VIETNAM TODAY

Prolonged drought has caused a severe water shortage in Vietnam, affecting around 10,500-17,500 hectares of crops.

The State Bank of Vietnam has decided to reduce regulatory interest rates from June 19, the fourth cut in a row since mid-March in efforts to aid economic recovery.

The HCM City Department of Transport has proposed construction of the VND4.95 trillion (USD210.410 million) Thu Thiem 4 Bridge.

The US Mission Vietnam has announced the 2024 competition for the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistantship (FLTA) Programme.

As many as 200 local and foreign businesses will showcase products and technologies at the International Exhibition of Energy and Environment Technology Hanoi 2023 (ENTECH HANOI 2023) scheduled for June 28-30.

The investor of the Moon Lake Villa project has started removing some illegal construction works that encroached on the Bau Trang National Tourist Area following requests from local authorities.

Prof. Tran Dang Xuan at Japan’s Hiroshima University has been listed among the world’s top scientists by Research.com, a reputable scientist ranking website.

Contestant Bui Vu Xuan Nghi left Vietnam on June 15 for Cambodia where she is competing for a title at Miss Teen International 2023.

A new severe heat wave with temperatures reaching upto 39 degrees Celsius is hitting the central region from today and expanding to the northern region from Saturday.

Ho Chi Minh City has removed 988 unlicensed dumping grounds and turned 243 others into parks and vegetable gardens.

A bomb weighing 250 kilos with its detonator intact has just been found at the Lam River in the northern central province of Nghe An.

Many hotels and homestays in Ha Long City in the northern province of Quang Ninh are struggling with booking cancellations amid repeated power outages.

Customs officers at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi seized USD352,000 and EUR245,900 (USD265,261) illegally transported by five people on two international flights.

Japan's age of consent was raised from 13, among the world's lowest, to 16 years old on Friday as lawmakers passed key reforms to sex crime legislation.

A group of students in HCM City are offering free meals to homeless people.

COVID-19 patients will not be given free treatment when the disease is downgraded from its current placement in Class A infectious diseases to Class B, said Deputy Health Minister Nguyễn Thị Liên Hương.

Singapore will "progressively deploy" more patrol robots across the city-state, police said Thursday, after more than five years of small-scale trials.

The 17,943-tonne container ship Ever Chaste from the Hai Phong port docked at the Republic of Korea’s Ulsan port on June 15, marking the opening of a new regular container shipping route between the two ports.

Bamboo Airways reported its biggest ever loss of VND17.60 trillion (USD741.39) last year as costs skyrocketed.