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Vietnam has underlined the necessary of maintaining peace, security and freedom of navigation and overflight in the East Sea due to its strategic location, at the 32nd Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law

A two-month-old boy has died after being thrown off the fifth floor of a hospital building in HCM City by his mother who is suspected to be suffering from depression.

Many people in Hanoi have not yet taken a fourth Covid-19 vaccine jab.

Flood, fire and drought-battered Australia is trying to clean up its act on climate change, but dependence on fossil fuel riches could stymie the national makeover.

Free double-decker buses are being used for Nha Trang Sea Festival.

The United State Agency for International Development (USAID) Biodiversity Conservation Activity has launched a $1.4 million Species Conservation Fund (SCF) in Vietnam to support locally-led conservation efforts initiated by Vietnamese NGOs and other independent organisations.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China has agreed to allow airlines of Vietnam and China to operate two flights per week, instead of only one flight per week as before, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam.

Vietnam and Russia are working hard on a project to erect a statue in honour of President Ho Chi Minh in Saint Petersburg, intending to unveil the statue in 2023.

The Drug Crime Investigation Police Department (C04) has broken up a transnational drug trafficking ring from Cambodia to Ho Chi Minh City, seizing 115 kg of synthetic drugs.

An additional 774 new Covid-19 infections were confirmed on Thursday, raising the national tally to over 10.73 million, according to the Ministry of Health.

Vietnam, like many other East and Southeast Asian countries, is further climbing up the global value chain thanks to the positive effect of the utilisation of foreign direct investment, according to the latest report by Hinrich Foundation.

Two streets in the central city of Danang officially went cashless on Thursday morning.

Local authorities in the central province of Ha Tinh's Ky Anh Town are investigating the mass deaths of 25 hectares of coastal protective forest in the area.

Hanoi eyes to welcome over 30 million visitors, including 7 foreigners, by 2025, according to the municipal Party Committee’ draft conclusion on tourism development for 2016-2020 and following years.

Vietnamese researcher Dr. Le Viet Ha and his associates have won 2022 Best Paper Awards by Micromachines, a peer-reviewed, open access journal on the science and technology of small structures, devices and systems.

People in a residential area in Hanoi are suffering from serious inundation after recent torrential rains and hydropower plant water discharges.

Apple iPhone assembler Pegatron Corp has recently unveiled its expansion plan in other countries including Vietnam due to COVID-19 restrictions in China, according to Reuters.

“Vietnam has been a good example on how to move from vision to action in strengthening communities with climate resilient, economic growth and decrease of poverty," said Ms Reehana R. Raza in her first official visit to Vietnam

Vietnam’s domestic aviation market is recovering at the fastest pace in the world with a growth rate of 123 percent compared to the same period of 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out.