VIETNAM TODAY

Model Hoang Duc Trung will represent the nation by participating in the Mister Altitude World (MAW) 2023 pageant, with the grand final of the competition set to take place on May 27 in Thailand.

Chinese naval training ship Qi Jiguang is paying a visit to the central city of Danang.

There were no survivors after a fishing vessel carrying 39 crew members from China, Indonesia and the Philippines capsized last week in the Indian Ocean, according to an initial government probe released on Tuesday.

The World Health Organization is urgently contacting to find a source of rare drugs to support Vietnam in treating botulinum poisoning cases, according to details given by the Drug Administration of Vietnam under the Ministry of Health.

The emergence of several Asian markets such as Vietnam, India and Indonesia offer a ‘golden opportunity’ for Apple, according to the US cable news network CNN.

A poor woman in Phu Yen Province is in desperate need of financial help to support her five small children and ill mother after her husband died.

Almost 53.9 trillion VND (2.29 billion USD) in state capital was saved in 2022 as reported by ministries, sectors, and localities, according to the Government.

A student and a parent died on a trip to visit Xuan Thuy National Park in the northern province of Nam Dinh on May 20.

Vietnam is seeing a great opportunity to access the mRNA technology for vaccine production, said Patrick Haverman, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in Vietnam.

Optimism that the United States will avert a calamitous default supported equities Tuesday, with President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy saying they held productive talks on the debt ceiling.

The HCM City Transport Department has just proposed to completely ban sleeper buses from central areas after a pilot period.

The southernmost province of Ca Mau will need around a total of VND5 trillion (USD212.76 million) to consolidate dykes to deal with coastline erosion.

HCM City has put into operation a free-entry ecotourism park in Hoc Mon District, the first of its kind in the city.

President Vo Van Thuong welcomed Chairman of the United Russia Party and Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev in Hanoi.

Many bridges in HCM City have been largely encroached upon by businesses or become illegal dumping sites.

The reality TV show Top Chef Vietnam 2023 was officially launched on May 22 in Ho Chi Minh City aiming to introduce Vietnamese cuisine to a global audience.

Thailand has welcomed 9.47 million foreign tourists, including 84,221 Vietnamese visitors, so far this year, earning about 391 billion baht, equivalent to over US$11.3 billion, in revenue.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong held talks with Chairman of the United Russia Party and Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, who is on a working Vietnam visit from May 21-23.

There have been mass fish deaths in HCM City’s Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal following heavy rain.