VIETNAM TODAY

The International Solar Alliance (ISA) launched the SolarX Startup Challenge for the Asia-Pacific region at COP28 in Dubai, showcasing its commitment to fostering entrepreneurship and driving solar projects in the region.

The toll from China's deadliest earthquake in years rose to 148 on Friday, state media reported, as authorities turned their attention to resettling thousands of people displaced by the disaster.

The principal of Hoang Thu Pho 1 Primary School in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai has resigned as police launched an investigation into the poor meals given to students.

Two of four wallabies recently trafficked into Vietnam have died a short time after being sent to the Hoang Lien Rescue and Conservation Centre in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.

A poor woman in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has received over VND140 million in donations to help cover treatment for her breast cancer after her story was shared on Dantri/Dtinews.

Establishing production chains to enhance competitiveness and promote green production has become vital for the fishery industry to develop sustainably.

Two women have died after being hit by a train while driving a motorbike across the railway in Hanoi on Friday morning.

Asian markets pressed ahead with their rally Friday as another round of US data further stoked expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates more than it has indicated next year.

A landslide at a coal mine in the northern province of Quang Ninh has killed two workers and injured six others.

Authorities of Hanoi’s Quoc Oai District have removed a temporary market by Thang Long Avenue that specialised in selling wild birds.

According to the Vietnam Register, as many as 14,000 coaches and trucks in Vietnam are scheduled to have reached the end of their roadworthiness from January 1.

Authorities in the southern coastal province of Kien Giang have temporarily halted ferry and boat services to Phu Quoc Island due to bad weather.

Local representative Do Thi Lan Anh is among the Top 12 finalists in the Best National Costume sub-contest at the Miss Earth 2023 pageant, which is currently underway in Da Lat.

Many people in HCM City have chosen to rent cars for travellling during the coming Tet Lunar New Year holiday due to the rising cost of train and air tickets.

President Vo Van Thuong examined the training and combat readiness at Brigade K3 of General Department II, the Ministry of National Defence on the occasion of the 79th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army.

A ceremony took place in Hanoi on December 21 to award winners of a competition on Australia and its people, as part of activities marking the 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Australia diplomatic ties.

HCM City will organise fireworks displays to welcome the New Year 2024.

The World Chess Federation has listed the winners from throughout the history of the world blitz chess championship, including local chess player Le Quang Liem who won a title back in 2013.

The US Mission to Vietnam has announced the opening of the recruitment season for Vietnamese institutions interested in hosting a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant during the 2024 - 2025 academic year.