VIETNAM TODAY

Thousands of people declined on Thursday a government-led evacuation in eastern Indonesia where a volcano has been spewing smoke and ash, arguing that they are accustomed to the eruptions.

Polish PM Donald Tusk hosted a welcome ceremony for PM Pham Minh Chinh, his spouse and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation who are on an official visit to the European country.

HCM City-based Tan Son Nhat Airport is expected to serve a record number of 6,100 flights with nearly 900,000 passengers during the 2025 Tet Lunar New Year Holiday.

Hundreds of islanders have been evacuated, with thousands more awaiting their turn following increased volcanic eruptions in eastern Indonesia, officials said on Thursday.

Vietnam’s GDP growth is projected to reach 7.5% under normal conditions and up to 8% in an optimistic scenario for 2025.

Construction of a bridge connecting the Mekong Delta provinces of Ben Tre and Vinh Long is set to commence in the third quarter of this year.

Only 9% of households in Vietnam own a car, data from a mid-term population and housing survey for 2024 from the General Statistics Office (GSO) shows.

PM Pham Minh Chinh arrived in Warsaw on the evening of January 15 (local time), beginning an official visit to Poland from January 15 to 18 at the invitation of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant in the central province of Ninh Thuận must be completed within five years to be operative by 2030.

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Overseas remittances to Vietnam hit about US$16 billion last year, reflecting Vietnamese expatriates’ trust in the country’s situation.

PM Pham Minh Chinh has departed for official visits to Poland and the Czech Republic, attendance at the 55th World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos and bilateral meetings in Switzerland.

Vietnam and Russia will work closely together to iron out snags impeding economic, trade and investment cooperation between the two countries.

An endangered and rare python was found in a house in the northern city of Haiphong.

The number of South Korean tourists to the central city of Danang has sharply fallen following the tragic crash of the Jeju Air flight, killing 179 people last month.

More than four dozen men have been arrested in India for the repeated sexual abuse of a teenager over years, police told AFP Wednesday.

Local authorities in the central province of Quang Nam have issued fines against six contractors of an electric line construction project for forest destruction.

Several TV channels have ceased operation following a government's plan to restructure local media organisations.

Traffic violations have significantly dropped over the past two weeks following the application of higher fines.