VIETNAM TODAY

Party General Secretary To Lam and President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Lee Jae Myung witnessed the hand-over of documents on bilateral cooperation, following their talks in Seoul on August 11.

Police in Mai Chau ​Commune, Phu Tho ​Province, promptly assisted a Dutch tourist who was injured in a fall on August 10.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called for the mobilisation of the strength and resources of the entire nation and society to drive economic development as a whole, including the private sector.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has issued an urgent warning about the risk of a Chikungunya outbreak in Vietnam after numerous cases were reported in Southern China, especially in Guangdong Province.

Party General Secretary To Lam and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation attended the inauguration ceremony of a statue of late President Ho Chi Minh in the Vietnamese Embassy’s campus in Seoul.

Two Vietnamese citizens fell into the sea at noon on Friday (local time) at Sarakiniko Beach, Milos Island, Greece, according to a press release from the Embassy of Vietnam in Greece late Saturday.

Vietnam’s industrial output rose 8.6 per cent year-on-year in January to July 2025, driven mainly by manufacturing and processing industries, official data show.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly departed from Hanoi for a four-day state visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK).

China’s Laoling City, in coordination with VINEXAD, hosted a series of events in Ho Chi Minh City from August 7-9 to seek trade and economic cooperation with Vietnam.

Some 500-700 tonnes of rubbish have swamped Xuan Hoi Fishing Port in the central province of Ha Tinh following recent floods.

A man in Danang City has been fined for taking tourists to pick wild grapes in Son Tra Peninsula.

Foreign guests of top leaders, major investors, global business executives and renowned cultural figures will be eligible for a visa waiver when entering Vietnam.

The elevated section of the Nhon-Hanoi Station metro line has transported more than 6.4 million passengers in its first year of operation, with a daily average of 19,000-21,000 people.

As global markets shift toward sustainability and environmental accountability, Vietnam’s textile and garment industry is aligning its growth strategy with the circular economy model.

Vietnamese police have broken up a cross-border surrogacy ring led by a Chinese national and rescued 11 babies following raids in multiple provinces.

Vietnamese seafood enterprises are increasingly turning inward, seeking to boost domestic consumption due to challenges in exports, particularly in the US market.

Vietnam and Angola have issued a Joint Statement on the occasion of the State visit by Vietnamese President Luong Cuong at the invitation of Angolan President Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco.

Vietnam on August 8 launched VietnamUSA.Arobid.com, the country’s first B2B e-commerce platform specifically designed to help Vietnamese businesses access the US market.

Vietnam’s central bank has lifted the 2025 credit growth cap and cut lending rates to help meet the Government’s GDP growth target of 8.3 to 8.5 per cent.