VIETNAM TODAY

Prices of air tickets for the Lunar New Year are sharply increasing due to demand.

There is a subdued atmosphere at Ho Chi Minh City’s Hanh Thong Market due to a sharp fall in customers.

Authorities in the central highlands province of Lam Dong are investigating the destruction of nearly 100 pine trees at a forest in Lam Ha District.

Obesity has become the biggest health problem facing students in HCM City with over 32 percent affected.

The number of local people sent to work overseas rose to 111,507 between January and September, up 8% compared to the same period from last year.

Many beautiful beaches in the central province of Ha Tinh have been covered by all kinds of rubbish following days of heavy rains.

A man in Haiphong City who was badly injured by an electric shock has received over VND400 million from donors after his story was shared on Dantri/Dtinews Newspaper.

Storm Koinu has been forecasted to enter the East Sea today, October 5, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

The death toll from a devastating glacial lake burst that triggered a torrential flash flood in India has risen to at least 10 people, with 82 others still missing, according to officials.

Hanoi surpassed HCM City to top the country’s monthly average income in the third quarter of this year at VND9.90 million (USD406).

Approximately 70% of local students have pursued undergraduate programmes at universities in the US, according to figures released by the Office of Education under the US Embassy in Hanoi.

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has presented UN peacekeeping orders to three officers from the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security who are participating in the UN peacekeeping mission in the African country.

The Miss Universe Organisation have just announced they would conduct a review of information related to reigning Miss Universe 2023 Vietnam Bui Quynh Hoa.

Humans are increasingly settling in areas highly exposed to dangerous flooding, a study warned Wednesday, with China helping drive the rise in risky urban expansion into exposed areas.

Military engineers on October 4 successfully deactivated a 337kg wartime bomb described as extremely dangerous in central Quang Binh province.

The General Department of Customs reported that its state budget collection stood at 268.69 trillion VND between January and September, decreasing by 18.6% compared to the same period last year.

Cruise ship Resorts World One, operated by Saigontourist Travel Service Co., Ltd.’s branch in Da Nang, on October 4 brought over 1,700 international tourists to the central coastal city.

Many shop owners in Hanoi have had to pay attention to their QR code payment systems following warnings that codes can be replaced and used to steal money when customers make a payment.

More than 5,000 workers from a leather shoe manufacturing company in central Nghe An Province have gone on strike to ask for pay rises and workload reductions.