VIETNAM TODAY

A centre for digital transformation (DXCentre) was recently set up in Ho Chi Minh City with a view to supporting agencies, organisations, and enterprises in going digitalised and studying, piloting, and transferring digital technology products.

A cruise ship from China’s Hainan Province arrived at Ha Long Bay this morning, January 26, bringing around 400 tourists.

A group of people were spotted whisking away 10 kilos of seafood into their bag at a buffet in Hanoi.

A monkey which caused chaos at a residential area in Nha Be District’s Hiep Phuoc Commune has been caught.

Hundreds of container trucks have been stuck at the road leading to Laos-Vietnam International Port as vessels have been unable to enter due to bad weather.

Seven people are missing and four others were rescued at sea after two small passenger boats capsized in bad weather off the western Philippine island of Palawan, police said Friday.

The surge in travel demand during Tet (Lunar New Year) is a favourable condition for diseases to spread, including COVID-19, a health official of Ho Chi Minh City has said.

Remittances to Vietnam in 2023 reached over USD16 billion, marking a year-on-year increase of 32 percent, the State Bank of Vietnam announced on Thursday.

Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. and his spouse are set to pay a state visit to Vietnam from January 29 to 30.

HCM City’s annual calligraphy street has just opened to welcome the Tet Lunar New Year Festival.

Hanoi will temporarily close pedestrian streets around Hoan Kiem Lake and the Old Quarter during the Tet Lunar New Year Festival.

More than 1,000 motorists have registered to participate in the Honda Biker Rally 2024 which will be held in the southern coastal province of Vung Tau on January 27.

Chinese-flagged cruise ship Zhao Shang Yi Dun docked at Tien Sa port in the coastal city of Da Nang on January 25, carrying more than 700 tourists on board.

Vietnam’s aviation market is expected to fully recover in late 2024, closely tied to the positive trajectory of the Asia-Pacific, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam.

The investigation into a terrorism case in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, which occurred on June 11, 2023, has been conducted in accordance with Vietnam’s law, said Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang.

Royal International Corporation, which owns Vietnam’s biggest casino in the northern city of Halong, reported losses of over VND18 billion for the fourth quarter of 2023, its 17th loss-making quarter in a row.

A new night market in HCM City is scheduled to open this Friday.

Police in the central province of Nghe An are hunting for a man who stabbed his wife and parents-in-law, leaving two dead and one seriously injured.

A French-style villa at 49 Tran Hung Dao Street in Hanoi's Hoan Kiem District will officially open to visitors on Friday after two years of restoration.