VIETNAM TODAY

The State President will grant well-reformed prisoners special amnesty on the occasion of the 79th National Day (September 2) and the 70th Liberation Day of Hanoi (October 10) this year, according to Pham Thanh Ha, vice chairman of the

The Plant Protection Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced on Thursday that they've got a licence for exporting pomelo to South Korea.

Police in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa has just arrested a Lao man for transporting drugs through a local border gate into Vietnam.

More than 6,800 enterprises resumed operations in July, up 26.2% over the previous month but down 0.7% from the same period last year, according to the Agency for Business Registration under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

A fire ripped through a building in the Philippine capital's Chinatown early Friday, killing 11 people, authorities said.

Three members of a family died after their motorbike crashed into a car in the Central Highlands Province of Dak Lak on Friday morning.

A VND2.3 trillion (USD94.51 million) hospital project started in 2014 in the southern province of Binh Duong has not yet been completed due to site clearance difficulties and contractor procedures.

Vietnam has witnessed more railway accidents, partially attributed to illegally opened crossings on railway routes.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and the Hong Kong International Airport will work together to develop new air routes under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that the former presented to its Hong Kong partner on August 1.

Timor Leste treasures and desires to further foster the good friendship with Vietnam, said President Jose Ramos-Horta during the talks with his Vietnamese counterpart To Lam in Hanoi on August 1 following the welcome ceremony for Timor Leste’s state

Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital has announced the successful completion of a heart transplant for a seven-year-old girl diagnosed with end-stage heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy.

Authorities of the southern central province of Khanh Hoa have approved the design of Truong Sa Museum.

PM Pham Minh Chinh and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi have agreed to carry out strong measures aimed at meeting the goal of doubling two-way trade and investment turnover from the current level by 2030.

An expressway connecting Can Tho City and Kien Giang Province in the Mekong Delta region has badly deteriorated after just three years of operation.

Hundreds of billions of dollars in cryptocurrencies are estimated to have flowed into Vietnam over the past year; however, the lack of a legal framework monitoring this capital flow might lead to tax losses and risks such as money laundering.

Petrol prices were adjusted down from 3 p.m. on August 1 by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Ministry of Finance, the fourth time in a row.

Nearly 30,000 pigs have been removed from the pig farm in Lang Chanh District in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa following residents' complaints about pollution.

Cambodia has become one of the ten most significant markets for Vietnamese durian. In the first half of this year, Cambodia spent USD 1.6 million buying the fruit, up 23-fold from last year.

President To Lam on August 1 hosted a red-carpet welcome ceremony for President of Timor-Leste José Ramos-Horta who is paying a state visit to Vietnam from July 31 to August 3.