VIETNAM TODAY

PM Pham Minh Chinh has congratulated the men's national football team over the winning of the 2024 Asean Cup.

The northern mountainous province of Lao Cai has unveiled a plan to build a 1,000-hectare industrial park near Sapa Airport construction project.

The Vietnamese Government plans to reduce the civil service workforce by at least 20% as part of an ongoing administrative reform initiative aimed at streamlining the state apparatus.

A total of 76,179 enterprises resumed operations in Vietnam in 2024, according to the Agency for Business Registration under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

A popular Indian food delivery app has started offering a private ambulance service, looking to use its logistics know-how to help bolster the country's patchy healthcare system.

The logistics industry’s business community has expressed optimism about growth prospects in 2025.

Local people in the Mekong Delta region are complaining about the serious environmental pollution caused by dumping sites that have appeared in many residential areas.

Box Office Vietnam announced that the total box office revenue in Vietnam for 2024, from January 1 to December 31, reached nearly 4.7 trillion VND (185 million USD).

The Vietnam national football team will be given a generous bonus if they win over Thailand in the second leg of the 2024 ASEAN Cup final.

The Government has issued a decree allowing support of up to 50% of initial investment costs for businesses engaging in semiconductor and AI research and development projects.

A bomb weighing 220 kilos has just been found at a forest in the central province of Quang Binh.

Eight Vietnamese rice enterprises have been awarded 200,000 AUD (approximately 3.16 billion VND, or over 124,300 USD) for their efforts in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in rice production.

Last year was China's hottest on record and the past four years were its warmest ever, its weather agency said this week.

Domestic solid waste must be classified at each household from the beginning of this year, according to the Law on Environmental Protection 2020.

The Vietnamese Government has recently issued a decree, deciding to extend a reduction in value-added tax (VAT) until the end of June 2025.

The enforcement of traffic laws on many roads in Hanoi has seen a significant improvement after the application of higher fines.

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra declared more than $400 million in assets on Friday, her party said.

Local astronomy lovers will have the chance to enjoy the sight of the Quadrantids, the first major meteor shower of the year, as it reaches its peak between nightfall and dawn on January 4.

An oil tanker in the northern province of Ninh Binh caught fire, leaving three people injured.