VIETNAM TODAY

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on June 27 emphasised the importance of global and all-people approaches to and response measures against “headwinds” that are hindering economic growth of the world and Vietnam.

Vietnam and China will expand cooperation in a range of fields, including finance, agriculture, transportation, environment, health, science and technology, and further improve customs clearance to avoid congestion of goods at the border gate.

Heart-wrenching images of revered elephants and cattle eating plastic in Sri Lanka have prompted politicians to toughen pollution laws, but sceptical conservationists warn past bans were repeatedly ignored.

Many people in the central province of Ha Tinh can earn money by catching oysters and clams on local beaches when the tide falls.

The number and value of transactions by scanning QR codes with mobile phones increased by 151.14 percent and 30.14 percent respectively in the January-May period as non-cash payment services flourish in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Transport is seeking a licence to dump 3.70 million cubic metres of waste mud into the sea in the southern province of Quy Nhon.

A poor woman in the central province of Quang Nam is calling for help as her husband, son and granddaughter are all sick.

A state-level funeral was held in Hanoi on the morning of June 27 for former Secretary of the Party Central Committee and former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, who passed away on June 21.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade and Samsung Vietnam kicked off the sixth batch of the training programme for molding technicians of Vietnam on June 26.

The person with the highest pension in Vietnam receives more than 124 million VND (5,200 USD) per month, according to the Vietnam Social Security.

Bankrupt Sri Lanka's government on Monday said it was scrapping plans to export around 100,000 endangered monkeys to China following an outcry and a court case by animal lovers.

HCM City has increased the area devoted to public parks by 21.74 hectares since 2021, surpassing the set target.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a decision approving a 2023-2025 national action programme on the settlement of consequences of unexploded ordnances (UXOs) left by the war.

Black Pink, the Republic of Korea’s girl group phenomenon, is storming Hanoi at My Dinh stadium for two nights on July 29 and 30.

Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ta Quang Dong has become the first Vietnamese person ever to serve as part of the judging panel of the international Tchaikovsky competition held in Russia.

Nearly VND5.7 trillion from the national target programme on socio-economic development in ethnic-inhabited and mountainous areas for the 2021-30 period was disbursed for 19 provinces and cities in the northern region.

The Lao Bao Border Gate in the central province of Quang Tri has become quiet amid tightened measures taken on immigration activities following a recent large-scale gold smuggling case.

Residents in the northern central province of Nghe An have set up tents to block trucks from carrying materials into Vissai International Port after a coal storage project raised environmental pollution concerns.