VIETNAM TODAY

The Royal Caribbean International Group hosted a ceremony in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau in order to celebrate the recovery of the international cruise industry and committed to bringing passengers to Vietnam.

There are still many opportunities for Vietnamese businesses in the artificial intelligence development competition, said Huynh Ngoc Quang, Director of the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group.

Many experts on the property market proposed cutting interest rates of loans for investing or buying social housing products to 4.5-6% per year from 8.2-8.7% at present.

Former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra returned to the kingdom Tuesday after 15 years in exile and was immediately jailed, just hours before his party's candidate was elected prime minister.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh passed away in his house in Hai Phong city after a period of illness, according to a committee in charge of ranking officials’ health.

A rare white Bengal tiger imported from abroad has given birth to five white cubs at Mango Garden Zoo in the southern province of Dong Nai.

The Ministry of Finance is calling for comments on a proposal to impose environmental fees on greenhouse-gas-emitting facilities, an effort to reduce their carbon footprint and incentivise greener practices.

Pacific Partnership 2023 has concluded its first mission stop in the southern province of Phu Yen.

The appeal trial of the People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City on August 22 upheld a sentence of one year and six months in prison for a woman for “abusing the right to freedom and democracy to violate

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has proposed to the Government two options to manage foreign workers in Vietnam.

The northern region of Vietnam has been forecasted to see two consecutive rainy fronts.

Japan will begin releasing cooling water from the stricken Fukushima power plant on Thursday, 12 years after one of the world's worst nuclear disasters.

The Quang Ninh Provincial Transport Department has just announced that boats running past Trong Mai Islet must keep a speed of below 10 kilometres per hour and a distance of at least 70 metres from the islet.

The Republic of Korea has announced an agreement to operate regular international flights between Muan Airport and Cam Ranh Airport in Khanh Hoa province.

Defence-Economic Unit 337 under Military Region 4 announced on August 21 that they had recovered the remains of 22 war dead from a mountain and caves in the central province of Quang Tri.

Tourists from two hotels and residents in Da Lat City in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong have been evacuated due to cracks and subsidence.

Commercial banks have persistently reduced deposit interest rates, resulting in rates for many terms now standing at just above 6% per annum.

Authorities in Hanoi have proposed to build underground classrooms to serve the rising number of students as local schools have no more space for expansion.

A warmer and later winter has been forecasted for the northern and central regions of Vietnam this year.