VIETNAM TODAY

The expansion of land use rights for overseas Vietnamese (OV) in the recently passed 2024 Land Law is good news for OVs who want to own real estate in Vietnam, said experts from Savills Vietnam.

As many as 222 people have been hospitalised after eating chicken rice from a restaurant in Nha Trang City in the southern central province of Khanh Hoa.

Prices of air tickets on the Reunification Day April 30 and May Day holidays have been on the rise.

The HCM City People’s Committee has proposed two VND238 billion (USD9.71 million) projects to improve traffic in the city.

Vietnam saw 22 rabies-related human deaths in the first two months of this year, more than double the same period last year.

Over 2,200 runners from 40 countries and territories will participate in the Vietnam Ultra Marathon which will take place in Mai Chau, the northern province of Hoa Binh, on March 23.

The southern province of Dong Nai has been assigned to implement a project to upgrade Bien Hoa Airbase.

Vietnam on March 14 requested that China comply with international law, including the 2000 Gulf of Tonkin maritime delimitation agreement between the two countries, after China recently announced a new baseline in the waters.

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam is still looking to complete Terminal 3 at Tan Son Nhat International Airport by April 2025.

The three Vietnamese sailors surviving a missile attack on True Confidence, a Barbados-flagged cargo ship, by Houthi forces off the coast of Yemen on March 6 are set to arrive in Hanoi on March 14.

A requiem was held on March 13 in the central province of Quang Binh in remembrance of the 64 soldiers who laid down their lives defending Gac Ma (Johnson South) Reef in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) 36 years ago.

Two foreign tourists including an Australian woman have been killed on the Indonesian resort island of Bali after heavy rain triggered a landslide that swept away their villa, an official said Thursday.

A woman has just been rescued after falling into a well in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

Two HCM City People's Committee canal upgrade projects will reclaim land from nearly 3,000 households in District 8, Binh Thanh, and Go Vap.

Compositions by famous Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) will be presented by the orchestra of the Royal Opera of Versailles during a concert scheduled to take place next month at the Ho Guom Opera in Hanoi.

A famous chicken rice restaurant in Nha Trang City in the southern central province of Khanh Hoa has been suspended after up to 60 guests were poisoned. The incident occurred at Tram Anh Chicken Rice Restaurant on Ba Trieu Street.

A rare and endangered eastern imperial eagle (Aquila Heliaca) has been found in a garden in the northern province of Bac Giang and rescued by a local.

Ho Chi Minh City’s first metro line, which stretches from Ben Thanh Market in District 1 to Suoi Tien Theme Park in Thu Duc City, will miss its July commercial operation as the investor needs more time to complete

Vietnam has demonstrated its responsibility in engaging in the ReCAAP Agreement and effectively combating maritime crimes, said Major General Vu Trung Kien, Deputy Commander in charge of law of the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) at the 18th ReCAAP Information