VIETNAM TODAY

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam and his spouse hosted an official welcome ceremony for visiting Mozambican President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi and his spouse in Hanoi on Monday morning.

Schools in ten northern provinces and cities will remain closed on Monday and Tuesday as local authorities are still trying to deal with the huge damage caused by Typhoon Yagi.

Lang Son Geopark of Vietnam has been officially recognized as a UNESCO Global Geopark by the UNESCO Global Geoparks Council.

At least 24 people have been killed as Typhoon Yagi, the most powerful one in the East Sea in the past 30 years, ripped through northern Vietnam on Saturday.

The President of the Republic of Mozambique, Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, and his spouse, arrived in Hanoi on September 8, beginning a three-day official visit to Vietnam.

At least six people have died and nine others been injured in a landslide which occurred in the northern tourist town of Sapa on Sunday afternoon.

Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Tran Thanh Man arrived in Moscow on September 8 afternoon (local time), beginning a three-day official visit to Russia.

Super typhoon Yagi that swept through northern mountainous localities over the weekend killed at least 14 people and injured 176 others, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

After chairing a hybrid conference in Hanoi to direct efforts to overcome the aftermath of typhoon Yagi, PM Pham Minh Chinh visited Quang Ninh Province to inspect the damage and oversee relief operations.

Thousands of villas and apartments belonging to resort real estate projects in Ho Tram Town in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau have been abandoned.

The Hanoi Paediatric Hospital, which has a total investment of VND785 billion (USD31.65 million), is scheduled to be operational by late this year.

Vietnam ranked 49th out of 89 economies in term of real estate transparency, according to a recent global real estate transparency index 2024 rankings by global property services firm Jones Lang LaSalle.

NA chairman Tran Thanh Man left Hanoi on September 8, beginning a three-day official visit to Russia.

At least four people were killed and one other injured in a landslide that occurred at a house in the northern province of Hoa Binh's Da Bac District early Sunday morning.

Vietnamese Defense Minister Phan Van Giang is paying a working visit to the United States at the invitation of US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin from September 6-11.

Typhoon Yagi has lost its strength into a tropical depression after blasting the north-eastern part of Vietnam, causing havoc to local life and property.

Heavy rain and strong winds caused by Typhoon Yagi have disrupted power supply in several localities, including Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, and Thai Binh, leaving hundreds of thousands of households without power.

Vietnam welcomed 11.4 million foreign arrivals during the first eight months of the year, an annual rise of 45.8% and up 1% from the same period in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out.