VIETNAM TODAY

Thai exporters have long-term opportunities to ship a massive amount of locally-harvested organic rice to overseas markets due to increasing demands for healthy food products in the world.

Vietnam’s state budget revenue reached VND 98.4 trillion (3.81 billion USD) in the first quarter of 2025, achieving 24% of the assigned target and marking a 9.7% increase year-on-year.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam held phone talks with US President Donald Trump on April 4 night (Hanoi time) to discuss the Vietnam-US relationship.

Vietnam recorded US$10.98 billion in FDI during the first quarter of the year, representing a year-on-year rise of 34.7%, according to the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Finance.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) is closely following reports of a mysterious respiratory illness emerging in Russia, with initial assessments pointing to Mycoplasma bacterial infections in some cases.

A landmine-hunting rat in Cambodia has set a new world record by sniffing out more than 100 mines and pieces of unexploded ordnance, a charity said Friday.

HCM City is seeing a robust economic recovery, with its Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) rising over 7.5 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter, marking the highest growth rate since 2020.

A 226-kg bomb left over from the war was safely deactivated by the military command and sappers in the central province of Nghe An on April 3.

State President Luong Cuong chaired a welcome ceremony in Hanoi on April 4 for President of Burundi Evariste Ndayishimiye and his spouse, who are paying an official visit to Vietnam from April 3-6.

A nine-year-old boy in the Central Highlands province of Daklak fell asleep in a mango tree after school, prompting a frantic search that lasted more than six hours and involved over 100 people.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien has requested US authorities delay the tariff imposition to allow for constructive dialogue to seek a reasonable solution for both sides.

Vietnam’s long-anticipated KRX trading system is finally set to go live on May 5, marking a breakthrough in market infrastructure and a major step toward modernising the stock exchange operations.

Stavian Group and Shinec Group have entered into a strategic partnership to co-develop industrial real estate projects nationwide.

Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and his Armenian counterpart Alen Simonyan have discussed ways to boost bilateral cooperation, with a focus on economic, trade, and cultural ties.

A recent report from the Office of the US Trade Representative shows that most US goods imported into Vietnam are subject to an import tax rate of 15 per cent or lower.

Authorities in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai have declared a state of emergency following serious erosion in a local residential area.

A high-ranking Vietnamese Party and State delegation paid their final respects to Gen. Khamtay Siphandone, former Chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party

Fuel prices in Vietnam have risen for the third consecutive adjustment in the April 3 pricing review by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc is set to visit the United States and Cuba from April 6 to April 14.