VIETNAM TODAY

The University of Economics HCM City and the Vingroup launched the “Let’s Green Unitour” programme to expand the green university model to 10 higher education institutions nationwide.

For the first time, Vietnam’s State budget revenue has exceeded VND2 quadrillion in 2024, reflecting the robust development of the national economy, according to the Ministry of Finance.

Hanoi is planning to build 15 metro lines totalling nearly 617 km by 2045, according to local authorities.

A rare Java pangolin has been found straying into a house in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro route (Metro Line 1) in HCM City has increased the number of trips to accommodate passengers during the New Year.

A fishing boat with four crew members onboard has gone missing while on the way to Song Tu Tay Island off the southern province of Phu Yen.

Hanoi's traffic gridlock remains a complex issue as 16 new bottlenecks have been identified, according to the municipal Department of Transport.

A scaffolding collapse at a hydropower project in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum has left three dead and two missing.

Two people have been found dead after a car fell into a river in the central province of Ha Tinh's Duc Tho District.

Prolonged heavy rains have inundated around over 4,000 hectares of rice in the southern central province of Binh Dinh, causing big losses for local farmers.

The Ministry of Transport unveiled its plan to break ground on 19 projects and complete 50 others in 2025 during its year-end review and planning conference held in Hanoi on December 30.

Vietnam Coast Guard have just successfully rescued five Chinese crew members who were drifting at sea after their fishing boat sank off Con Dao Island.

The Ministry of Health has proposed designating May 20 as National Organ Donation Day.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received visiting Lao Deputy Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith in Hanoi on December 30.

Southern localities, including Ho Chi Minh City, are expected to face numerous unseasonal rain spells during the first quarter of next year.

Two foreigners have been found dead at a villa in Hoi An City in the central province of Quang Nam

The supply of new apartments in 2025 is predicted to reach 40,000 units in Hanoi and HCM City, however it will remain difficult to cool down prices, even with a significant increase in supply.

A fire broke out at a hotel near Bangkok, killing three foreigners and injuring seven people, Thailand's Bangkok Fire and Rescue Department said on December 30.

After 179 people were killed on Jeju Air Flight 2216 in the worst plane crash in South Korea, the low-cost carrier told AFP Monday it was facing a wave of cancellations.