VIETNAM TODAY

The 2024 Hanoi Supporting Industry Fair opened on September 18 in Hanoi, with the event attracting the participation of numerous foreign enterprises from large corporations in Japan, China, Thailand, and Malaysia.

Authorities of Danang City have announced to temporarily close the Son Tra Peninsula to visitors as the city is struggling with torrential rain.

Deadly floods and landslides triggered by Typhoon Yagi have affected nearly six million children across Southeast Asia, the UN said Wednesday, as the death toll from the disaster rose.

Many households in the northern province of Yen Bai, which were evacuated due to Typhoon Yagi, have still been unable to return home due to the ongoing risk of landslides.

Vietnam moved up one place to rank 71st among 193 countries in the 2024 edition of the United Nations (UN) E-Government Survey – Accelerating Digital Transformation for Sustainable Development, which was launched by the UN on September 17.

A tropical depression strengthening into a storm in the East Sea has affected the central region of Vietnam, causing many houses to lose their roofs and uprooting and knocking over hundreds of trees.

The head of a Japanese sightseeing boat company whose vessel capsized in frigid waters in 2022 killing at least 20 tourists and crew has been arrested, the coastguard announced Wednesday.

Many localities in Vietnam's central region have banned boats from going to sea as a tropical depression is strengthening into a storm in the East Sea.

The central city of Danang has closed all schools from Wednesday afternoon as a tropical depression is strengthening into a storm, causing heavy rain.

The 13th Party Central Committee commenced its 10th plenum in Hanoi on September 18 under the chair of Party General Secretary and State President To Lam.

Australian and Vietnamese experts gathered in Hanoi on Wednesday for the inaugural Vietnam State of Energy Transition Conference.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment has just asked Lao Cai authorities to explain their proposal to raise the state capital contribution to the Sapa Airport construction project.

A tropical depression has been forecasted to develop into a storm in the East Sea which would bring heavy rain to the central region of Vietnam.

The United Nations Children’s Fund handed over 456 plastic water storage tanks to seven impoverished districts Cao Bang, one of those bearing the full brunt of Typhoon Yagi.

A delegation from Dantri Newspaper visited Lao Cai Province, bringing food and essential goods to residents who have been largely isolated by the recent flash floods and landslides.

Many streets in the central city of Danang have been seriously flooded following heavy rain since early this morning, September 18.

Vietnam Airlines will inaugurate a direct air route between Hanoi and Milan starting from July 1, 2025, thereby making it the first Vietnamese carrier to set up a direct connection to Italy.

Many banks have recently poured thousands of billions of Vietnamese dong into green projects.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment recently presented to the Government two economic growth trajectories for 2025, with the highest rate forecast at 7.5%.