VIETNAM TODAY

A troop of eight rare monkeys which were cared for by an elderly woman in the central province of Quang Ngai has been handed over to Kon Ka Kinh National Park in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.

Generative AI is expected to contribute 14 trillion VND (574.83 million USD) to the Vietnamese digital economy by 2030, Dang Huu Son, co-founder of LovinBot AI and Vice Chairman of the local digital human resources development alliance AIID, has said.

Several officials in Ninh Hai District in the southern province of Ninh Thuan have been given warnings for land management violations which has led to the construction of a rash of illegal tourism facilities on Vinh Hy Bay.

The Hanoi Department of Transport has proposed to spend VND21.39 trillion (USD883.88 million) on three belt road projects to help ease the city’s traffic jams.

Soloists of the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will perform a concert at the Opera House on January 6 to welcome the New Year.

Vietnam's exports to the EU and the US in 2023 were estimated to reach around 166 billion USD, a 9.6% decrease while imports were estimated at nearly 41 billion USD, a 9.1% drop in comparison to 2022.

The site clearance for a section of a belt road in Hanoi has been finished after 14 years.

The Ministry of Transport has proposed to the government to add nearly VND1 trillion (USD 41 million) to complete works on the My Thuan-Can Tho Expressway.

Asian markets fell Wednesday in line with a sell-off across most of the world as traders took their cash off the table after a blockbuster end to 2023, with eyes now on the release this week of Federal Reserve

A pig farm in the southern province of Binh Duong has been found to have discharged untreated wastewater into the Be River.

Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone and his spouse will pay an official visit to Vietnam from January 6-7 at the invitation of Vietnamese PM Pham Minh Chinh.

The Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology has placed orders for 10 types of vaccines used in the expanded programme on immunisation for allocation and distribution to localities in the early days of this month.

Phan Thiet-Dau Giay Expressway linking the two provinces of Binh Thuan and Dong Nai has been put into operation for eight months but remains partially unfinished.

Foreign-invested enterprises contributed US$259.95 billion out of Vietnam’s total export turnover of US$355.5 billion last year, according to figures released by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

HCM City has four VND9 trillion (USD371.9 million) traffic projects to implement this year to ease traffic jams in the city’s gateway areas.

The Garment 10 Joint Stock Company has just donated VND 600 million (USD 24,661) to build a bridge for a poor remote mountainous commune in Son La Province.

The Lao Government has agreed upon the proposal put forward to upgrade Nongkhang airport, which will be funded and built by Vietnam in Huaphanh province in northern Laos, into an international airport, the Vientiane Times newspaper reported on January 2.

Japanese rescuers scrambled to search for survivors Wednesday as authorities warned of landslides and heavy rain after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 62 people.

Danang International Airport has become the first and the only terminal in Vietnam to be certified as a 5-star airport by international airport rating agency Skytrax.