VIETNAM TODAY

Readers of Dantri/DTiNews Newspaper have donated a total of VND305.09 million (USD12,448) to a little girl struggling with hepatocellular carcinoma in the southern province of Dong Nai.

The search is on to find Miss Grand International 2023, which begins in Vietnam on October 3.

Vietnam’s real economic growth is expected to slow to 4.7% this year before recovering to 5.5 % in 2024 and 6.0 % in 2025, according to Vietnam’s Macro and Poverty Outlook released by the World Bank on October 2.

Many streets in the southern province of Binh Duong have been left under water following heavy rains this morning, October 2.

Globally-renowned magazine Forbes of the United States has named Ha Long Bay, a UNESCO-recognised World Heritage site in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh, on the list of the 24 best destinations for travel in 2024.

Hanoi authorities are investigating an oil spill that has been found on the Linh Dam Lake over the past few days.

Petrol retail prices slightly fell from October 2 following an adjustment by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Ministry of Finance.

Red sand has blanketed a coastal street in the southern central province of Binh Thuan’s Phan Thiet City.

The eighth plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee opened in Hanoi on October 2 under the chair of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

Pakistan police busted an organ trafficking ring run by a disgraced doctor and a motor mechanic, who conducted at least 328 illegal kidney transplants, authorities said.

Vietnam’s southern region has been forecasted to experience torrential rains during the first ten days of October.

Two teenagers drowned while swimming at a beach in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue's Phu Loc District on Sunday afternoon.

Localities are diversifying tourism products and stepping up promotion activities to attract both domestic and foreign holidaymakers in the remaining months of this year.

The Directorate for Roads of Vietnam has just asked the HCM City Transport Department to inspect the operations of the Thanh Buoi Company after one of its bus drivers caused a serious traffic accident leaving five dead.

One more monkeypox case has been reported in Vietnam, bringing the total number of infections in the country to five, all in the southern region.

The Ministry of Transport said it has approved adjustments to the project reviewing, evaluating and recommending the results of research on planning for international airports of Da Nang, Cam Ranh and Phu Quoc for the 2021-2030 period with a

Domestic demand is driving a tourism recovery in Vietnam and compensating for the lower number of international visitors, tourism and hospitality experts said.

Afghanistan's embassy in India suspended operations on Sunday, more than two years after the Taliban's return to power in Kabul following the collapse of the Western-backed government.