VIETNAM TODAY

A tourist boat has sunk in Bai Tu Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh, leaving one dead and another missing.

HCM City has set a target of building 70,000 social housing units by 2030 to meet the rising demand for affordable housing.

Euromonitor International has named Bangkok the world’s top tourism city in 2024 after it welcomed a record-breaking 32.4 million visitors.

More than 218,500 enterprises were established and resumed operations in Vietnam in the past 11 months of 2024, a year-on-year increase of 7.4%, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Vietnam’s youth start-up ecosystem has attracted 529 million USD in venture capital funding for start-ups in 2024, according to a study.

The US new policy orientation and potential areas to promote bilateral economic and trade ties between Vietnam and the US were the major theme discussed at the Vietnam - US Cooperation Forum 2024.

The Vietnamese Party and State always attach importance to science-technology and innovation, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has said.

Flash floods and landslides struck Indonesia's main Java island earlier this week, killing at least five people, as rescuers race to find seven others still missing.

Many people have complained about cars being parked illegally on many roads leading to the HCM City Oncology Hospital in Thu Duc City.

Six women-led agricultural enterprises across the Mekong Delta have successfully secured up to AUD60,000 (VND1 billion) each to take their businesses to the next level, thanks to Deltaccelerate.

Hotels and accommodation establishments in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau will offer roughly 1,000 free rooms to tourists during the province’s coming tourism week.

As many as 63 workers from a company in Nghe An Province were hospitalised on December 6 after lunch, suspected of food poisoning.

Nearly 80% of foreign arrivals in Vietnam so far this year hailed from Asia, with a significant 60% coming from the Republic of Korea (RoK), China, Taiwan (China), and Japan

Multinational technology company Google of the United States has unveiled plans to officially open its office in Vietnam as of April next year.

Buses with more than 29 seats ore are prohibited from entering Nha Trang's city center during peak hours to ease traffic congestion.

With Vietnam’s import-export revenue hitting a record high of US$715.55 billion during the 11-month period, exports are anticipated to reach nearly US$400 billion this year.

Two of Vietnam's major cities, including Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, have been listed among the top 100 city destinations in the world.

The consumer price index (CPI) during the past 11 months of the year soared by 3.69% compared to the same period from last year.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Transport has approved a total investment of VND635 billion (USD25 million) to rebuild the Phong Chau Bridge, which collapsed under the impact of Typhoon Yagi.