VIETNAM TODAY

An explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China on Tuesday killed at least five people, with six more still missing, state media said.

Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok and his spouse arrived in Hanoi on May 27 evening, beginning a three-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Luong Cuong.

Police in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai have dismantled two bean sprout production facilities that were using toxic chemicals.

PR Article - At Nagase Vietnam, non-tech employees are building automation bots after one training course, transforming operations and saving thousands of work hours since 2023.

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.