VIETNAM TODAY

HCM City’s District 1 People's Committee has proposed a VND140-billion project to upgrade the century-old Ben Thanh Market which is facing serious deterioration.

President Vo Van Thuong and a high-ranking delegation from Vietnam attended the opening ceremony of the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing on October 18.

Experts from the International Monetary Fund maintained their forecast for Vietnam’s GDP growth at 4.7% in 2023 but expressed their optimism about the medium-term prospects, with GDP growth predicted to reach 5.8% in 2024 and 6.9% in 2025.

Japan’s total official development assistance commitment to Vietnam from April 2022 to March 2023 amounts to JPY18.9 billion (nearly VND31 trillion).

A poor couple in the central province of Nghe An are in desperate need of support to save their small son from heart disease.

Vietnam has reported a rise in illegal meat imports with 131 cases detected in the first nine months of this year, up 14.50 percent on-year.

The Halico Hanoi Liquor JSC, the producer of Hanoi Vodka, has reported losses of over VND2.28 billion in the third quarter of this year, marking the 26th consecutive quarter of losses and a near-40 percent increase in losses on-year.

India plans to send a man to the Moon and set up a space station by 2040, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, as the country ramps up its space programme.

Vietnam is set to experience widespread rains as a storm has been forecasted to enter the East Sea in the days to come.

The real estate sector is finally emerging from its slumber as the economic recovery in the third quarter of the year has triggered a resurgence of demand for realty properties.

Authorities in the central province of Quang Nam are intensifying efforts to look for the 13 fishermen who went missing after their boats sank.

PM Pham Minh Chinh leaves Hanoi on October 18 to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations - Gulf Cooperation Council Summit and pay a visit to Saudi Arabia.

It's out with buzzcuts and in with longer locks for Thai police, as per a new regulation that came into effect Tuesday.

President Vo Van Thuong met with Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China Zhao Leji in Beijing on October 17.

Head coach of the Vietnamese national football team Philippe Troussier has been named among the greatest coaches in the history of the Asian Cup by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

Two fishing boats from the central province of Quang Nam have sunk, leaving 15 fishermen unaccounted for.

PM Pham Minh Chinh will lead a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to attend the ASEAN - Gulf Cooperation Council Summit and pay a visit to Saudi Arabia from October 18- 20.

Many people in the southern central province of Binh Dinh are flocking to the local forest to pick wild mushrooms that can be made into good dishes.

The south central province of Binh Thuan will hold a kite festival from October 22-29, during which a Guinness record for the largest kite in Vietnam will be set.