VIETNAM TODAY

Audio guides have been installed at two museums in HCM City to help visitors learn about Vietnamese culture and history.

The Mekong Delta will receive more than US$2.5 billion in official development assistance (ODA) loans to implement 16 sustainable development projects in response to climate change, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Although Vietnamese rice has been exported to 150 countries and territories, markets for the product are mainly Asian countries and thus need to be diversified, according to experts.

The number of Lao tourist arrivals to Vietnam soared in the first half of the year, with a growth rate of 117%, which is the third-highest rate among nations having visitors to Vietnam, following Cambodia (338%) and India (236%).

Farmers in the central province of Nghe An are worried about their rice dying in the fields due to prolonged droughts.

HCM City has planned to launch five new boat routes, including three to the neighbouring provinces of Binh Duong, Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Tien Giang.

Indian police said Friday they had arrested three men over a triple-train collision that killed nearly 300 people last month, one of the worst rail accidents in the country's history.

Nearly 3,000 businesses and factories in residential areas of the southern province of Binh Duong are going to be relocated into industrial zones and clusters in the locality from 2024-2030.

HCM City’s first metro line project has implemented 95.39 percent of the work so far and will be completed by the end of this year before being put into operation next year.

A ten-year-old girl in the southern province of Bac Lieu is taking care of her disabled father after her mother left them.

Approximately 91% of German businesses have expressed their keen interest in pouring further investment and expanding their operations in Vietnam, according to a survey recently conducted by the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Ha Long Bay, Hoi An Ancient City, and Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park have been listed among the 16 UNESCO world heritage wonders throughout Southeast Asia, as compiled by UK-based travel magazine Wanderlust.

The recent increase in the rental price of the apartment segment in Hanoi is causing many tenants to look for roommates.

A total of 12 memoranda of understanding (MoUs) on sustainability, digitization, financial services, and human resources development were signed at the seventh Singapore Regional Business Forum (SRBF) held for the first time in Hanoi on July 7.

Four consecutive earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from 3.5 to 4.2 hit Kon Plong district, the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum, on the morning of July 7.

Vietnam and China held the 16th round of negotiations of the working group on the sea area beyond the mouth of the Gulf of Tonkin and the 13th round of talks of the working group for consultation on cooperation

The northern region will have heavy rains from Saturday evening following some severely hot days.

Plans to discharge treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant cleared their last regulatory hurdle in Japan on Friday, as China said it would ban some food imports over the move.

Police in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak are calling on local people to hand in weapons and explosives following the recent terrorist attacks in the area.