VIETNAM TODAY

Four Vietnamese nationals have been arrested as part of a major joint UK-French investigation into alleged small boats people smugglers advertising crossings on Facebook.

Vietnam’s tourism sector served over 6.2 million foreign visitors and 40.5 million domestic tourists in the first four months of this year, earning 271.4 trillion VND (nearly 10.7 billion USD) in revenue, according to the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism.

A local resident was killed by lightning and over 1,200 houses were unroofed after thunderstorms slammed into the northern mountainous provinces of Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Bac Kan, and Tuyen Quang from April 30 to May 1.

Developing Asia and the Pacific are unprepared to secure the well-being of their rapidly ageing population, according to a report released today by the Asian Development Bank.

A 12-container freight train from Cao Xa Station in Hai Duong Province will join an international freight train on the Hanoi-Hebei route today, May 2.

As a major industrial hub, contributing about 10% of the country's total export value, the southern province of Binh Duong targets becoming a logistics locomotive of the southern region of Vietnam.

Authorities in the central province of Quang Binh have requested that two tourism facilities illegally built on forest land in the Quang Ninh District be demolished.

Vietnam reported 347 traffic accidents that left 138 people dead and 285 others injured during the five-day holiday to mark Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day.

A Vietnamese space has received warm response from visitors at the ongoing 2024 Buenos Aires International Book Fair.

The Field Restaurant in Hoi An City has been awarded the Gold Platinum Low-Carbon Tourism Standard certification by Magnus International.

Vietnam has six representatives out of a total of 739 institutions from 31 countries and territories in Asia honoured by Times Higher Education in the Asia University Rankings 2024.

HCM City received over 969,000 visitors during the Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day holiday, earning over VND3.20 trillion.

A man and his two sons have been found dead in a fire which they set to hunt for bamboo rats in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien on Wednesday.

At least 24 people died after part of a highway collapsed due to heavy rains in southern China's Guangdong province on Wednesday, state media said.

Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat airports saw more than 200,000 passengers on Wednesday as people returned to the cities after the Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day holiday.

Many bridges and railway tunnels passing through the Hai Van Pass in Danang City have deteriorated, requiring comprehensive upgrades.

Six people were killed and seven others injured after a boiler exploded at a wood processing factory in the southern province of Dong Nai on Wednesday morning.

Thousands of visitors flocked to beaches at Do Son in the northern city of Haiphong on the Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day holiday.