VIETNAM TODAY

Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong led a Vietnamese delegation to the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Retreat (ADMM-Retreat) held in the northern

Vietnamese budget carrier VietJet Air will start operating a new air route linking Hanoi and Melbourne, in June.

Australian PM Anthony Albanese chaired an official welcome ceremony for heads of delegations to the ASEAN - Australia Special Summit that marks the 50th anniversary of the ASEAN - Australia dialogue relations.

Vietnamese movie “A Fragile Flower” (Đóa hoa mong manh) directed by Mai Thu Huyen won the Best Female Director Feature Film award at the World Film Festival in Cannes in France.

Vietnam will upgrade six hospitals to international standards, aiming to curb the trend of Vietnamese people seeking medical care overseas, and at the same time, attracting foreign patients to Vietnam.

Vietjet has opened a direct route from Hanoi to Hiroshima, connecting the capital of Vietnam with the famous city of Japan, bringing more convenient tourism and trade opportunities between the two cities and two countries as a whole.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Dang Quoc Khanh and Ambassador of the Netherlands to Vietnam Kees van Baar discussed collaboration in both the environment and energy during their meeting held on March 4 in Hanoi.

The oldest prison in Con Dao Island in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has been temporarily shut from March 1 for restoration work.

The foreign direct investment sector maintained its role as an export pillar of Vietnam’s economy with revenue of 43.2 billion USD in the first two months of this year, accounting for 72.8% of the country’s total export value.

Hanoi will inaugurate the Get on Hanoi 2024 programme, aimed at promoting the city's tourism, with a drone light show on 9 March.

Hanoi was ranked as the world’s most air-polluted city on March 5, according to data released by air quality monitor AirVisual.

A collision between a passenger bus and a container truck on National Road 2 in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang early Tuesday morning left at least five passengers dead and five others with serious injuries.

Politburo member and Minister of Public Security Gen. To Lam asked the US side to soon finalize the process of reviewing and recognizing/granting market economy status to Vietnam at a reception in Hanoi on March 4 for US Ambassador

Sixty-seven out of 84 foreign e-commerce services providers registered in Vietnam have paid a total of more than VNĐ2 trillion (US$83.3 million) in tax in the first two months of this year, according to the General Department of Taxation.

A poor woman in the southern province of Soc Trang urgently needs support as her husband and parents-in-law battle serious health issues.

The Southern Airport Authority have fined a passenger VND8.50 million (USD344) after he stole a pair of sunglasses at Danang Airport.

Attorneys from the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice, in cooperation with the Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Forest Protection Department, kicked off on Monday a training workshop in Hanoi for

Three Indian men have appeared in court after the gang rape of a Spanish tourist on a motorbike trip with her husband, with police hunting four other suspects, reports said Monday.