VIETNAM TODAY

The northern province of Ninh Binh has been named among the world's top 10 best hidden family vacation spots to visit in 2023, as compiled by Canadian magazine The Travel.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam coordinated with the Ministry of Culture of Belarus to organise an art performance programme along with the opening ceremony of the Belarus Cultural Days in Vietnam 2023.

The stock market is expected to see more investment opportunities for the medium and long term in the second quarter of 2023, according to analysts.

Six people have been killed and dozens of homes washed away in central Afghanistan after heavy rains were funnelled down mountain valleys causing devastating floods, a local official said Wednesday.

HCM City has resumed services on two subsidised bus routes that were halted in January this year.

People who buy tickets to attend the F5 Yourself with Yoga event by the end of this month will enjoy massive discounts.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will restore its Hanoi (Vietnam)-Luang Prabang (Laos)-Siem Reap (Cambodia) route on the first day of July, with a frequency of three flights per week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

The State Bank of Vietnam is set to further reduce regulatory interest rates on May 25, the third cut in a row since mid-March, expected to give a boost to the stagnant real estate market.

The bad weather has been forecasted to affect airports in the southern region of Vietnam in some days to come.

Du Gia Waterfall in the northernmost province of Ha Giang is attracting more visitors, particularly foreigners. However, local authorities have warned of the dangers of such potentially perilous activities.

As many as 5,000 people are expected to join a yoga event at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on August 12.

Five months after being piloted in Hanoi's Ha Dong District, the electric bike rental service has seen only a few riders.

Danang Police have just seized nine kilos of drugs which were hidden in tea packs being transported from Quang Tri Province.

Four provinces in the southern part of the Red River Delta, namely Ninh Binh, Ha Nam, Nam Dinh, and Thai Binh, have been taking steps to tap into their natural advantages to develop agricultural and rural tourism.

Vietnam is among the 15 countries with the largest number of adult male smokers in the world mainly due to easy access to cigarettes triggered by the low tobacco tax and emergence of various types of e-cigarettes.

Authorities in the central coastal province of Quang Ngai are planning to search for an old ship that might have sunk in local waters after ceramic objects were found in the area.

Asian markets tracked losses in Wall Street on Wednesday as investors grow increasingly concerned about stalled US debt ceiling talks to avert a painful default.

The State Bank of Vietnam has announced two decisions to further reduce policy interest rates, which will become effective from May 25, 2023.

A giant panda on loan to Thailand from China that died last month had suffered blood clots caused by old age, Thai zoo officials said in a statement Tuesday.