VIETNAM TODAY

The southern central provinces of Khanh Hoa and Ninh Thuan have signed an agreement on tourism co-operation between 2023 and 2025.

Lawmakers discussed the reduction of value-added tax during the 15th National Assembly’s ongoing sixth session in Hanoi on November 20.

The lack of initial public offerings (IPOs) from new market entrants makes it difficult for the securities market of Vietnam, which is dominated by banking stocks, to attract foreign capital.

Fourteen crewmembers of a Vietnamese fishing boat which sank off the southern province of Binh Dinh have been rescued by a German ship.

HCM City topped the first-ever Vietnam Provincial Logistics Competitiveness Index 2022, followed by Hai Phong, Binh Duong, and Ba Ria – Vung Tau and Hanoi, according to a report recently announced by the Vietnam Logistics Association.

Chinh Gian Ward People's Committee in the central city of Danang's Thanh Khe District launched a team to catch stray dogs and cats on November 20.

A Vietnamese man has been jailed for more than five years in England for the role he played smuggling migrants into the UK.

Vietnam’s telecommunications links to the world started with cooperation between Australia’s Overseas Telecommunication Commission (OTC) (later Telstra) and Vietnam’s General Department of Posts and Telecommunications (GDPT) (later VNPT). This year marks the 35 th Anniversary of the first business

Binh Thuan authorities are deploying teams to rescue 14 fishing boat crewmembers after their boat sank 92 nautical miles (178km) off Phu Quy Island on Monday morning.

Indian rescuers were battling Monday to free 41 men trapped in a road tunnel for nine days, as they prepared to dig an entirely new shaft after previous efforts failed.

Earlier this month, EVN said the retail price of electricity increased by 4.5 per cent to over VNĐ2,000 (8.2 US cents) per kWh starting from November 9, the second time they went up this year.

Da Lat city in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong expects to welcome some 190,000 visitors, including 8,000 foreigners, during the upcoming Vietnam Film Festival in the locality.

Asian stocks were mixed Monday following small gains on Wall Street as investors grow increasingly optimistic that the Federal Reserve has come to the end of its interest rate hiking cycle.

Vietnamese Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan arrived in Copenhagen on November 20, beginning an official visit to the Kingdom of Denmark at the invitation of Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.

Mount Fansipan in the northern province of Lao Cai saw thick frost as temperatures plunged to zero degrees Celsius early on Monday morning.

Dang Tran Phuong Nhi on November 19 won the first gold medal for Vietnam in the women's nangun taolu (performance) event at the HYX 16th World Wushu Championships (WWC) held in Texas, the US.

Educators and teachers have eagerly been anticipating the enactment of the Law on Teachers, a pivotal legal framework designed to safeguard the rights and legitimate interests of teachers.

An annual Wealth Report released recently by Knight Frank shows that the number of ultra-high net worth individuals with assets of more than US$30 million each in Vietnam is projected to increase considerably in the next five years.