VIETNAM TODAY

Doctors at the 108 Military Central Hospital have successfully performed Vietnam’s first implantation of a third-generation partial artificial heart (LVAD – HeartMate 3).

Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security has dismantled a large-scale criminal ring that produced, distributed, and sold counterfeit powdered milk in Hanoi and surrounding provinces.

Hanoi authorities have approved a VND500-billion (USD19.58 million) wastewater treatment project in Son Tay Town.

Strong winds wreaked havoc in Beijing and parts of northern China on Saturday, causing hundreds of flights to be cancelled, attractions to close and rail lines to be suspended, state media said.

HCM City launched a kind of payment card on April 11, allowing passengers to make seamless and integrated payments across both bus and metro services.

Vietnam continues to benefit from its golden demographic structure with some 500,000 people joining the labour force every year.

A cold air mass is moving southward, bringing heavy rain to the northern and central regions, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

The Vietnam Department of Geology and Minerals has discovered 12 gold mines in the Central -Central Region, with estimated reserves of over 10 tonnes of gold and nearly 16.5 tonnes of silver.

Vietnam’s automobile market shifted into high gear in March, with members of the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association reporting robust sales of 31,750 units.

A man in the central province of Quang Binh has rescued a rare pangolin caught in a roadside net.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) is building a draft national scheme to gradually make English the second language in schools in the 2025 - 2035 period, with a vision towards 2045.

Kindergarten teacher Lolita Akim fires up five standing fans with three more at the ready as she fights to hold the attention of her pint-sized pupils in Manila's soaring heat.

HCM City’s Metro Line 1 (Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien) will provide 40 extra services per day to accommodate passenger demand on the coming Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day holiday.

Vietnam earned nearly US$103 billion in export revenue in the first quarter of the year, an increase of 10.6 per cent year-on-year.

A large tree fell during heavy rain and strong winds in the southern province of Binh Duong, killing a young girl and injuring two others.

Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc met with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who has been appointed as the lead US negotiator for trade talks with Vietnam, in Washington D.C. on April 10.

The visit will be made at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam and State President Luong Cuong.

The southern province of Dong Thap Province has welcomed six red-crowned cranes from Thailand as part of a conservation effort to restore the species through breeding and reintroduction.

An Australian IVF clinic has admitted a mix-up led to a mother giving birth to someone else's baby.