VIETNAM TODAY

Truong Hai Group has submitted a formal proposal to invest more than 1.56 trillion VND (some 61.35 billion USD) in the country’s high-speed railway linking Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Local authorities in Binh Phu Town in the southern province of Tien Giang issued a warning on Tuesday afternoon to residents after a crocodile was spotted near the banks of Rach Tram River.

UN experts have warned of a humanitarian crisis unfolding in Southeast Asia, urging immediate, human rights-based actions to dismantle scam compounds in the region.

Vietjet signed an aircraft purchase agreement with European aerospace giant Airbus for 20 A330-900 wide-body jets on May 26, marking a milestone in the carrier’s development plan for the next decade.

Vietnam Vaccine JSC and French pharmaceutical group Sanofi exchanged an agreement to initiate the transfer of Sanofi’s technology for vaccine production at VNVC’s vaccine and biologicals plant.

A 30-year-old Vietnamese woman wanted by Interpol for her involvement in a massive cryptocurrency scam has been arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.

Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable export revenue fell to an estimated USD 496 million in May, marking a 35.5 percent year-on-year drop and the fifth consecutive month of decline.

PM Pham Minh Chinh, and his Malaysian and Singaporean counterparts Anwar Ibrahim and Lawrence Wong witnessed the signing of an agreement on cooperation in exporting renewable energy on Monday.

Vietnam values and wishes to strengthen multifaceted cooperation with France – its first comprehensive strategic partner in the EU, Party General Secretary To Lam affirmed on May 26.

Heavy rain has continued in some central localities, raising the risk of flash floods and landslides in mountainous areas.

Despite global economic headwinds and ongoing challenges to foreign capital flows, Vietnam continues to demonstrate significant potential to attract international investment, analysts say.

PM Pham Minh Chinh put forward three priorities for regional cooperation while delivering a speech at the Plenary Session of the 46th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on May 26 morning.

A white-cheeked black gibbon was recently spotted on a street in the central city of Danang’s Thanh Khe District.

Sapa Town in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai is experiencing a cold spell, with the lowest temperature around 12.4 degrees Celsius.

A green sea turtle tagged in the Philippines has come ashore on a beach on Con Dao Island in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau to lay eggs.

The Hanoi Centre for Disease Control reported on May 25 that COVID-19 infections in Hanoi have risen for the second consecutive week, with health authorities warning of further increases.

A sand-laden truck plowed into roadside houses in Binh Nguyen Commune, Binh Son District, Quang Ngai Province on Monday morning, killing one person and injuring four others.

Eleven crew members have been rescued after the Cong Thanh 7 cargo vessel sank about 9 nautical miles off Vung Ang Port in Ha Tinh Province on Sunday.

PM Pham Minh Chinh, together with leaders of ASEAN member states and Timor-Leste, attended the opening session of the 46th ASEAN Summit and related meetings held in Malaysia on May 26.