VIETNAM TODAY

Retail petroleum prices increased at 3 pm today, January 9, after a decision by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance.

CBRE Vietnam experts have forecast a continued annual rise of 3-7% in industrial land rental prices in the South.

Vietnamese PM Pham Minh Chinh and his Lao counterpart Sonexay Siphandone set forth practical steps to further strengthen their comprehensive bilateral relations.

Military Region 3 has sent a delegation to visit and present gifts to people living and working in two islands in the central region on Thursday ahead of the 2025 Tet Lunar New Year Festival.

According to the Hanoi Transportation Corporation (Transerco), diesel public buses on three routes will be replaced with electric vehicles beginning February 1.

Five consecutive earthquakes occurred in the Central Highlands Province of Kon Tum's Kon Plong District on Thursday morning, according to the Earthquake and Tsunami Warning Centre.

PM Pham Minh Chinh and Lao PM Sonexay Siphandone co-chaired on Thursday morning the 47th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Intergovernmental Committee for Bilateral Cooperation.

The highest bonus for the coming Tet Lunar New Year has been reported at a company in HCM City with around VND1.9 billion (USD79,950).

The central province of Quang Nam has declared a state of emergency in response to the escalating coastal erosion in Hoi An City.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation left Hanoi on January 9 morning to visit Laos and co-chair the 47th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee.

Hanoi authorities are seeking the Prime Minister’s approval for a VND550 billion (USD21.96 million) project to revitalize the To Lich River.

The Ministry of Health has recommended the public to regularly update official information related to pneumonia caused by the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) to avoid undue panic.

Foreign direct investment in the real estate sector for 2024 reached 3.72 billion USD, making up 18.8% of the total FDI that Vietnam attracted in the year, reported the General Statistics Office.

Vietnam Airlines has launched the Upstream Check-in service, allowing passengers traveling from mainland China or Macao to Vietnam to conduct direct check-in when transiting in Hong Kong.

Credit growth across the banking sector reached 15.08% as of the end of 2024, exceeding the year’s target of 15%, according to Standing Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Dao Minh Tu.

A woman has died and one other gone missing after falling off cliffs where they were collecting seaweed in the Sa Huynh coastal area in Quang Ngai Province on Wednesday morning.

Two people have been killed and one other suffered injuries after a fire broke out at a house in the central province of Quang Nam's Tam Ky City early on Wednesday morning.

Vietnam Air Services Company (VASCO), a subsidiary of the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, will operate flights on the Ca Mau-HCM City route during the upcoming peak Tet Lunar New Year period.

Authorities in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province started removing on Wednesday morning some sea-encroaching construction works on Vung Tau beach.