VIETNAM TODAY

Northern Vietnam is bracing for widespread heavy rain from August 4 to 7 following a period of intense heat.

ADB and Thu Dau Mot Water JSC signed a USD 6 million loan to expand the Bau Bang Water Plant, boosting capacity to meet growing demand in Binh Duong and Thu Dau Mot.

PM Pham Minh Chinh visited residents in Dien Bien Province who have suffered severe damage from recent flash floods and landslides, offering words of comfort and delivering emergency relief.

State President Luong Cuong arrived in Cairo on August 3, starting their state visit to Egypt at the invitation of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and his spouse.

HCM City recorded more than VND 22 trillion (USD 865 million) in tourism revenue in July, a surge of 45 per cent year-on-year, the city’s Department of Tourism reported.

Authorities of the southern central province of Khanh Hoa have reclaimed around 6,200 square metres of land from a controversial beachfront project in Nha Trang City to return the space to the public.

A high-ranking Vietnamese delegation led by President Luong Cuong has left Hanoi for State visits to Egypt and Angola.

The whole country still has more than 540 communes and wards of 30 out of 34 provinces and cities with African swine fever that has not passed 21 days.

PM Pham Minh Chinh who heads the Steering Committee for Vietnam’s International Financial Centre (IFC), has signed a decision to establish IFC in HCM City and Danang by the end of 2025.

Vietnam's northern region is struggling with a new intense hot spell, with the highest temperatures commonly ranging from 35 to 37 degrees Celsius.

Thu Duc Ward in HCM City has introduced a series of innovations aimed at improving service delivery, including the trial use of robots and AI-driven information systems.

An Australian tourist has expressed her heartfelt gratitude to a man in the central city of Danang for helping her recover a lost diamond ring.

Authorities in Gia Lai Province are investigating an accident involving an electric tourist shuttle that struck a group of pedestrians, leaving one person dead and three others injured.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has called for stricter measures to limit and prevent bird strikes that threaten flight safety.

The EU–Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) has produced strong results just five years after coming into force, driving bilateral trade to nearly USD 300 billion.

In addition to the removal of restrictions on real estate investment, this law also allows SOEs to purchase securities in accordance with securities law.

The US Government has lowered reciprocal tariffs on Vietnamese imports to 20 per cent from 46 per cent, the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) reported on August 1.

Gia Lai Province’s Department of Industry and Trade has announced that it would soon begin reviewing licence applications for wind power projects located in the region.

Authorities in Lam Dong Province have planted more than 5,000 trees along a border route with Cambodia, aiming to transform the area into a floral corridor and boost eco-tourism in the region.