VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnamese start-up project Monkey Junior has received two international certificates, including kidSAFE Certified (KSP) and Mom’s Choice Awards® (MCA).

Right from the beginning of 2023, many banks have announced their plans for merge and acquisition deals and capital increase.

Asian markets squeezed out gains Tuesday, giving investors some relief from a recent sell-off fuelled by worries that US interest rates will go higher than feared following last week's blockbuster jobs report.

Greener trade and investment is crucial to tackling climate change in Asia and the Pacific and will require governments in the region to work together more closely, according to a new report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Saltwater intrusion has begun to increase in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta’s rivers, affecting irrigation of crops.

Vietnam has been accelerating the disbursement of public investment since the beginning of this year after missing its target in 2022.

Hundreds of bus stops in HCM City have had facelifts, as part of moves to improve the city’s public transport sector.

Police in the northern coastal city of Haiphong yesterday seized another batch of ivory illegally imported from Africa at Lach Huyen Port.

Vietnamese striker Nguyen Tien Linh has received only one point from voters of the Best Footballer in Asia Award 2022, finishing 29th in the list of 31 rated players altogether.

The National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) and Hanoi Youth Association for Blood Donation on February 6 kicked off the Xuan Hong (Red Spring) Festival – the biggest annual blood donation campaign of the season.

HCM City faces a shortage of teachers at all levels of education, according to the city’s Department of Education.

Acting State President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on February 6 cabled a telegram to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over recent large earthquakes, leaving many people dead and injured.

Despite near-term trade headwinds, tourism has emerged as a source of growth for Vietnam to mitigate the challenges ahead in 2023, according to the “Vietnam at a glance” report released by HSBC.

Kim Chi, 57, has devoted her time and love to hundreds of abandoned cats over the past 25 years.

The Republic of Korea's largest low-cost airline Jeju Air unveiled on February 6 that it will resume additional air routes to Vietnam, starting in April 2023, after a three-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Many areas including high-rise buildings in Hanoi have been covered in a blanket of thick fog in recent days.

Two Thai protesters held under the kingdom's tough royal insult laws are growing extremely weak after nearly three weeks on hunger strike, a hospital statement said Monday.

Four Vietnamese students from Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted in the northern province of Nam Dinh won a gold medal at the World Invention Creativity Olympic (WICO) 2023, which recently concluded in the Republic of Korea.

Many flights from and to Nghe An Province's Vinh Airport have had to either be diverted, delayed or cancelled due to thick fog.