VIETNAM TODAY

More than four dozen men have been arrested in India for the repeated sexual abuse of a teenager over years, police told AFP Wednesday.

Local authorities in the central province of Quang Nam have issued fines against six contractors of an electric line construction project for forest destruction.

Several TV channels have ceased operation following a government's plan to restructure local media organisations.

Traffic violations have significantly dropped over the past two weeks following the application of higher fines.

Military sappers in the southern province of Binh Phuoc on January 14 safely moved and detonated a wartime bomb weighing 227kg found in Bom Bo commune, Bu Dang district.

PM Pham Minh Chinh and his Russian counterpart Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin have agreed to increase dialogue and enhance political trust to foster the countries' comprehensive cooperation.

The majority of credit institutions forecast their business performance in the first quarter and the whole year of 2025 will be more positive than that last year.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man on January 14 met with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin, who is on an official visit to Vietnam from January 14-15.

Party General Secretary To Lam pushed for sustainable development of the comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Russia, during his reception for Russian PM Mikhail Mishustin.

PM Pham Minh Chinh on January 14 presided over an official welcome ceremony for Russian PM Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin, who is making an official visit to Vietnam on January 14-15.

A new strong cold spell will hit the northern region starting Wednesday evening, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

President Luong Cuong on January 14 arrived in Phu Quoc island city of southern Kien Giang province, to visit and extend Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to the local armed forces.

Global gasoline prices will not fluctuate much in 2025, according to Doan Quyet Tien, an expert from the Vietnam Petroleum Institute (VPI).

Twenty-five packs containing drugs have been found on a beach on Con Dao Island in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

A 300-kilo whale has been found dead on a beach in the central province of Quang Tri's Vinh Thai Commune.

Asian markets diverged Tuesday as bargain buying after recent losses played against ongoing worries about the outlook for the global economy and the impact of a second Donald Trump presidency.

PM Pham Minh Chinh will make official visits to the Republic of Poland, and the Czech Republic, and attend the 55th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, from January 15 to 23.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin arrived in Hanoi in the early morning of January 14, beginning his two-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of PM Pham Minh Chinh.

As the Tet Lunar New Year is approaching, supermarkets across HCM City are bustling with activity.