VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam's southern localities remain attractive destinations for Japanese investors thanks to the completion of infrastructure systems coupled with an improved local business environment.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has required utmost efforts to fulfil to the highest possible level the targets and tasks for 2023 while chairing the regular Government meeting for September and an online meeting between the Cabinet and localities

Vietnam aims to become a leading country in ASEAN and East Asia in chip production, with deeper participation in the global production and supply chain by 2030, according to an expert.

Bui Quynh Hoa, 25, from Hanoi was crowned Miss Universe Vietnam 2023 at the final night on September 29 in Ho Chi Minh City.

The owners of two villas in Phu Quoc City in the southern province of Kien Giang have filed complaints against the city chairman for alleged violations in the demolition of their properties.

The East Sea has been forecasted to see a storm next week, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

The Vietnamese Embassy in France has said it is keeping a close watch on a case in which some people believed to be Vietnamese citizens were found on a refrigerated truck in Rhone of Lyon city.

Hanoi and HCM City continue to attract investors thanks to the competitive rental costs for offices and high-end retail spaces, accompanied by a high occupancy rate in the region, according to Savills Vietnam.

Hanoi has been forecasted to see sunny weather in the next ten days with the highest temperature of 35 degrees centigrade.

Dozens of households in the central province of Nghe An have still been isolated as local roads have been badly damaged due to the recent floods.

At least three people have been killed and three others seriously injured after two motorbikes crashed in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang on Friday evening.

At least four people have been killed and five others seriously injured after two passenger buses collided in the southern province of Dong Nai early Saturday morning.

Vietravel Airlines officially conducted its first flight on September 29 connecting Nha Trang in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa to Muan in the Republic of Korea.

Vietnam’s trade surplus in September was estimated at 2.29 billion USD, bring the figure in the first nine months of the year to 21.68 billion USD, the General Statistics Office announced on September 29.

Around 8.9 million foreign tourists travelled to Vietnam in the first nine months of this year, a 4.7-fold increase compared to the figure of the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office.

At least 40 people were killed and dozens more wounded in Pakistan's Balochistan province on Friday by a suicide bomber targeting a procession marking the birthday of Islam's Prophet Mohammed, officials said.

A female passenger has received her bag containing EUR 8,000 which she left on a luggage trolley at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi.

Police and related agencies in HCM City have burned over 1.60 tonnes of drugs confiscated from 147 criminal cases.

Dantri/Dtinews Newspaper has presented mooncakes and scholarships to disadvantaged students in Thai Nguyen Province on the Full Moon Festival.