VIETNAM TODAY

At the start of 2024, Europeans are of course deeply concerned by the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine and by the conflict that has broken out again in the Middle East.

Lobster farmers in the southern province of Khanh Hoa are currently earning good profits as prices have sharply risen, but worries remain about an unstable market.

There is a visible change in the taste of home seekers which is pushing developers to switch focus to more affordable segment housing.

State President Vo Van Thuong on February 2 evening attended a special art performance as part of the Homeland Spring programme for overseas Vietnamese to welcome the 2024 lunar New Year – the Year of the Dragon.

Maps indicating landslide-prone areas in 37 mountainous and midland areas will be completed by 2025 under an early-warning project managed by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources.

Ho Chi Minh City, the most populous locality in Vietnam, has seen a sharp increase in the number of cases caused by the JN.1 sub-variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the Ministry of Health has said.

The Italian-flagged passenger cruise vessel Costa Serena brought approximately 1,100 foreign passengers to Phu Quoc, a popular island destination in the southern province of Kien Giang, on February 2.

Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping on February 2 exchanged greetings on the occasion of the lunar New Year 2024 – the Year of the Dragon.

Model Tran Thi Ngoc Trinh was given a one-year suspended sentence on Friday for riding large displacement motorcycles without a licence and posting on social media.

Vietnam's innovation ecosystem has gone through a year of ups and downs and to be able to exist sustainably, businesses need to prioritise adapting to the global trends as well as ensure their intellectual property.

State President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse joined over 100 overseas Vietnamese people in a traditional ritual of releasing carp on the Land Genie and Kitchen Gods’ Day at Nha Rong Wharf in HCM City on Friday morning.

A man in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa has died and his wife has ended up in critical condition after they burned coal to stay warm on Wednesday evening.

A delegation of the Party Central Committee, National Assembly, State President, Government, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee laid wreaths at and paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleu on February 2.

Dozens of flights to and from Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport were delayed and diverted on Friday morning as the city was blanketed with heavy fog.

Military officers in the central province of Nghe An have just successfully deactivated a 350 kg wartime bomb which was found at a house construction site in the province's Ky Son District.

Vietnam shipped nearly 104,000 tonnes of rice to the EU market worth US$71.7 million last year, exceeding the quota of 80,000 tonnes per year under the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement.

Total retail sales of goods and revenue from consumer services in January were estimated at 524.1 trillion VND, up 8.1% year-on-year, as consumers have been on the mood to shop for the upcoming Tet Lunar New Year Festival.

The launch of direct flights by Aeroflot airline between Moscow and Ho Chi Minh City from January 31 is expected to increase the number of visitors travelling between the two countries moving forward, according to tour operators.

Domestic retail prices of petroleum products in Vietnam rose at 3 pm today, February 1, following the adjustment jointly decided by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Ministry of Finance.