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Vietnam has been elected as one of the Vice Presidents of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly’s 77th session, representing the Asia-Pacific region.

Social media is a powerful tool that helps businesses advertise their brands and engage with customers. But it can also be a double-edged sword due to the uncontrollable, unfiltered user-generated content.

Vietnamese Professor Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh has been honoured with the Interdisciplinary Prize of the United Kingdom’s Royal Society of Chemistry for her outstanding achievements in research and innovation.

More than 100 households in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa's Muong Lat District have been evacuated as heavy rains have caused serious flooding and landslides in the area.

The Police Investigation Agency has detained Nguyen Thanh Long, former Minister of Health, and Chu Ngoc Anh former Hanoi Mayor, to investigate their violations related to the Viet A test kit scam.

Ajdin Hrustic fired a late winner to see Australia to a nerve-wracking 2-1 victory over United Arab Emirates on Tuesday and into a last showdown for a place in this year's World Cup in Qatar.

A total of 34 foreign non-governmental organisations and 23 international organisations are taking part in the settlement of post-war bomb and landmine consequences in the central province of Quang Tri, the most severely contaminated locality in Vietnam.

Deputy Defence Minister Hoang Xuan Chien has affirmed that the nation continues to place great importance on co-operation with the United States to overcome the consequences of war.

An additional 960 new Covid-19 infections were confirmed on Tuesday, raising the national tally to over 10.72 million, according to the Ministry of Health.

Many streets in Son La City in the northern mountainous province of Son La have been seriously inundated after heavy rain between Monday evening and early this morning, June 7.

A delegation from the Australian Embassy visited Lao Cai Province from 5 to 6 June 2022 to meet local government leaders, businesses and communities benefiting from Australia’s investment in the Province.

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.