VIETNAM TODAY

The Saigon Railway Transport Joint Stock Company has offered 30 percent discount tickets on different routes after the Tet Lunar New Year.

The People’s Committee of Hanoi’s Tay Ho district has organised a sticky rice festival and a ceremony to announce the craft of cooking sticky rice in Phu Thuong village as a national intangible cultural heritage.

The Ministry of Education and Training has announced the admission of 1,000 students to study in Russia in 2024 under a scholarship agreement signed between the two countries.

The Ministry of National Defence held a ceremony in Hanoi on February 22 to present the President’s decision to dispatch four military officers to the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions in the Central African Republic, South Sudan and Abyei area.

China said Thursday it had signed agreements to send pandas to a zoo in San Diego, after nearly all the beloved black-and-white animals on loan in the United States were returned during years of diplomatic tensions.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has asked local airlines to provide information on their domestic route prices during the 2024 Tet Lunar New Year holiday.

The Cam Lo-La Son Expressway in the central province of Quang Tri has seen 36 accidents, killing six people and injuring 20 others in the first year it has been open.

A large area of forest in the Hoang Lien National Park has been damaged in two consecutive fires which occurred between February 19-21.

Vietnam’s aquatic product exports in January surged 60.8% year-on-year to 730 million USD, making a positive signal for the year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Agency of Foreign Trade.

Tourist buses are causing serious congestion in many streets of Hanoi's Old Quarter.

Six rare turtles have been handed over to Vu Quang National Park in the central province of Ha Tinh to be taken care of before being released into the wild.

Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast said on February 21 that it will break ground for its integrated electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing site in Thoothukudi city, India’s Tamil Nadu state, on February 25.

The central province of Quang Nam’s Hoi An City saw a 35 percent increase in visitor numbers during the 2024 Tet Lunar New Year holiday, with around 300,000 tourists, including approximately 37,000 foreigners.

The Vietnam Railways Corporation on February 21 started the first international freight transport train in the Year of the Dragon from Song Than station in Di An city in the southern province of Binh Duong to Zhengzhou in China.

A post-Tet peach tree care service in Hanoi is drawing numerous customers.

The ongoing drought is exacerbating erosion in the southernmost province of Ca Mau.

The Vinh Hao-Phan Thiet Expressway in the southern province of Binh Thuan is suffering from excessive litter.

Thousands of container trucks have been stuck at the Huu Nghi International Border Gate in the northern province of Lang Son waiting to transport goods to China.

Australian expat Jake Norris and his Irish friend Sean Down are nearing the end of their 2,000-kilometre journey from Hanoi to HCM City, aiming to raise funds to support underprivileged children.