VIETNAM TODAY

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh underlined the necessity to create breakthroughs and promote mutual commitments to further strengthen the ASEAN – Australia relations to commemorate the 50th anniversary.

The Ministry of Transport and authorities in the two Mekong Delta provinces of Kien Giang and Bac Lieu held on Wednesday a groundbreaking ceremony for the two sections of Ho Chi Minh Road in the area.

Vietnam’s public debt has been kept at a sustainable and stable level, giving the country room to implement reasonable and expansionary fiscal policies when necessary, said Finance Minister Ho Duc Phoc.

The Montagnard Support Group, Inc and the Montagnard Stand for Justice are the two terrorist groups overseas that have been carrying out terrorist activities against Vietnam.

Vice chairman of the Mekong Delta Province of Tra Vinh, Nguyen Trung Hoang, has just attended an online meeting with representatives from the Asian Development Bank to discuss a coastal road project in the area.

The rapid development of e-commerce in recent times has posed significant challenges to the tax management in Vietnam.

The Azamara Journey cruise ship docked at Tien Sa port in the coastal city of Da Nang on March 5, bringing more than 1,000 international tourists to the heritage land of Vietnam.

Vietnam boasts a lot of advantages to develop sports tourism and is taking measures to promote this type of tourism - one of the fastest growing segments in the industry, with an estimated value of about 800 billion USD globally.

Many visitors to the Huong Pagoda Festival in Hanoi are complaining about high ticket prices.

Tran Huu Lam carefully checks an old bike after fixing its brakes.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the Australia-Vietnam Business Forum on March 5.

American billionaire Bill Gates and his partner Paula Hurd are visiting the central city of Da Nang and Hoi An Ancient Town on holiday after attending a pre-wedding party of Asia's richest billionaire Mukesh Ambani's son in India.

The total retail sales of goods and consumer service revenue in February increased by 8.5% over the same period last year to 509.7 trillion VND, according to the General Statistics Office.

A light cold spell is set to sweep across the northern region of Vietnam this week, following a period of warm weather, the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting has announced.

Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong led a Vietnamese delegation to the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Retreat (ADMM-Retreat) held in the northern

Vietnamese budget carrier VietJet Air will start operating a new air route linking Hanoi and Melbourne, in June.

Australian PM Anthony Albanese chaired an official welcome ceremony for heads of delegations to the ASEAN - Australia Special Summit that marks the 50th anniversary of the ASEAN - Australia dialogue relations.

Vietnamese movie “A Fragile Flower” (Đóa hoa mong manh) directed by Mai Thu Huyen won the Best Female Director Feature Film award at the World Film Festival in Cannes in France.

Vietnam will upgrade six hospitals to international standards, aiming to curb the trend of Vietnamese people seeking medical care overseas, and at the same time, attracting foreign patients to Vietnam.