VIETNAM TODAY

Airports in Vietnam have served around 109 million passengers this year, achieving 96 percent of the year's target.

A tropical depression over the northwestern waters of the Spratly Islands intensified into a storm on December 23 afternoon, and is heading towards the south-central and southern regions of Vietnam.

The Hanoi Department of Construction has just conducted a check on 273 streets and 899 pavements planned to be leased out from next year.

Fourteen people on board a ferry escaped after it sank in the central province of Quang Nam.

PM Pham Minh Chinh has issued a dispatch asking for concerted efforts to promote economic development in 2025 with an aim for a gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of at least 8% in the year.

A tropical depression on the East Sea has been forecasted to intensify into a storm today, December 23.

The Japanese sushi chain Genki Sushi plans to expand to Vietnam in 2025, alongside its entry into the US, as part of a broader strategy targeting international markets.

A crackdown on illegal child marriages in India's northeast has resulted in nearly 5,000 arrests, after 416 people were detained in the latest police sweep, a minister said Sunday.

16 contracts were signed primarily by the General Department of Defense Industry and Military Industry and Telecoms Group Viettel of Vietnam at the 2024 Vietnam International Defense Exhibition.

PM Pham Minh Chinh on December 22 attended the inauguration of the resettlement area in Nu village of Lao Cai province, an area severely devastated by flashfloods and landslides in September 2024.

A Thai national was sentenced to death and two Germans were handed life sentences for the gruesome murder of a German real estate broker near the resort town of Pattaya, Thai media reported.

An increasing number of Chinese celebrities are choosing high-end Vietnamese fashion, creating new opportunities for Vietnamese designers to make their mark in the 1.4 billion-strong market.

The disbursement rate for public investment capital sourced from foreign loans allocated to ministries, sectors, and localities has only met about one third of the overall plan.

The Ministry of Transport and the People’s Committee of the northern province of Phu Tho on December 21 started the construction of the new Phong Chau bridge.

The southern island city of Phu Quoc, a major tourist destination in Vietnam, welcomed the first flights from Singapore of Scoot airline and a China Eastern Airlines flight from China’s Xi'an.

Hundreds of soldiers had an artistic performance on Hoan Kiem Pedestrian Street in Hanoi on Friday evening, drawing a large crowd.

Passion fruit and pomelo will be the next two Vietnamese agricultural products to be exported to the US and Australia, according to the Import-Export Department.

Malaysia announced on Friday it has agreed to launch a new search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which disappeared 10 years ago in one of aviation's greatest enduring mysteries.

Hanoi Police, in coordination with the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), has issued an international arrest warrant for Le Khac Ngo (alias Mr. Hunter) in a large fraudulent case.