VIETNAM TODAY

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake killed two people in western Afghanistan Sunday, with damaged prisons emptied and residents fleeing a region where tremors have claimed at least 1,000 lives this past week.

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Tran Sy Thanh has demanded an investigation into the illegal construction of a 200-apartment building.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic has recently organised a programme to foster connectivity between Vietnamese and Czech businesses, and introduce Vietnamese products to local residents.

The last sections of Mỹ Thuận 2 Bridge, connecting the Mekong Delta provinces of Tiền Giang and Vĩnh Long, were joined in the presence of Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Saturday.

HCM City’s traffic police have encountered more than 93,500 cases of drunk driving in the first nine months of 2023, with total fines of more than VNĐ12.5 billion (US$539,400).

Travelers planning a trip to Vietnam in the near future should consider visiting one of the many beautiful beach destinations the vibrant country has to offer, according to a recent article published by India's leading travel magazine Outlook Traveler.

Vietnam and Thailand will be the two main rice suppliers for Indonesia's upcoming purchase of 1.5 million tonnes of rice.

Thailand’s Ministry of Tourism and Sports plans to use 600 million BTH (USD16 million ) from its central budget to promote tourism during the high season as fiscal 2024 budget disbursement is expected to be delayed until April next year.

Vietnam has shown active participation in and made practical contributions to the 54th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), which wrapped up on October 13.

Vietnam is working hard to have its stock market upgraded from frontier status to an emerging market by 2025.

The Hanoi Tourism Ao Dai Festival 2023 will take place from October 27 to October 29 at Hoan Kiem Lake pedestrian street area in the capital, according to details provided by the Hanoi People's Committee.

Authorities in HCM City are seeking measures to solve the serious congestion along some roads leading to Cat Lai Port.

An Australian man was charged in Singapore on Saturday for making a bomb threat on board a Perth-bound plane that forced the aircraft to turn back under fighter jet escort.

Hanoi Transportation Corporation (Transerco) transported 417 million passengers in the first nine months of this year, up 42 percent on-year.

As many as 5,000 residents in Lien Chieu District, Danang City had to be evacuated on Friday night due to rising floods.

A park project in Hanoi’s Long Bien District is expected to be put into use this year after being abandoned for many years.

Vietnamese pieces created by renowned local painters Le Pho, Vu Cao Dam, and Nguyen Tuong Lan will feature at the auction titled “Magnificence and Regality” which will be held by Sotheby’s Paris auction house on November 7.

A landslide has occurred on Hai Van Tunnel in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue following torrential rains over the past few days.

Authorities of the southern province of Kien Giang are searching for six crocodiles that escaped from An Hoa Cultural Park.