VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam recorded as many as 71 earthquakes nationwide from January 1 to March 31, with all of them hitting on small scales and not causing any risk of natural disaster.

Efforts to settle the consequences of bombs and mines in 2024 will continue focusing on clearing bombs, mines and unexploded ordnance left over from the war and supporting victims, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Many bison and other rare animals have been spotted at Phuoc Binh National Park in the southern central province of Ninh Thuan through camera traps.

A rare python weighing around 18 kilos has been found slithering into a house in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

Four people including a Vietnamese and three Chinese nationals have just been arrested while attempting to enter Laos through a border path in the central province of Quang Tri.

On the occasion of the Bunpimay Festival of Laos and the Chol Chnam Thmay Festival of Cambodia, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong has sent letters and flowers of greetings to

After two routes to Shanghai and Chengdu, Vietjet will open a direct route between Ho Chi Minh City and Xi'an (China) from April 29, becoming the airline flying directly from Vietnam to the ancient capital of Xi'an.

The Nha Trang City Department of Education and Training confirmed on Friday morning that a fifth-grade student had died and many others suffered food poisoning after having breakfast at some food stalls near their school.

Stocks fell Friday and oil extended the previous day's surge on worries that Israel's war with Hamas could widen to a regional conflict with Iran as both sides ratcheted up tensions.

Police in the northern province of Quang Ninh announced on Friday that they had completed their investigation into a traffic accident and decided to prosecute Sharma Rohit, 26, of Indian nationality for violating road traffic regulations.

Vietnam’s rosy economic prospects have helped consolidate the confidence of foreign firms in the country, as reflected through their investment of 6.17 billion USD in the first quarter of this year, up 13.4% year-on-year.

Vehicles have suffered tyre blowouts from extreme heat when travelling on the Cam Lo-La Son Expressway in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

A man in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang has been arrested for growing over 1,300 opium poppies on his farm.

Danang City Customs Department announced on Thursday that they have seized 60,000 lobster seeds that had been illegally brought through Danang International Airport.

Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi said on Friday morning that they returned a wallet which contained personal papers and thousands of Euros to a passenger who left it after a flight to the airport.

The central province of Quang Ngai will organise a tourism week from April 22 to May 5.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment has proposed two economic growth scenarios for this year at the Government's regular meeting held in Hanoi.

Work to renovate the area around Thien Quang Lake in Hanoi’s Hai Ba Trung District has just kicked off.

A VND1.8 trillion (USD72 million) tourism project in the central province of Quang Ngai remains unfinished after 19 years of construction work.