VIETNAM TODAY

Binh Dinh authorities reassured local people that they would carefully study the Long Son Iron and Steel Complex project plan to make sure it would not have a negative impact on the environment.

Vietnam and France have witnessed win-win cooperation in vocational training, and partnerships among localities of the two nations in the field are being seen as a new direction in decentralised cooperation between the two countries.

HCM City has found a patient infected with the new Covid-19 XBB.1.5 sub-variants through gene sequencing results.

Heavy rain has been forecasted to hit many Vietnamese localities on April 14-15, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

The Vietnamese economy should be put under the microscope after its growth suddenly slowed in the first quarter of 2023, suggested the World Bank (WB) in its Vietnam Macro Monitoring edition for April.

An international symposium was held by authorities of Hanoi, Toulouse city of France, and the French Development Agency to discuss ways for preserving and bringing into play values of the archaeological site of the Thang Long Imperial Citadel.

A Taiwanese court Thursday sentenced nine people to prison terms ranging from 11 to 18 years on human trafficking charges for luring dozens of people to Cambodia to toil in online scam syndicates.

Vietnam Railways Corporation has targeted a profitable year following three consecutive years of losses.

PM Pham Minh Chinh has expressed his belief and wish that Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., of the Republic of Korea will maintain its important role in enhancing economic cooperation between the two countries with many new strategic projects.

Around 7,000 runners will take part in the Bà Đen Mountain Marathon in Tây Ninh Province on April 22-23.

The southern province of Dong Thap will organise Mango Festival 2023 on the coming Reunification Day (April 30) and International Labour Day (May 1).

The Smart City Asia International Expo and Forum 2023 in Vietnam opened in HCM City on Thursday, showcasing leading technologies and solutions for public lighting, smart cities and smart homes, urban planning and public administration, and others.

Vietjet officially welcomes passengers on direct flights connecting Vietnam with Australia's largest cities – Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

A man in the southern province of Dong Nai has been injured in a wild elephant attack.

The Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said it is verifying news that some royal ordination documents under the reign of the former Nguyen dynasty will be put up for auction in China.

Many hotels and restaurants in the central coastal city of Danang have allowed visitors to use their toilets.

Asian markets mostly fell Thursday after minutes from the Federal Reserve's most recent policy meeting showed officials foresaw a US recession at the end of the year, while inflation data could not temper expectations of another interest rate hike.

The Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of Austria Alexander Schallenberg will pay an official visit to Vietnam from April 16-18 at the invitation of Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son.

The Ministry of Health has urged localities to step up Covid-19 prevention measures as the country has reported a sharp rise in the number of infections.