VIETNAM TODAY

Many stalls at Hanoi's Dong Xuan Market have closed due to the persistent lack of customers.

Vietnam is set to make a groundbreaking entry into the 'low-emission' rice market in Japan, with its first export shipment in June.

The Standing Committee of the National Assembly passed the revised Ordinance on Population on June 3, abolishing the regulation that limited each couple to having only one or two children.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training is preparing necessary conditions to make Lao one of eight foreign languages taught in general education schools across the country.

The number of children admitted with hand, foot and mouth disease at HCM City Children's Hospital 2 has doubled in recent weeks compared to the period before April 30.

Philippine medical authorities on Tuesday warned of a looming "public health emergency" as HIV infections have soared this year, with young males especially hard-hit.

Tropical depressions and storms are expected to strike the East Sea this June, with activity forecast at levels typical of previous years.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Do Duc Duy is leading a delegation on a working trip to the US from June 1 to 7.

More than two tonnes of fresh Vietnamese lychees arrived at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris on June 2, marking the first shipment of this year's crop to France.

The Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HOSE) has received VietABank’s listing application for nearly 540 million shares.

A concrete wall belonging to a company in Long An Province collapsed during a heavy downpour on Monday afternoon, crushing a nearby house and killing a grandmother and her one-year-old grandson.

A seven-kilometre fence made of soapberry trees has helped reduce elephant intrusion into nearby residential areas in the central province of Quang Nam.

PM Pham Minh Chinh, his spouse, and a high-level delegation will attend the third UN Ocean Conference in France and pay official visits to Estonia and Sweden from June 5 to 14.

Airlines on Monday revised down their traffic and profit forecasts for 2025, citing "headwinds" for the global economy.

The Australian Trade and Investment Commission and the Vietnam Banks Association have signed a MoU to strengthen cooperation in financial technology and digital innovation between the two nations.

New orders continued to fall in May as US tariffs impacted demand for exports, according to the S&P Global Vietnam Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) released on Monday.

A passenger smuggling dozens of venomous vipers was stopped after flying into the financial capital Mumbai from Thailand, Indian customs officials said.

Hanoi is facing sweltering heat with temperatures of around 40 degrees Celsius.

The Capital Region, including Hanoi and nine neighbouring provinces is identified as a socio-economic development linkage area.