VIETNAM TODAY

The highly anticipated movie Barbie will not be showing in Vietnamese theatres for scenes depicting China's nine-dash-line map that is considered to be a violation of Vietnam's sovereign territory.

The northern region of Vietnam has been forecasted to see a widespread rainy front, starting from late afternoon of July 4.

Ten members of a single family were swept away in a river surge in Malaysia, with seven bodies found just under 25 kilometres from where they had been swimming, a senior police official said Tuesday.

The Animals Asia Foundation has worked with the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak to phase out the elephant-riding tourism industry and has given endangered elephants a return to life in the wild.

The last tourist boat on Hanoi's West Lake is being dismantled after being left idle there for five years.

Authorities in the northern province of Bac Giang have approved a project to build a new urban area combined with a golf course worth over VND6 trillion (USD253.90 million).

Vinh International Airport in the northern central province of Nghe An has resumed operations after 16 hours of closure due to urgent runway repairs.

Two passenger trains from the capital city of Hanoi to the northern port city of Hai Phong will be organised at the Hanoi station on all days in the week starting July 13, instead of just weekends and holidays

Hanoi’s People Committee has proposed Hanoi’s construction master plan until 2045 should be amended to include two local satellite cities.

Vietnam can return to high growth rates over the medium term, as structural reforms are implemented, Division Chief of the International Monetary Fund’s Fiscal Affairs Department Paulo Medas has said.

Petroleum prices fell from 3 pm on Monday, the first drop in nearly two months.

Two Vietnamese were among eight found dead in a devastating night club fire in downtown capital Phnom Penh, Cambodia, last weekend.

The pilot bike rental service that was planned for last December in Hanoi has yet to launch due to vehicle shortages, according to the local transport department.

A group of 16 US student volunteers have planned to build six charity houses for poor and disadvantaged households in Quang Ngai, a province in central Vietnam.

Four people were injured in a blast and a blaze in a central Tokyo building, the city's fire department said, with footage showing flames and smoke emerging from a second-floor business.

The Vinh International Airport in the northern central province of Nghe An has just been temporarily closed after a large crack was found on a runway.

Two people were killed and six others injured in a traffic accident in the southern central province of Khanh Hoa.

Several measures have been recommended to help Vietnamese exporters cope with dwindling demand in many markets around the world.

Nguyen Giang Tien, 25 from the south central province of Ninh Thuan province is set to vie for Miss World Tourism 2023 title at a beauty pageant, scheduled to take place in Sri Lanka from July 20 to July 29.