VIETNAM TODAY

As many as 5,255 people were killed and nearly 9,600 others injured in more than 12,320 traffic accidents in Vietnam in the first half of 2024, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.

As many as 21,000 orders were made during a livestream featuring agricultural products of the Mekong Delta Province of An Giang on Sunday afternoon.

The State Bank of Vietnam has shortened terms and kept the interest rate of its bills unchanged to increase the attractiveness of the bill channel, which will help raise the interbank interest rates and reduce pressure on the USD/VND

Hanoi will open more river tour products along the Red River and Duong rivers.

PM Pham Minh Chinh called on businesses of the Republic of Korea to expand investment cooperation in areas where the RoK has strengths and Vietnam has high demand, at a joint business forum in Seoul on July 1.

Vietnam detected as many as 30,265 dengue infections in the past six months of the year, including three fatalities, down more than 30% in infection numbers and six fatalities fewer than the same period last year, according to the

Vietnam's consumer price index rose by 4.08 per cent in the first half compared to the same period last year, while core inflation increased by 2.75 per cent, according to the General Statistics Office.

Legal proceedings are underway against 961 suspects accused of producing, trafficking, storing and using drugs following a year-long investigation into the case of flight attendants illegally transporting drugs from France to Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with 70 Koreans as part of his official visit to the Northeast Asian nation on June 30.

The southeastern region, which comprises of Ho Chi Minh City, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Tay Ninh, Binh Phuoc and Binh Duong provinces, is striving to promote tourism by developing strong products, increasing connectivity, and forming new tours.

Vietnamese Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat held working sessions with the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), several major universities, hi-tech parks and startup centres, as part of his working trip to Germany from

The police of Vietnam have arrested a Chinese national on the wanted list by the Chinese police.

Vietnam plans to build at least 10 new undersea cable routes by 2030, increasing the total number to 15 with a minimum capacity of 350 Tbps.

The Ministry of Transport has agreed on the pilot use of sea sand for the construction of an expressway section in the southern region.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his spouse Le Thi Bich Tran and a Vietnamese delegation left Hanoi on June 30 morning for an official visit to the Republic of Korea from June 30-July 3.

Japan will consider new generation ODA for Vietnam, with a primary focus on new fields such as digital transformation, green transformation, climate change response and health.

The Con Dao National Park Management Board has just decided to halt swimming and scuba diving in some areas at the Con Dao Islands in an attempt to protect the coral reefs which have been bleached and died due

Foreign businesses injected nearly US$15.19 billion worth of foreign direct investment into the Vietnamese economy in the first six months of 2024, representing a year-on-year rise of 13.1%, according to the General Statistics Office.

Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene declared victory early Saturday in parliamentary elections, after a contest dominated by deepening public anger over corruption and the state of the economy.