VIETNAM TODAY

Sixty international cruise ships with a total of some 80,000 passengers aboard have registered to dock at Ha Long International Port in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh this year, according to the provincial Department of Tourism.

The Ministry of Defence on Friday conducted a ceremony to announce the President's Decision assigning five officers for United Nations peacekeeping missions in the Central African Republic and South Sudan.

In the face of the worsening air pollution, Hanoi is rolling out measures to control activities that generate emissions and dust in the locality, especially the burning of rice straw.

Former minister of health Nguyễn Thanh Long has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for accepting bribes in the COVID-19 test kit case, while Việt Á general director Phan Quốc Việt was jailed for 29 years in total,

Vietnamese national team head coach Philippe Troussier removed four names on January 12 to name a final list of 26 players to register with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) ahead of the 2023 Asian Cup finals in Qatar.

Many firms in the southern region have started looking for new employees after receiving more orders.

A VND835 billion (USD34.51 million) waste-to-energy plant in the southern province of Binh Duong has been put into operation.

Vietjet opens a direct route between Hanoi and Dien Bien, shortening travel time for people and tourists between the two localities.

Vietnam has so far attracted 1,135 foreign-invested projects in the real estate sector with a total registered capital reaching US$68.045 billion, according to data provided by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

State President Võ Văn Thưởng on Friday chaired an official welcome ceremony in Hanoi for Indonesian President Joko Widodo who is on a three-day State visit to Vietnam.

Two children have died and one other is in critical condition after eating toad meat at their home in the central highlands province of Gia Lai.

Oil prices surged Friday after US and UK forces launched strikes against Iran-backed Huthi rebels in Yemen following attacks on ships in the Red Sea, fuelling worries about a wider conflict in the crude-rich region.

The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Office for UN Peacekeeping Operations held an inauguration ceremony for the Vietnam Police Peacekeeping Unit No.1 in Hanoi on January 11.

PM Pham Minh Chinh will attend the 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland and pay official visits to Hungary and Romania from January 16-23.

Vietnam regrets that the US has designated Vietnam as one of the countries on its Special Watch List regarding religious freedom, and requests it to remove the country from the list.

The central coastal city of Danang is conducting a trial run of its first pedestrian street in the first quarter of this year on Bach Dang Street from the Dragon Bridge to the Nguyễn Văn Trỗi Bridge.

Hundreds of Hanoians flocked to Tay Ho Temple on Wednesday midnight to seek blessings for the new lunar month.

Dalat City People's Committee issued a fine of VND240 million on Thursday to the DL Royal JSC for illegally building a golf club project on Cu Hill.

The Ministry of Education and Training has issued decisions allowing the operations of four international accreditation organisations in Vietnam, namely ACQUIN, THE-ICE, ACBSP and ABET.