VIETNAM TODAY

Four State-owned banks have further cut deposit interest rates by 0.2-0.3 percentage points to reach around 7 per cent for 12-month deposits.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stressed the need to take short-term solutions to ensure enough electricity for production, business and daily use at a meeting between permanent Cabinet members and ministries and agencies in Hanoi on May 18.

Australia newspaper Herald Sun recently published an article by Cathy Finch highlighting her thrilling travel experience when exploring the numerous winding roads throughout the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang by motorcycle.

ASEAN and the US reaffirmed their commitment to making their comprehensive strategic partnership meaningful, substantive, and mutually beneficial, at the 14th Meeting of the ASEAN-US Joint Cooperation Committee in Jakarta on May 17.

A workshop themed “Solutions for sustainable urban cooling in Vietnam” took place in Hanoi on May 17.

The United State still lacks impartiality in its judgment about the religious situation in Vietnam, according to Pham Thu Hang, deputy spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam.

The railway sector will provide more trains from HCM City to the southern central cities of Nha Trang and Quy Nhon to meet increasing summer tourism demand.

World Food Atlas (TasteAtlas) has announced 100 best rated rice dishes in the world, including two Vietnamese representatives, 'Com Tam' (Broken Rice) and 'Banh Chung'

Tens of thousands of tonnes of low-priced chicken are imported into Vietnam illegally every month, challenging domestic chicken farmers.

Hanoi is experiencing extreme hot weather, further worsening the situation at Bach Mai Hospital which ch is often overcrowd.

Russian research vessel Akademik Oparin has arrived at Nha Trang port to conduct a joint survey on marine resources as part of the "Roadmap for cooperation in marine research for the 2018-2025 period.

Despite an overall export decline due to the shortage of orders, foreign direct invested (FDI) businesses still posted more than USD14 billion in trade surplus in the first four months, further affirming their role as the main growth

An 82-year-old woman in the southern province of Binh Duong has been mauled to death by her family’s Pitbull dog.

A shipment of 781 electric vehicles (VF8 series) manufactured by leading Vietnamese automaker VinFast arrived at the Canadian port of Nanaimo in British Columbia on May 18, VinFast has said.

The 32nd SEA Games was considered the most successful event for Việt Nam as the delegation topped the medal tally in an away tournament.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the Netherlands Pham Viet Anh, permanent representative of Vietnam to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), is attending the fifth review conference on the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in The Hague.

A warming El Niño expected to develop in the coming months will likely surge global temperatures to record levels until 2027, according to a new update issued by the World Meteorological Organization.

A sea dyke in the central province of Ha Tinh has struggled with serious erosion, threatening 1,200 households nearby.

The 2023 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Regional Workshop on Innovating International Higher Education, is being organised by the US Embassy in Hanoi in collaboration with the National Economics University.