VIETNAM TODAY

Australia on Friday said it was axing a billion-dollar plan to develop a series of space satellites, as it tries to cut costs amid an economic slowdown and cost-of-living crisis.

A family in the central province of Thua-Thien Hue has handed over two rare monkeys to local authorities to be released into the wild.

Nepal's LGBTQ community welcomed on Thursday a Supreme Court interim decision to allow all citizens to register their marriages, including same-sex and transgender couples.

Rubbish has covered Doc Let Beach in the southern central province of Khanh Hoa, leading to the severe pollution.

Authorities in HCM City will run a promotion programme from now until September 15 with attractive discounts to increase spending.

Fast-growing greenhouse development, rapid urbanisation, underinvested drainage and abnormal weather have been cited as the main reasons for the heavy flooding in the Central Highlands tourist city Dalat.

Canada-based magazine The Travel has revealed a list of the 10 cheapest countries to work remotely across the world, with Vietnam featured in the list.

Two sisters in the central province of Nghe An have received donations of VND450.47 million (USD19.14) following a serious traffic accident.

The USAID in partnership with UNICEF, has delivered 590 vaccine refrigerators to the Vietnamese Ministry of Health as part of support to further improve cold chain systems for routine immunisation and COVID-19 vaccination campaigns.

Five Vietnamese universities keep their places in the QS World University Rankings 2024 recently released by the UK-based education organisation Quacquarelli Symonds.

As many as 13 households located by Thanh Da Canal in HCM City’s Binh Thanh District have been severely hit by erosion.

The Vietnamese economy is continuing to encounter difficulties as it only expanded by estimated 3.72% in the first half of the year, according to statistics released by the General Statistics Office (GSO).

A fishing boat was found transporting around 60,000 litres of diesel off the coast of the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

State President Vo Van Thuong attended a farewell ceremony held for Vietnamese peacekeepers who will depart for UN peacekeeping missions in South Sudan and Abyei.

Two fishermen have died of asphyxiation after entering a fish storage cabin in a vessel off the southern province of Binh Dinh.

A string of forest rangers in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai have resigned due to low pay and high pressure, prompting local authorities to scramble for recruits.

Two people have died and five others injured after a landslide buried houses in Hoang Hoa Tham Street in Dalat City early Thursday morning.

The flows of foreign direct investment into Vietnam are forecast to increase in the second half of the year as the downturn has been improved in recent months, experts have said.

As many as 65 flights faced difficulties landing at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport late Wednesday afternoon due to a thunderstorm, according to the Southern Region Air Traffic Services Company.