead a Vietnamese high-level delegation to attend the ASEAN-US Special Summit and pay a visit to the US at the invitation of President Joe Biden.

Prices of petroleum products have increased again from 3:00 pm on April 21.

Hanoi has planned to launch 28 new bus routes this year to meet increased public transport demand.

Vietnam on Thursday confirmed additional 12,029 Covid-19 cases, raising the total number of infections in the country to over 10.53 million, according to the Ministry of Health.

People in a village in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai are calling for support to build a new bridge as their current one has seriously deteriorated.

Two cargo ships collided off Phan Rang Bay in the southern coastal province of Ninh Thuan on April 20, threatening the bay with a possible oil spill.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has urged an investigation into the causes of recent consecutive earthquakes in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum.

The informal sector plays a pivotal role in Vietnam's solid waste management system as over 30 per cent of the waste is estimated to be collected through this channel, and knowledge of the role and the needs of informal

Vietnam can become the second largest digital economy in Southeast Asia in 2025, while the country’s e-commerce market will draw more large-scale businesses, forecast experts at an online seminar in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) today signed an amendment to their bilateral partnership agreement to expand USAID’s support to Vietnam to include local capacity development.

Fireworks displays will be organised in HCM City on Reunification Day (April 30) after over a year of no such events due to Covid-19 prevention.

A Russian national has been charged with “illegally storing drugs” under Article 249 of the 2015 Penal Code (revised in 2017), Binh Thuan province's People’s Procuracy said on April 20.