VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam sets a goal to reduce the stunting rate in under-5 children to below 15% by 2030, but this rate currently is still high at 18.2%.

The meteorological agencies of Japan, the Philippines and Hong Kong have all predicted that Typhoon Yinxing will enter the East Sea.

Thousands of Ha Tinh students stay home due to flooding

The Consumer Price Index (CPI), an important tool to measure inflation, increased by 0.33 per cent in October compared to September, due to increased fuel prices and the impact of storms and floods.

State President Luong Cuong will lead a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam to pay an official visit to Chile from November 9 – 12.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met separately with Chinese leading infrastructure and energy corporations in Kunming on November 6 to bolster bilateral cooperation in the areas.

The Yak-130 aircraft of Air Regiment 940 had an accident on November 6, while the two pilots were flying the aircraft for training and left Phu Cat airport about 15 km.

PM Pham Minh Chinh received President of the Asian Development Bank Masatsugu Asakawa in Kunming on November 6.

Import-export turnover during the past 10 months of the year reached close to US$650 billion, with export earnings soaring by 14.9%, according to the General Statistics Office.

The World Bank and Swiss Government have signed an agreement to promote green and resilient growth in Vietnam’s major cities.

Two people died while seeking shelter from rain under a tractor when it suddenly moved in the Central Highlands Province of Dak Lak.

Twenty children, aged between two and three, from a kindergarten in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau's Tam Duong District, have been hospitalised after possibly having eaten rat poison.

More than 940 households with nearly 3,500 people have been isolated due to rising floods in the central province of Quang Binh.

Two teenage sisters died in a house fire in the southern city of Vung Tau early Wednesday morning.

Singapore desires to elevate its relationship with Vietnam to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in 2025, ambassador Jaya Ratnam told Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Secretary Nguyen Van Nen.

HCM City will open 14 new bus routes linking to Tan Son Nhat International Airport in November, according to the municipal Department of Transport.

The total registered capital for new investments, adjustments, and share purchases by foreign investors in Vietnam reached nearly US$ 27.3 billion after 10 months.

Police in Thanh Hoa temporarily detained a man for “abusing the rights to democracy and freedom to infringe on the State’s interests”.

A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted again on Tuesday, blowing an ash column into the sky a day after it spewed fireballs on nearby villages that killed nine people.