VIETNAM TODAY

A total of 120 foreign suppliers have registered, declared, and paid taxes worth more than 8.68 trillion VND (341 million USD), up by 26% year-on-year and 74% compared to the annual target.

Authorities in Hanoi have started collecting rubbish on the West Lake as the water recedes during the dry weather.

South Korea was reeling Monday from the loss of 179 people after a Jeju Air plane crash-landed and burst into flames.

Hanoi's Day River faces severe pollution due to wastewater discharged from nearby residential areas.

A Jeju Air plane flying from Bangkok to South Korea with 181 people on board crashed on landing Sunday, leaving all but two people plucked from the wreckage feared dead.

The Prime Minister outlined several key directions for the Ministry of Planning and Investment to achieve its core objectives in 2025 amidst the ongoing complexities and challenges.

In 2024, urban areas reported a TFR of 1.67 children per woman, while rural areas saw this rate of 2.08, both below the replacement rate.

The fruit and vegetable industry has been told to set national standards for key export products to ensure robust growth over the coming years, according to insiders.

Vietnam’s GDP is forecast to hit US$450 billion in 2024, placing it 34th globally, according to the UK-based Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR).

As the water recedes in the dry season, lots of rubbish, including mostly used altars, incense bowls, and worship statues, can be found along West Lake in Hanoi.

PM Pham Minh Chinh directed the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) to restructure itself into a national industrial-energy group at a conference in Hanoi on December 28.

China's commerce ministry on Friday launched an investigation into imported beef at the request of representatives from its struggling domestic industry, it said.

Vietnam Airlines flight VN307 en route from Tokyo to HCM City has been forced to make an emergency landing at Taoyuan Airport (Taiwan - China) to provide medical assistance for a passenger.

A Vietnam-Laos market has opened at the Lao Bao Border Gate in the central province of Quang Tri ahead of the Tet Lunar New Year 2025 Festival.

Schools winning the ASEAN Eco-Schools Vietnam 2024 Awards were honoured at a ceremony jointly held in Hanoi on December 27.

Prosecutors in HCM City have called for death sentences to be handed down to 28 people involved in a transnational drug trafficking gang led by ringleader 67-year-old Vũ Hoàng Oanh.

Up to 83 chickenpox cases have been found at a garment company in the southern province of Ben Tre, raising concerns about the potential spread of the disease.

Tram Chim National Park in the southern province of Dong Thap, which had not seen any red-crowned cranes in the past two years, was surprisingly visited by a flock.

The police of Phu Quoc city in the southern province of Kien Giang said on December 27 that they have detained three Uzbek nationals for using counterfeit dollar bills locally.