VIETNAM TODAY

Authorities of Vung Tau City in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau have recommended closing Vung Tau Book Street after five years.

A poor woman and her son in the central province of Nghe An are in need of financial support to help save them from serious health problems.

Authorities in the southern border province of An Giang announced on Sunday that they had seized 14 more kilos of gold while investigating a local gold smuggling ring. Police have also detained five people involved in the case.

Four people have died in a landslide in Bao Loc Pass in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.

Five people have been killed and two others remain missing as floods ravaged the southern localities on July 29 and 30 following the Storm Doksuri.

Environmental pollution from waste, especially plastic waste, is becoming increasingly urgent, seriously threatening the economy and human life, requiring strong global action.

Vietnam’s luxury coastal real estate market is facing significant challenges due to excess inventory and liquidity issues, industry insiders said.

Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from high-risk areas of Beijing and another northern city as much of China was lashed by torrential rain on Sunday.

A clash occurred in Phnom Penh on July 29, resulting in the death of a 35-year-old Vietnamese citizen, reported the Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia.

The Research Department of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has provided a stark warning about the escalating threat from cybercriminals.

Four police officers are now remaining unaccounted for after a landslide caused by heavy rains buried part of their station in Bao Loc pass in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on July 30.

All three teams with eight junior high school Vietnamese students from Hanoi's Giảng Võ Junior High School, who took part in the World Inventory Creativity Olympic (WICO), have bagged gold medals.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with 100 outstanding voluntary blood donors nationwide on July 29, who are in Hanoi for a special programme honouring their good deeds.

Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of about 15.23 billion USD in the first seven months of this year, an increase of 1.34% over the same period last year, according to data released by the General Statistics Office of Vietnam

The Federation of Thai Industry (FTI) has reduced its car production target for 2023 to 1.9 million units from 1.95 million units set at the beginning of the year, due to a drop in domestic vehicle sales and an

Air tickets for flights scheduled to depart for the September 2 National Day Holiday have sharply increased.

The Coc San Water Plant which supplies water for half of residents in the northern city of Lao Cai had to suspend operations from Friday afternoon after rising floods contaminated water in the Ngoi Dum Spring.

Bangladesh remains a major hub for the poaching of endangered tigers despite government claims of a successful crackdown on pirate groups involved in the trade, according to research published Friday.

Vietnam served around 6.6 million foreign tourists in the first seven months of this year, meeting 83 percent of its annual target, the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism reported.