VIETNAM TODAY

A Vietnamese employee has won a national contest on customer service of 7-Eleven Japan – the biggest chain of convenience stores in Japan.

Diphtheria is being kept under control and it is unlikely that the disease will break out into an epidemic in Vietnam, said Dr. Hoang Minh Duc, head of the General Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong passed away on July 19 afternoon at the age of 80, according to the board of health protection and care for central officials.

A group of fishermen in the central province of Quang Ngai released a rare turtle stuck in their net back into the ocean.

Three teenagers in the central province of Ha Tinh have been caught throwing stones and causing damage to three trains on the north-south route.

Authorities in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa have just fined the Tam Viet Company VND120 million after their pig farm polluted a local stream.

British magazine TimeOut has placed Con Dao Island off the coast of southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province in fourth position on its list of the world’s 24 most underrated travel destinations.

Despite low interest rates, individual customers have continued to deposit at banks, setting a new record high for savings.

A low pressure area strengthened into a tropical depression in the East Sea on July 19, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

The southernmost province of Ca Mau has organised free swimming classes for local poor children this summer.

An eight-year-old elephant in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak which had both tusks broken due to an accident has been successfully rescued.

Danang City People’s Committee has proposed financial support for local households to buy smartphones following the Ministry of Information and Communications’ decision to turn off 2G technology on land in the coming time.

Asian equities sank in line with Wall Street Friday as the optimism over expected US interest rate cuts was overshadowed by uncertainty about the presidential election and worries over China's economy.

The pepper prices on July 18 in some key pepper producers of Vietnam continue to be under downward pressure, reaching the lowest price of VNĐ147,000 (US$5.79) per kilo.

The final night of the Miss Tourism Vietnam 2024 pageant is scheduled to take place on July 20 in Cam Pha city in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

The rampant hunting for wild birds is threatening the biodiversity in Vietnam, according to Education for Nature Vietnam.

A solemn ceremony was held by the Vietnamese Party and State at the Hanoi-based Military Central Hospital 108 on July 18 afternoon to present the Gold Star Order to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed an official dispatch to relevant ministries to work alongside relevant Thai authorities in deploying citizen protection measures over the death of four Vietnamese nationals in a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.

Domestic retail petroleum prices declined at 3 pm today, July 18, after a decision by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance.