VIETNAM TODAY

An Indonesian volunteer returns from a dangerous rescue mission to a remote island where a volcano recently unleashed huge eruptions, cradling an abandoned, emaciated dog covered in burn blisters.

Airlines and railway companies in Vietnam have reported big profits in the first quarter of this year following consecutive losses due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

HCM City will hold a firework show at the River Festival scheduled to take place from May 31 to June 9.

Tens of millions of AstraZeneca COVID vaccines have been administered in Vietnam and only a few cases of blood clot related reactions recorded post-vaccination, an immunisation official has stated amid concerns over side effects.

The first China - Laos - Thailand - Malaysia express freight train recently departed from Chengdu, the capital of China’s southwestern Sichuan province, marking a significant milestone in regional trade connectivity.

Recognising tourism as one of the breakthroughs for socio-economic development, the southwestern province of Tay Ninh has been focusing on various solutions and resources to create new impetus for the non-smoke industry.

Vietnam has been applying itself to making institutional, infrastructure, and manpower improvements in efforts to attract more foreign investment, especially in such big industries as electronics and semiconductor, said Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Do Thanh Trung.

The Public Security Ministry has started legal proceedings against and detained former Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung for "abusing position and power while performing official duties".

The central city of Danang has rescheduled the opening of a pedestrian street by Han River until early June.

At least 15 people have died after landslides and flooding in central Indonesia swept away dozens of houses and damaged roads, the country's disaster agency said Saturday.

Many hectares of dying cashew trees have been cut down due to prolonged drought in the Central Highlands Province of Dak Lak.

A total of 1,995 traffic accidents occurred nationwide in the month from March 15 to April 14, killing 845 people and injuring 1,537 others, according to the Office of the National Traffic Safety Committee.

The Republic of Korea (RoK), China and Japan agreed on May 3 to reinforce the regional financial safety net, along with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), by launching a new financing facility programme meant to

Retail sales and services revenue in the first four months of this year totaled VNĐ2.06 quadrillion (US$81.06 billion), up 8.5 per cent year-on-year, the General Statistics Office said.

French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu and Secretary of State Patricia Miralles will visit Vietnam and attend a grand ceremony on May 7 to mark 70 years of the Dien Bien Phu victory over French colonialism.

Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh has seen robust tourism recovery, sparking hopes that the bay’s tourism revenue would return to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels.

The Mekong Delta City of Can Tho has faced more erosion along rivers and canals, damaging many houses.

The swing of a talon and a flurry of feathers leaves a rooster motionless, a cockfight bout viewed as cruel by many but which binds disparate Indian forest communities together.

Two shots taken by local photographers Nguyen Minh Tu and Bui Van Hai have been named among the top 100 in the drone photography category of the ninth 35AWARDS.