VIETNAM TODAY

The director of Sunrise Wood Trading Production Company, Feng Yong, was arrested as part of Dong Nai investigations into workplace safety violations at his company after a boiler explosion killed six workers.

A grand requiem in tribute to soldiers who lost their lives on the Dien Bien Phu battlefield was held at the A1 Cemetery in Dien Bien Phu City in the northern province of Dien Bien on Friday morning.

Cuc Phuong National Park have received a rare yellow-cheeked gibbon found in the northern city of Haiphong.

At least one house collapsed and over 30 others were flooded with mud after a flash flood caused serious landslides in the northwestern province of Dien Bien early Friday morning.

Seventeen Vietnamese students will bring their nine projects to compete at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2024, slated for May 11-17 in Los Angeles, the US.

Increasing numbers of people are suffering from mental disorders due to the prolonged, severe hot weather in the Central Highlands Province of Dak Lak.

A poor man in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa is calling for support after his wife died.

Security at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi returned a suitcase containing valuable jewellery to a female passenger.

Vietnam has the potential to meet the global semiconductor workforce need in short, medium and long terms, Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung told a recent seminar, highlighting Vietnam's strategic advantages in the rapidly growing industry.

Hundreds of households in the central city of Danang’s Hoa Vang District have faced water shortages due to the prolonged drought.

HCM City has piloted collecting pavement rental fees on 11 streets from May 9.

Vietnam Railway Corporation lost VND50 billion (USD1.97 million) due to recent landslides at Bai Gio Tunnel on the North-South railway.

Tourist services have continued on Tuyen Lam Lake in the Central Highlands Province of Lam Dong despite a ban by local authorities.

An examination conducted by the Ministry of Education and Training has uncovered that an IDP Education Company in Vietnam issued 56,000 IELTS certificates in 2022 in spite of not being authorised to do so.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang on May 9 said that Vietnam welcomes the US Commerce Department’s consideration of upgrading Vietnam to 'market economy' status.

Retail petrol prices have sharply dropped by over VND1,000 per litre following the latest adjustment by the ministries of Industry and Trade, and Finance.

The Vietnamese student team have won a total of six prizes at the VEX Robotics World Championship 2024.

The northern coastal province of Quang Ninh topped Vietnam's Provincial Competitiveness Index 2023 for the seventh consecutive year with 71.25 points, according to the PCI 2023 report released on May 9.

Vietnam continued its bumpy path of recovery in April, in part reflecting the highly uncertain global environment, according to the April report “Vietnam at a glance” released recently by HSBC.