VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnamese authorities said they have lost hope in their search for 13 missing fishermen from two sunken fishing vessels after combing through the waters near the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago for more than 100 hours.

Vietnam exported 864,424 tonnes of steel and iron worth a total of US$611 million in September, marking sharp decreases of 12.5% in volume and 13.5% in value compared to August.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on October 20 issued a joint statement urging an immediate end of violence in the Middle East to avoid further human casualties and calling for the full respect of International Humanitarian Law.

Vietnamese and Japanese chefs are set to serve a unique fusion of street food of the two countries within the framework of the Japanese Culture Festival which is scheduled to take place in Hanoi next month.

The Vietnam Railway has just officially launched a high-quality train service on the Hanoi - Da Nang route.

Police in the southern province of Tien Giang have just arrested Pham Minh Qu, 14, as part of their investigation into the death of his grandmother and father.

The Embassy of Peru in Vietnam is scheduled to host a Peruvian culinary week in Hanoi from October 24 to 29.

The central city of Danang has called for the launch of more direct flights connecting it with Phuket and Khon Kaen, Thailand, and Indonesia.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with leaders of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman on the occasion of his attendance at the ASEAN- Gulf Cooperation Council Summit held in Saudi Arabia.

Foreign service providers paid more than 9 trillion VND in tax through the online portal serving taxpayers engaging in e-commerce and business activities in the first nine months of this year.

Many residential areas in Hanoi are experiencing water shortages while local service companies face problems in infrastructure and sourcing water.

Train tickets on many routes for the Lunar New Year Holiday or Tet have sold very well.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has proposed the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia – one among the world’s 10 biggest public investment funds.

A total of 59,559 businesses entered and re-entered the real estate market in the third quarter of 2023, a record number for the period, which represented a rise of 18% year on year.

Authorities in the central highlands tourist city of Dalat have just issued a fine of VND110 million against the investor of the Merperle Dalat Hotel project for violating construction regulations.

Police in HCM City on Thursday announced that they had arrested Model Ngoc Trinh for riding large displacement motorcycles without a licence and posting on social media.

The HCM City Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR) is seeking municipal authority permission to extend the deadline of the Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro project.

The Youth Workers Support Center of Ho Chi Minh City organised a mass wedding ceremony for 82 couples of workers on October 20 in celebration of Vietnamese Women's Day.

President Võ Văn Thưởng affirmed that Vietnam and China are close neighbours and share similar political regimes, development paths, and goal of socialism building.