VIETNAM TODAY

Both nations will continue to enhance the role of their legislatures in supporting the two governments to bolster bilateral cooperation towards achieving the goal of bringing trade turnover to US$100 billion in 2025.

At least 27 people were crushed to death at a Hindu religious gathering in northern India, with several more injured and fears the toll could rise, government medics said Tuesday.

Vietjet has celebrated the launch of its newest route connecting HCM City to Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province in China at Xi'an Xianyang International Airport.

The Festival For Peace 2024 will open on July 6 in the central province of Quang Tri with various special activities to attract visitors.

Foreign investment disbursement in the first half of this year reached an estimated US$10.84 billion, surging 8.2 per cent year-on-year and marking a record high over the past five years, according to the General Statistics Office.

Hanoi’s gross regional domestic product in the first half of 2024 is estimated to increase 6% compared to the 5.86% growth in same period last year.

The Quang Tri airport project, with an initial outlay of 5.8 trillion VND (227 million USD), will be kicked off on July 6 by a joint venture between T&T Group and CIENCO 4.

Hanoi will organise firework displays at 30 locations to celebrate the city’s 70th Liberation Day on October 10.

The Nhon-Hanoi Station metro line, scheduled to begin commercial operation in late June, has faced another delay after 14 years of construction.

Authorities in the southern province of Dong Nai are investigating a case where two people were found dead in a locked house in Suoi Cat Commune, Xuan Loc District.

China and Finland have been chosen as the best teams of the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival 2024 (DIFF) and will progress to the final competition, according to the organising board.

The Republic of Korea is ready to cooperate with Vietnam in the field of semiconductors and artificial intelligence through specific projects to be deployed, RoK experts and scientists told Vietnamese PM Pham Minh Chinh.

Private carrier Vietjet announced its new route linking the central province of Khanh Hoa’s Nha Trang beach city to the Republic of Korea’s Daegu city at the Vietnam-RoK culture-tourism cooperation promotion forum held in Seoul on July 1.

Iran hosted a tourism roadshow and a workshop in Hanoi on July 1 to boost tourism cooperation and spur the development of the tourism industry of the two countries.

Many irrigation reservoirs in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien have seen low water levels despite the current rainy season.

Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of US$11.63 billion in the first six months of 2024, according to the General Statistics Office.

At least four people have been arrested as police made a record-making international drug trafficking ring bust at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport.

Two people in the northern mountainous province of Lang Son have died from asphyxiation when descending into a deep cave.