VIETNAM TODAY

Indonesian President Joko Widodo said new regulation on social media commerce could be passed as soon as Tuesday, as Jakarta aims to rein in sales on tech platforms it says are harming local businesses.

Shooter Ngo Huu Vuong secured the first silver medal for Vietnam at the 19th Asian Games (ASIAD 2023) in Hangzhou city of China's Zhejiang province on September 25.

Many streets in the central cities of Hue and Danang have been deeply flooded following heavy rains which have lasted since Sunday night.

One person has been killed after a fire broke out at a three-storey house in Thu Duc City in HCM City.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue had meetings with the Chairman of the Bulgaria-Vietnam Friendship Association and representatives of Vietnamese communities in Europe in Bulgaria.

To maintain a high growth rate of exports, it was necessary to target new trends, including semiconductors, said experts.

At least nine people were killed in a fire at a golf ball factory in southern Taiwan over the weekend, including four firefighters who died in an explosion, officials said Monday.

In boosting ‘green’ tourism, the central province of Quảng Nam has introduced the Silk Sense Hội An River Resort as the first ‘zero plastic waste’ destination to expand its sustainable hospitality brand.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh convinced Brazilian firms to do business in Vietnam which is an attractive investment destination globally at a roundtable discussion in Sao Paolo on September 24.

The official visit to Bulgaria, starting on September 23, by Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue is set to further intensify the traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation between the two countries, including their parliamentary ties.

Nearly 50 enterprises from Vietnam attended a trade promotion and business matching programme on September 22-23 as part of the Uttar Pradesh International Trade Show.

Saline intrusion in the Southwestern region during this year’s dry season has been forecasted to arrive earlier than annual.

At least 16 people were killed when a fire broke out at the Shanjiaoshu Coal Mine in China's southwest at around 8:10 am (0010 GMT) Sunday, local officials said.

President of the NA of People's Power of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernandez arrived in Hanoi on September 24, beginning a five-day visit to Vietnam.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 23 made a field trip to Embraer S.A., a Brazilian multinational aerospace corporation, in Sao Jose dos Campos city, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, as part of his ongoing official visit to Brazil.

Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Vuong Dinh Hue arrived at Sofia International Airport on September 23, beginning an official visit to Bulgaria at the invitation of his Bulgarian counterpart Rosen Zhelyazkov

The nation is currently the eighth largest rubber supplier to the Japanese market, behind only Indonesia, Thailand, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and the United States, according to the Import-Export Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The growth in Vietnam's seafood export turnover in recent years has been created from the foundation of the aquatic farming, exploitation and processing industry.