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Vietnam has officially launched the Southeast Asia Flash Flood Guidance System on Tuesday morning and assumed the role of being a regional hub in forecasting landslides and flash floods.

HCM City’s districts with low rates of Covid-19 vaccination would face the risk of resurgent viral infections due to the new Omicron BA.5 sub-variant, according to municipal Department of Health.

A tropical depression to the north of the East Sea has strengthened into a storm, the first hitting the waters this year, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

It would cost about VND 1.20 trillion (USD 52.18 million) to fill the Nui Beo open-cast coal mine pit in Ha Long City after closure.

China's factory and services activity picked up in June, official data showed Thursday, fuelled by the easing of Covid-19 restrictions in major cities such as Shanghai and Beijing.

Authorities in Vietnam have called for investigations into the deaths of five Vietnamese at a toxic gas explosion at Jordan's Aqaba Port on June 27.

Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son and British Secretary of State for Education Nadhim Zahawi agreed to enhance the countries’ educational cooperation during a meeting in London on June 29.

There were 76,233 newly-registered enterprises in the first six months of this year, an increase of 13.6 per cent compared to last year.

A coastal road in the central province of Ha Tinh is facing high risk of more landslides following a severe incident last year.

Speaker of the UK House of Lords John Mcfall said he supports efforts to ramp up all-round cooperation between the UK and Vietnam, including in climate change response, during his talks with the top Vietnamese legislator in London.

Vietnam enjoyed a trade surplus of 710 million USD in the first six months of 2022, the General Statistics Office reported on June 29.

An additional 777 new Covid-19 infections were confirmed on Wednesday, raising the national tally to over 10.74 million, according to the Ministry of Health.

Better business environments across Southeast Asia are critical to rejuvenating firms hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The number of foreign tourists visiting Vietnam in the first two quarters of 2022 increased 6.8 times over the same period of 2021, reaching 602,000, according to the General Statistics Office.

TRH The Danish Crown Prince Couple will pay an official visit to Vietnam this November to celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries and promote green solutions.

As many as 5,684 traffic accidents occurred nationwide, killing 3,286 people during the first six months of the year, according to a statement made by the General Statistics Office (GSO) on June 29.

Japan's Sony is launching a new brand that will offer PC gaming gear, the company announced Wednesday, as it tries to compete for a share of the lucrative gaming peripherals market.

A low-pressure area that has appeared on the East Sea has been forecasted to grow into a storm in the days to come.

A street carnival featuring the cultural values of Vietnam and other countries has attracted lots of visitors to Hue City.