VIETNAM TODAY

A fire in the central province of Khanh Hoa’s Ninh Hoa Town has destroyed around 60 hectares of forest.

Many of the central city of Danang's streets have been defaced with graffiti.

Vietnam has for long not used the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 across the country, said a representative of the Drug Registration Division of the Drug Administration of Vietnam under the Ministry of Health.

Cuc Phuong National Park, which covers 22,000 hectares stretching across the northern provinces of Ninh Binh, Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa, has opened night tours using electric cars.

Large amounts of fish have died in the Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal in HCM City following heavy rain over recent days.

The US Mission Vietnam has just announced the 2025 competition for the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Programme.

The German Embassy hosted its first discussion of the “Hanoi Climate Talks” series on May 8.

Coffee prices have continued falling while local traders have reduced transactions.

A high-speed ferry connecting Con Dao Island in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Ho Chi Minh City will start operation on May 13.

A group of dozens of people, including many foreigners, volunteer to collect rubbish in Danang every Saturday.

The potential reduction in interest rates by the Fed is expected to open up favourable investment opportunities in Vietnamese stocks, particularly in key sectors such as banking, import-export, retail, materials, industrial parks, technology and businesses with high dividend yields.

More than 22,000 residents on Ly Son Island in the central province of Quang Ngai are facing fresh water shortages due to saline intrusion and underground water sources running out.

A total of 32 teams have begun their attempt to win the 2024 Vietnam Robot Contest (Robocon Vietnam) in the final round.

A fire in a Hoi An City car park this morning, May 8, destroyed 40 electric cars.

The police have detained four players of Hong Linh Ha Tinh FC, a V-League football team, for investigations after the four players used banned substances in a hotel in Ha Tinh province, central Vietnam.

Expediting the enforcement of the 2024 Land Law would stimulate the supply of social housing and encourage enterprises to be more assertive in participating in the development of this segment, experts predict.

Local gold shops have seen long queues due to rising sales.

Thailand’s number of COVID-19 cases continued to rise over the past week from April 28 to May 4, with 1,792 people hospitalised and 12 succumbed to the disease, according to the country’s Department of Disease Control.

The police force of the northern province of Hà Giang and the border post at the locality’s Thanh Thủy International Border Gate handed over four illegal Chinese migrants back to their home country on May 7.