VIETNAM TODAY

Da River’s water level has reached a record low for the second time for the past 30 years.

With approximately six million Vietnamese nationals living abroad, remittances sent to Vietnam from 1993 to 2022 have amounted to US$190 billion, according to deputy foreign minister Lê Thị Thu Hằng.

Asian stocks ticked lower Tuesday as Middle East concerns overshadowed hopes for an early Federal Reserve interest rate cut, with traders now awaiting the release of key data out of China and the United States later in the week.

A water park operator in HCM City has voluntarily handed over three black bears to the Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre in Bach Ma National Park in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue Province.

Parking lots managed by police in HCM City have continued to be overloaded with hundreds of thousands of vehicles seized in traffic violators.

A poor woman in the central province of Quang Nam is in desperate need of financial support to cover the medical treatment for her husband and son who are both facing serious health problems.

PM Pham Minh Chinh left Hanoi on January 16 early morning for attendance at the 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland and official visits to Hungary and Romania from January 16-23.

Tay Ho District authorities in Hanoi have proposed a plan to upgrade and improve the water quality of the West Lake.

With a positive economic outlook, the Ministry of Industry and Trade aims to increase exports by 6 per cent in 2024, running a trade surplus for nine years in a row, estimated at US$15 billion.

The annual “Xuân Quê Hương” (Homeland Spring) will take place in Ho Chi Minh City on February 1 - 2 with the participation of about 1,000 Vietnamese expatriates.

Many fishermen in the southern province of Binh Dinh are returning home with good profits after their first trips of the year.

The People’s Court of Dak Lak will open the first-instance trial on January 16 for 100 defendants involved in a case of "terrorism aimed at opposing the people's administration, terrorism, organising illegal exit or entry for others, and harbouring

The Vietnamese economy is likely to expand by 6-6.5% in the base scenario, Dr. Can Van Luc, a member of the National Financial-Monetary Policy Advisory Council, has predicted.

Northern Vietnam is expected to get warm before enduring a strong cold spell this weekend, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

Up to 288 kilos of cocaine have been found drifting onto a beach in Binh Son District in the central province of Quang Ngai.

The Ministry of Health has warned about a possibly wider monkeypox outbreak during the winter-spring period.

Asian markets rose Monday as traders weighed US inflation data that revived hopes for an early interest rate cut, but gains were tempered by geopolitical worries after fresh US-UK strikes on Huthi targets in Yemen.

Authorities in the central highlands province of Dak Nong are trying to curb the rising number of forest destruction cases as the dry season comes.

The 15th NA started its fifth extraordinary meeting on January 15 in the presence of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, State President Vo Van Thuong, PM Pham Minh Chinh, and NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.