VIETNAM TODAY

It was critical to create an enabling environment to promote the development of financial leasing in Vietnam as a channel to supply capital to the economy, according to General Secretary of the Vietnam Financial Leasing Association Phạm Xuân Hoè.

Hanoi will ban vehicles on many streets in Tay Ho District due to a lightshow scheduled to be held in the area around the West Lake.

The death toll from landslides and floods triggered by torrential rain in the southern Philippines in the past week has risen to 14, official tallies showed Saturday.

The 23rd Windsurf Mui Ne Fun Cup 2024 kicked off on February 2 at Mui Ne beach in Phan Thiet city in the south-central province of Binh Thuan.

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son attended the 24th ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting (AEMM-24) in Brussels, Belgium, on February 2, alongside foreign ministers of other ASEAN countries and all 27 member states of the EU.

Thousands of people have started leaving Hanoi since Friday afternoon for the Tet Lunar New Year Holiday, causing serious traffic congestion on many roads.

At the start of 2024, Europeans are of course deeply concerned by the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine and by the conflict that has broken out again in the Middle East.

Lobster farmers in the southern province of Khanh Hoa are currently earning good profits as prices have sharply risen, but worries remain about an unstable market.

There is a visible change in the taste of home seekers which is pushing developers to switch focus to more affordable segment housing.

State President Vo Van Thuong on February 2 evening attended a special art performance as part of the Homeland Spring programme for overseas Vietnamese to welcome the 2024 lunar New Year – the Year of the Dragon.

Maps indicating landslide-prone areas in 37 mountainous and midland areas will be completed by 2025 under an early-warning project managed by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources.

Ho Chi Minh City, the most populous locality in Vietnam, has seen a sharp increase in the number of cases caused by the JN.1 sub-variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the Ministry of Health has said.

The Italian-flagged passenger cruise vessel Costa Serena brought approximately 1,100 foreign passengers to Phu Quoc, a popular island destination in the southern province of Kien Giang, on February 2.

Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping on February 2 exchanged greetings on the occasion of the lunar New Year 2024 – the Year of the Dragon.

Model Tran Thi Ngoc Trinh was given a one-year suspended sentence on Friday for riding large displacement motorcycles without a licence and posting on social media.

Vietnam's innovation ecosystem has gone through a year of ups and downs and to be able to exist sustainably, businesses need to prioritise adapting to the global trends as well as ensure their intellectual property.

State President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse joined over 100 overseas Vietnamese people in a traditional ritual of releasing carp on the Land Genie and Kitchen Gods’ Day at Nha Rong Wharf in HCM City on Friday morning.

A man in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa has died and his wife has ended up in critical condition after they burned coal to stay warm on Wednesday evening.

A delegation of the Party Central Committee, National Assembly, State President, Government, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee laid wreaths at and paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleu on February 2.