VIETNAM TODAY

HCM City has some of the country’s few horse-riding centres as the activity is still rare in Vietnam.

The Vietnamese rice industry is set to benefit from the high demand and prices this year, with lower input costs leading to expanded profit margins for rice businesses.

Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue held online talks with Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) of China Zhao Leji on March 27.

Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast, a subsidiary automaker of conglomerate Vingroup, held a series of ceremonies on May 27 in Hanoi, Da Nang, and Ho Chi Minh City to deliver its first batch of 27 VF 9 EVs

UK travel magazine Expedia has listed the nation among its Top 5 international destinations that visitors should visit this summer.

Vietnamese lender VPBank on March 27 signed an agreement to sell its 15% stake to Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation through a private placement.

Lan Ha Bay in the northern city of Haiphong is struggling with pollution, mostly caused by deteriorating styrofoam buoys.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has announced that passenger biometric authentication (facial recognition) will be piloted at check-in desks in Van Don international airport in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

The Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) is collaborating with business and government in Hanoi, Hue and Danang to deliver the Vietnam –Australia: Unlocking Opportunities in Education and Agrifood roadshow series starting from 27 March in Hanoi with participation

Danang authorities are calling at least 50 hotels and restaurants in Son Tra District to offer free toilet facilities for tourists as part of an effort to boost hospitality in the central city.

A poor ethnic minority couple in the southernmost province of Ca Mau have received nearly VND400 million in donations from the public to save their daughter who is facing liver cancer.

HCM City’s forest management force has caught a crab-eating macaque that regularly disturbed a residential area in Binh Chanh District.

Many areas in the southern region have experienced a severe new heat wave which started on March 26.

The Hanoi Justice Department’s Property Auction Centre will hold an auction for an ATR 72-500 plane at a starting price of VND136.6 billion, excluding taxes and fees.

The Hai Ba Trung Pedestrian Street was opened on Sunday evening in Hue City, becoming the third walking street in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

The number of tourists to a UNESCO-recognised My Son Sanctuary in the central province of Quang Nam has been on the rise, nearly equal to prior to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Two people have been killed and three others seriously injured after a warhead exploded in the central highlands province of Kon Tum's Dak Ha District.

Amid difficulties in export markets, significant efforts are required for Vietnam to meet its goal of 4.3 billion USD in shrimp export revenue this year, said Truong Dinh Hoe, General Secretary of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.