VIETNAM TODAY

British magazine TimeOut has placed Ho Chi Minh City in the fourth position among its list of the world’s leading 20 cities for food.

Cable car prices in Cat Ba Island in the northern city of Haiphong have considerably fallen, attracting more tourists to the island.

Hundreds of people sheltered in evacuation centres on Tuesday after a volcano erupted in the central Philippines.

Although Vietnam has large reserves of rare earth minerals at approximately 30 million tonnes, exploitation and processing have yet to be comprehensively researched and examined, a NA deputy said.

Papua New Guinea authorities have warned there is a high risk of more landslides at the site of a recent deadly disaster, with government experts demanding the area be evacuated and declared a "no-go-zone".

The central province of Quang Binh's Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park Management Board has announced a project to boost tourism in the area calling for investment in nine destinations and 11 tourist routes by 2030.

Four Paws International, a global animal welfare organisation, officially launched a trans-Vietnam tour themed 'Journey of Love' on June 3 to convey a message of ending the dog and cat meat trade in the country.

Around 15,000 animal traps found at Pu Mat National Park in the central province of Nghe An have been used to create the statues of a mother elephant and its offspring.

The disbursement of public investment from the State budget in the first five months of this year was estimated to reach VNĐ190.6 trillion (US$7.44 billion), according to the General Statistics Office.

The Saigon-Con Dao express boat service has reported less than half passenger capacity after two weeks of operation.

A low-income family in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa is in desperate need of financial support to help cover a kidney transplant that can save their son.

A man in the central province of Quang Nam has been fined VND82.5 million (USD3,241) for illegally keeping weapons.

The masterpiece “Người hát dân ca” (Les Chanteuses de Campagne) created by renowned painter of Vietnam Nguyen Phan Chanh is set to be put on sale on June 14 in Paris, France, as part of Arts d'Asie: Sotheby's Auction.

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam has proposed to close Vinh Airport in the central province of Nghe An for four months for runway and taxiway repairs.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) on June 3 sold SJC branded gold bars to four State commercial banks and a gold and gemstones company at a stable price in an effort to narrow the disparity between domestic and

The Ministry of Transport has ordered better control and management of airfares from State agencies including the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV), the Transport Development & Strategy Institute (TDSI) and the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV).

The northern region of Vietnam has been forecasted to witness widespread rains from this evening, June 3, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

Le Anh Tu, with the Buddhist name of Thich Minh Tue, the mendicant figure at the centre of the 'begging monk' social media craze, has voluntarily stopped his latest walk following a number of public and traffic disturbances caused

The VN-Index has continued its decline, accompanied by significant net selling by foreign investors throughout the past week, indicating persistent pessimism in the market.