VIETNAM TODAY

ASEAN must "act boldly" to accelerate regional economic integration as sweeping US tariffs leave much of the world caught in the middle of a devastating trade war, the bloc's chief said Wednesday.

Economists underlined the need for Vietnamese Government and businesses to apply measures to adapt to the new tariff policy of the US to maintain growth.

Hanoi authorities have set a goal to use 100 percent of electric buses by 2030.

On the morning of 9 April, at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, PM Pham Minh Chinh chaired an official welcoming ceremony for Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez, who is on an official visit to Vietnam.

On the morning of April 9, Vietnamese authorities successfully repatriated 39 nationals who had been temporarily detained in Myanmar for violating the country’s immigration regulations.

A Panama-flagged cargo vessel collided with a Vietnamese fishing boat approximately 45 nautical miles northwest of Bach Long Vi Island, resulting in four fatalities on Tuesday.

Vietnam is among 11 Asia-Pacific countries considered most vulnerable to climate risks from a macroeconomic perspective.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment is drawing up contingency plans if efforts to negotiate a tariff reduction with the US fall through, Minister Do Duc Duy has said.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez arrived in Hanoi on April 8 evening, beginning his official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh.

Vietnam’s stock market endured another steep decline on Tuesday, with the VN-Index plunging nearly 80 points to fall below the 1,140-point mark.

The iconic Rong Market in the northern province of Ninh Binh will be demolished to make way for new infrastructure projects.

The Ministry of Construction has proposed a VND7.66 trillion (USD297 million) to expand a section of the Noi Bai-Lao Cai Expressway.

To tap into the growing Halal market, Vietnam must develop a Halal product ecosystem meeting quality and certification standards, according to experts.

A male employee at a tourist resort in the south-central province of Binh Thuan has been fined after being found burying rubbish on a beach in Mui Ne Ward.

A rare flock of hundreds of Asian Openbill storks has been found in a field in the central province of Quang Tri.

At least one person has died, and nine others were injured after a passenger bus carrying 20 people overturned into a rice field along National Highway 19C in Binh Dinh Province on April 7.

Asian markets battled Tuesday to recover from the previous day's tariff-fuelled collapse.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a meeting with ministries and sectors on late April 7 to discuss the development of balanced and sustainable trade with the US.

VCCI and AmCham have jointly proposed US President Donald Trump to temporarily suspend the imposition of reciprocal tariffs on Vietnamese exports.