VIETNAM TODAY

The HCM City Department of Construction has proposed building six more parks by 2030 to increase public space.

Mau Son Mountain in the northern province of Lang Son has been covered in layers of ice and frost amid the bone-chilling cold weather.

Three people were killed and five injured in northwestern China after an earthquake hit the area near the country's border with Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday, state media said.

The retail and consumer industry is poised for a strong recovery in 2024, driven by positive business conditions and encouraging macroeconomic indicators, according to leading securities companies.

President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse hosted a grand welcome ceremony with cannon salute for German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his spouse in Hanoi on January 23.

The Ban Flower Festival, a highlight of the National Tourism Year 2024, is set to open in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien on March 16.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) of Viet Nam and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) today launched the first-ever study on women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Viet Nam.

Prestigious British newspaper The Times recently recommended 12 best places to visit in Vietnam all of which provide dazzling and memorable experiences.

Nearly 500 gifts and scholarships have been presented to Cambodians of Vietnamese origin in Phnom Penh and Kandal province of Cambodia, in an endeavor to bring a more warm and happy Lunar New Year Festival to them.

Interest rates at four major banks of Vietnam were adjusted sharply, down by 0.4 per cent per year from the previous listings, bringing the rate to 1.8 per cent per year at the lowest.

Thick frost is blanketing Phja Oac Mountain in the northern province of Cao Bang as the temperature fell to minus five degrees centigrade.

Many schools in Hanoi closed on Tuesday morning as temperatures fell to below 10 degrees Celsius.

Police in the central province of Quang Tri have seized a 200-kilo tiger which was found in a car on Monday evening.

At least three passengers have died and many others were injured after a passenger bus plunged into a valley in the central city of Danang early Tuesday morning.

Four teenagers drowned while swimming at a lake in the central highlands province of Dak Lak on Monday afternoon.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Romanian counterpart Ion Marcel Ciolacu held talks in Bucharest on January 22, following the welcome ceremony for the Vietnamese Government chief held the same day.

The forthcoming state visit to Vietnam by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is expected to take bilateral relations to new heights, German Ambassador to Vietnam Guido Hildner said.

A buffalo has been found wandering Noi Bai International Airport’s domestic terminal in Hanoi.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will arrange flights carrying low-income workers between the southern economic hub of HCM City and some northern localities to help them reunite with their families during the upcoming Tet Lunar New Year Festival.