VIETNAM TODAY

The stock market is in a favourable situation with many supporting factors such as the State Bank lowering interest rates, positive short-term sentiment and the return of cashflow.

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is considering exporting up to 100,000 endangered monkeys to China, the agriculture minister said Wednesday, raising concerns among conservationists.

The People's Court of Hanoi sentenced 47-year-old Nguyễn Lân Thắng to 6 years in prison for the crime of "making, storing, disseminating or propagandising information, documents, materials aimed at opposing the Socialist Republic of Vietnam" under the Penal Code.

The US Agency for International Development and the General Department of Vietnam Customs on Wednesday celebrated their joint success creating a more attractive trade and investment environment in Vietnam.

Authorities of HCM City plan to spend more than VNĐ10.2 trillion (US$433 million) on sustainable poverty-reduction programmes this year.

A search was underway for three Nepali climbers who fell into a crevasse while ascending Everest on Wednesday, the first such accident on the world's highest mountain this climbing season.

Century-old trees at Hanoi Botanical Gardens seem to be dying.

The northern province of Quang Ninh topped the 2022 Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index, the United Nations Development Programme announced on April 12.

The fourth VietShrimp Aquaculture International Fair is scheduled to get underway in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho from April 12 to 14.

Two flights were prevented from landing in Hanoi due to thick fog yesterday evening, April 11.

Asian markets were mixed Wednesday as traders jockeyed ahead of US inflation data that could play a key role in the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision-making.

Lao newspapers and radio and television stations have published a series of articles, photos and programmes spotlighting the activities and outcomes of the official visit to Laos by President Vo Van Thuong.

Hanoi’s 11th-century site of the Temple of Literature situated on Van Mieu Street, Dong Da District is deteriorating after its last major preservation and renovation project conducted in the 1990s.

Two Indonesian football teams whose last game ended in one of the deadliest disasters in the sport's history met again under heavy security and without spectators.

Students in Can Tho city are forward-thinking and innovative, and they have the prizes to prove it.

The US Agency for International Development and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry yesterday celebrated the launch of a new tool to spur green economic growth: the Provincial Green Index.

Vietnam reported a sharp increase in rice exports in the first quarter with over 1.85 million tonnes worth over USD 981 million, up 23.40 percent in quantity and 34.30 percent in value compared to the same period last year.

Ho Chi Minh City and the United States Agency for International Development jointly organised a conference on technology and finance for waste-to-energy projects on April 11.

The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Tuyen Quang province recently held a press conference in Ho Chi Minh City to announce the upcoming launch of the second international hot air balloon festival 2023.