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Vo Thi Anh Xuan, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee of An Giang province was elected Vice State President of Vietnam for the 2016 – 2021 tenure at the ongoing 11th session of the

A whale, about 3 metres in length and 300kg in weight, was found washed up on the shore of Tuy Hoa city in the south-central province of Phu Yen on April 6.

One domesticated elephant in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has died at the age of 80.

A women's AFC Champions League will be launched in 2023, Asia's football governing body has told AFP, with the new international club tournament aiming to increase the strength of the female game across the continent.

A group of folk music artists have gathered together in a project honouring Vietnam’s 18th century masterpiece ‘Truyen Kieu’ (Tale of Kieu) by celebrated poet Nguyen Du (1765-1820).

A ceremony to kick-start a project to build Phan Thiet Airport in the south central coastal province of Binh Thuan was held on April 5.

Four people have just been detained for their involvement in a large-scale transnational drug trafficking ring.

Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung has asked the Ministry of Defence to transfer over 16 hectares of land for the construction of a new terminal at the Tan Son Nhat Airport.

Alongside the enforcement of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, there remains plenty of room to boost economic and trade co-operation between Vietnam and Canada in the future.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) is striving to bring 90,000 Vietnamese labourers to work abroad in 2021.

The Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM 2021), themed “New Normal - New Opportunities”, is expected to take place from May 5-8 in the capital city of Hanoi.

Authorities in Hanoi are going to replace dying red maple trees on some local streets.

Ta Hien Street in Hanoi’s Old Quarter has become crowded again after the Covid-19 pandemic was controlled.

A large number of fish have been found dead in HCM City lakes and canals over the recent days.

The police in Hanoi has worked with related agencies to bust a cigar smuggling ring in which a flight attendant was arrested carrying over 100kg of cigars into Hanoi.

Repatriation flights for Vietnamese workers in South Korea will be resumed from April 22.

Five Vietnamese people and an Indian man who recently arrived in Vietnam have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,637, the Ministry of Health reported on Monday evening.

India's worst-hit state ramped up its coronavirus restrictions as nationwide the daily infections exceeded 100,000 for the first time on Monday.

Politburo member Pham Minh Chinh was elected as Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at the 11th session of the 14th National Assembly on April 5 in Hanoi.