VIETNAM TODAY

The Vietnamese movie "Mai" directed by comedian Tran Thanh has brought in US$22.1 million in revenue, recording the 16th highest revenue in the 2024 Worldwide Box Office, according to Box Office Mojo of the global box office tracking site

CocoMellow, a team of students from Vietnam, was announced as one of the 10 finalists for The Earth Prize with their design for eco-diapers made from coconut coir and banana fibres.

An ailing single woman in the southern central province of Phu Yen who is taking care of her autistic child is calling for dire need of support.

Vietnam welcomes a resolution recently adopted by the United Nations Security Council that demands an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, Spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said.

Thousands of households in the Mekong Delta province of Long An have had to buy clean water at exorbitant prices due to the prolonged droughts and saltwater intrusion.

Hospitals in the northern province of Quang Ninh have attracted more doctors after local authorities offered higher financial incentives to healthcare workers.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 27 suggested Vietnam and Canada maximise their potential, both bilaterally and multilaterally, to boost their development cooperation.

The reddish sea water seen along some beaches in the central province of Ha Tinh was caused by algal blooming.

Hanoi was the top FDI destination during the first quarter of 2024, attracting USD970.80 million, accounting for 15.70 per cent of the country's total registered investment and surpassing the same period in 2023 more than six-fold.

Thailand's parliament passed a same-sex marriage bill Wednesday, paving the way for the kingdom to become the first Southeast Asian nation to recognise LGBTQ marriage equality.

Leading Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast officially signed its first letters of intent for cooperation with 15 dealers in Thailand on March 27.

The regulations related to overseas Vietnamese in the revised laws on land, housing, and real estate business were disseminated to expatriate at a hybrid conference on March 26.

Thousands of Vietnamese football fans expressed their disappointment about the national team's bitter defeat to Indonesia in Hanoi on Tuesday evening.

Nearly 400 products will be introduced at discounted prices by up to 50 percent at the Ho Chi Minh City tourism festival organised for early next month. Nearly 400 products will be introduced at discounted prices by up to 50

The northern region is forecasted to experience the first heat wave of this year on March 30.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security’s Investigation Police Department on Drug-related Crimes (C04) and the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) are jointly holding the International Drug Enforcement Conference in the Asia-Pacific (Mini-IDEC) in the central city of Da Nang

Fifteen foreign billionaires are set to participate in an investment promotion conference due to take place in the south central province of Binh Dinh on March 29.

The State Bank of Vietnam has revised a circular regulating foreign currency transactions to make it more flexible and proactive in managing the foreign exchange rate in response to changes in domestic and international market conditions.

The Vietnam national football team's hopes for the second round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers are dimming, after a disappointing 0-3 defeat at the hands of Indonesia on Tuesday.