VIETNAM TODAY

Lee Jung-hee was set to turn 60 next year but South Korea dropped its traditional age counting system Wednesday, so the Seoul-based housewife just got a year younger -- and she's thrilled.

The government has issued a decree on slashing registration fees for domestically produced and assembled cars from July 1.

All 18 referees and assistant referees who attended a video assistant referee technology training course have been confirmed as meeting FIFA's VAR refereeing standards.

Many people have been hospitalised after being stung by jellyfish while swimming in the past month.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called on Chinese investors to expand investment in Vietnam, while addressing the Vietnam - China Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum in Beijing on June 28 within the framework of his official visit to China.

Several batches of Vietnamese dried chilli have been recalled in South Korea after they exceeded pesticide residues.

A Vietjet Air flight from South Korea's Incheon City to Phu Quoc made an emergency landing in the Philippines due to technical warnings on Tuesday evening.

The demand for industrial land for lease in Vietnam remains high, but the supply of industrial land is low.

Homestay adverts have flooded social media after K-pop girl group Blackpink confirmed they would hold two concerts at Hanoi's My Dinh National Stadium on July 29-30.

A rabid dog in Me Linh District in Hanoi has bitten six local residents.

Four members of a family in the Central Highlands Province of Lam Dong have been found dead hanging at their home.

The southern province of Binh Duong would need some 20,000 labourers from now until the year end as local firms have received more orders from customers.

More than one million candidates nationwide started the 2023 National High School Graduation Exams on Wednesday morning.

The northern and central regions will face a new heat wave from June 29, ending days of rainy and cool weather.

A sharp rise was recorded in the number of newly-established firms and those returning to the market in June 2023, according to the Business Registration Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Clips promoting the northern province of Bac Giang’s lychees are currently common on TikTok.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested Vietnam and China step up all-level contacts and raise the quality of cooperation across spheres at his meeting with Party General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping in Beijing.

The People's Committee of Khanh Hoa, in collaboration with the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations, on June 27 organised a conference to promote foreign non-governmental aid into the central coastal province in 2023.

A repatriation ceremony was held on Tuesday at the Danang International Airport to hand over the remains thought to be associated with a US servicemember missing in action from the war in Vietnam.