VIETNAM TODAY

Many markets in Hanoi have been abandoned.

Direct flights between the southern central province of Binh Dinh and South Korea will be reopened following a four-year suspension.

An explosion at a toy shop in the northern province of Ninh Binh on Thursday afternoon left two people dead.

The central city of Danang will hold a Christmas-themed market with 60 stalls on December 8-12 in Ngu Hanh Son District.

Asian markets mostly rose Friday as traders tried to track a Wall Street rally ahead of crucial US jobs data, while Tokyo took a hit from an extended yen rally on bets Japan will drop its ultra-loose monetary policy.

Some 11 fishing boats were burnt in a fire at a shipbuilding yard in the southern province of Phan Thiet on Thursday afternoon.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 8 morning hosted a welcome ceremony for his Belarusian counterpart Roman Golovchenko who is paying an official visit to Vietnam from December 6-9.

The recently unveiled Programme for International Student Assessment 2022 results from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development reveal a decline in rankings for Vietnamese students.

Asian markets fluctuated Friday as traders tried to track a Wall Street rally ahead of crucial US jobs data, while Tokyo took a hit from an extended yen rally on bets Japan will drop its ultra-loose monetary policy.

The Consulate General of Belarus in Ho Chi Minh City was inaugurated at No 2/6, Road 31, Binh An Ward, Thu Duc city, on December 7.

Vietnamese and international artists are gearing up for the BridgeFest 2023 music festival which is scheduled to take place at Nguyen Hue pedestrian street in Ho Chi Minh City on December 9.

Petrol prices have dropped from December 7 following a decision by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Ministry of Finance.

Many restaurants in Hanoi have reported falling numbers of customers after more drink-driving checkpoints have been set up during the year-end festive season.

Vietnamese artist Nguyen Quoc Truong Thinh has been nominated in the best leading male performance-digital category at the Asian Television Awards 2023.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping and his spouse are scheduled to make a State visit to Vietnam on December 12-13.

The pedestrian bridge spanning the Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal in HCM City's District 1 central tourist area is set to open before the New Year 2024 Holiday.

Japan has passed a bill to legalise cannabis-based medicines in a landmark revision of its stringent drug laws, while toughening its ban on recreational use of marijuana.

Vietnam’s coffee export volume in the 2023-24 season is likely to be lower than a year earlier due to a drop in output, no carry-over stock and growing local demand, and export prices will remain high, according to the

HCM City People’s Committee have proposed building a VND7-trillion (USD289.25 million) stadium.