VIETNAM TODAY

In the face of domestic and international economic difficulties, the most effective support for enterprises is to create an equal, open and transparent business environment, according to the General Statistics Office.

Hanoi vice chairman Duong Duc Tuan has just issued a plan to plant over 133,000 more trees in 2023, nearly 146,000 more in 2024, and over 118,000 in 2025.

India was "elated and proud" after scoring two Oscar wins on a historic night for Asian films, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday.

Prices of petroleum products have risen again from 3 pm today, March 13, following two consecutive falls.

Budget carrier VietJet Air is offering zero-cost air tickets for flights from Vietnam to Hong Kong and some other Southeast Asian destinations.

People in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa have just found a body drifting on a local beach.

HCM City still lacks enough public toilets, and even the existing facilities are being illegally used for other purposes.

Hanoi People's Committee has just proposed to PM Pham Minh Chinh to delay the operation date of the elevated section of the Nhon-Hanoi Station metro line to August 2023.

A man in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa has been banned from flying for nine months after failing to pay a fine for smoking on a domestic flight.

Jasmin Selberg, the winner of the Miss International 2022 pageant, is set to go on a working trip to Vietnam in late May, according to global beauty website Pageantry News International.

Japan's government eased its mask guidelines on Monday, recommending them only on crowded trains and in hospitals or care homes, but there was little sign residents were keen to unmask.

The problem of domestic solid waste treatment is a challenge for the sustainable development of Hanoi.

More than 6,000 people on March 12 took part in Happy Run 2023 in Binh Dinh and Da Nang simultaneously to raise funds for needy students and orphans.

Dong Cam Charity Club in the central city of Danang has provided free meals for tens of thousands of poor patients.

Nghe An authorities are investigating the destruction of a local pine forest.

Dantri/DTiNews readers have donated VND1.3 billion (USD55,084) for a poor man in the southern province of Long An who is taking care of his ailing child.

Vietnam should revise its inefficient visa policy or it will lose out to regional neighbours in attracting foreign travelers, said experts at a recent seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City.

The High Command of Naval Region 4 said the Truong Sa Dong island infirmary in Truong Sa island district, the central province of Khanh Hoa received and performed emergency surgery on a fisherman suffering from accute appendicitis.