VIETNAM TODAY

An international football academy named after coach Park Hang-seo has been inaugurated in Hanoi recently in order to seek and nurture young hopefuls for Vietnamese football.

The Vietnamese condotel market will not recover at least until 2025 due to excess inventory, according to insiders.

A Vietnamese truck driver has been confirmed dead in landslides on a road linking Bolikhamxay Province in central Laos with Vietnam's central province of Ha Tinh.

Prices of Vietnam’s rice exports have reached the highest level in 15 years following export restrictions in some countries.

Authorities in Quang Ninh Province have found the body of a local fisherman while still looking for his wife and son who went missing after their boat sank off the coast of the neighbouring city of Haiphong.

Cuc Phuong National Park, a famous tourist destination based in the northern province of Ninh Binh, has been named "Asia's Leading National Park" at the World Travel Award for the fifth consecutive year.

As many as 138 landslide spots have been reported on many roads in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai following heavy rains.

The strong recovery of tourism has helped businesses in the industry prosper. However, risks such as economic recession, high interest rates and interest expenses still affect corporate profits.

Cambodia's king on Monday will appoint Hun Manet the country's new leader after his father Hun Sen calls time on nearly four decades of hardline rule.

The government has approved two railway routes linking seaports in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau and the northern city of Haiphong with a total investment of around USD17 billion.

Vietnamese enterprises in the auto industry are not deeply involved in the global supply chain. To become global suppliers, domestic enterprises must be consistent with the management culture and business philosophy of global manufacturers, experts say.

At least 28 people were killed Sunday when an express train derailed in southern Pakistan, the railway minister said, with an emergency declared at local hospitals struggling to deal with with dozens of injured.

Many people across Vietnam, regardless of their ages and jobs, have actively donated blood to save lives of many others.

Vietnamese exporters have encountered many challenges due to rising inflation worldwide, the downward trend in commodity prices and the falling demand in many export markets.

The capital’s tourism industry benefited from the recent Blackpink concert, earning a total of VND630 billion in revenue, said the Hanoi Department of Tourism on August 4.

All countries should join hands in building a regional cooperation structure of inclusion and stability with connectivity in politics, security, economy, trade, culture, society and people-to-people exchange, said NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

As many as 9,000 domestic and international runners are set to compete in the Manulife Da Nang International Marathon (DNIM) 2023 which is scheduled to take place on August 6 at the East Sea Park.

A Spanish man has confessed to murdering and dismembering the body of another foreigner on the popular Thai tourist island of Koh Pha Ngan, police said Saturday.