VIETNAM TODAY

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%.

The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) continues to top the PROFIT500 list, which names the 500 most profitable enterprises in the nation for the year.

Most Asian markets rose Tuesday but Tokyo sank more than one percent as exporters were hit by a stronger yen with traders gearing up for a bumper US interest rate cut and a key Japanese central bank meeting.

With a team of leading talent in the pharmaceutical industry, Imexpharm is driving significant growth by boosting R&D as a strategy to develop high-tech pharmaceuticals.

Four people arrested recently on drug charges on the Indonesian resort island of Bali face the death penalty, its anti-drugs chief said Tuesday.

Power and communications have been restored to 366,000 customers, or 80 percent of residents in typhoon Yagi-hit localities in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh, according to the Northern Power Corporation.

A resettlement area will be built for people from a village in the northern province of Lao Cai, where many people were killed and left missing following a landslide caused by Typhoon Yagi.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has proposed a 9-day break for the 2025 Tet Lunar New Year holiday, from January 25 to February 2.

Many areas in Phu Quoc Island in the southern province of Kien Giang have been seriously inundated after torrential rain.

The Italian Film Festival 2024 is set to be held in Hanoi in late September, with Vietnamese audiences being offered the chance to delve into the rich history of contemporary Italian movies.

The Vietnamese team ranks fourth in the medal tally at the 2024 Asian Wushu Championships, which has concluded in Macao, China.

A tropical depression currently in the mainland of the Philippines’ Luzon island is forecast to develop into a storm on September 17 before heading towards Vietnamese central coastal provinces and enterning the East Sea.

Laos and Vietnam should make every effort and implement all measures to maintain a bilateral trade growth rate of 10-15% per year, head of the Commission for External Relations of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee Thongsavanh

The death toll from massive flooding in Myanmar in the wake of Typhoon Yagi has doubled to 226, as the UN warned as many as 630,000 people could be in need of help.

Dantri Newspaper has received over VND6.30 billion (USD258,620) from readers, which has been sent to the newspaper's Charity Fund to support victims of Typhoon Yagi in the northern region.

Vietnam Airlines Group, which manages Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines, and VASCO, has opened ticket sales for the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, in the period from January 13 to February 12, 2025.

Many people are earning big money from fishing in some northern coastal localities after fish farms had their cages smashed by Typhoon Yagi.

Around 86 temporary shelters have been established to serve the evacuation of households at a high risk of landslides in the northern province of Cao Bang.

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) joined leaders of the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology to launch two new projects to counter wildlife trafficking and reduce illegal wildlife consumption on Monday.