VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnamese nationals account for 25.4% of the total 1.82 million foreign workers who were working in Japan as of the end of October last year, according to the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Le Thai Ha has become the only female Vietnamese scientist to be named among the top 100,000 most-cited researchers in the world.

The central region of Vietnam is facing heavy rain with strong winds, while some localities in the southern region are being affected by the light cold weather.

Over 300 staff at a South Korean-run firm in Binh Duong Province have gone on strike due to the company failing to pay their Tet Lunar New Year bonus.

Japan's health ministry will soon decide whether to make abortion pills available for the first time after the proposal cleared a major hurdle with endorsement by a government panel on Friday.

Dien Bien Airport in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien will close for at least six months for expansion work.

A number of expressways have been built or are under construction in the Mekong Delta, enabling the region to keep up with the rapid socio-economic development momentum of the rest of the country.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh offered incense to President Ho Chi Minh and launched the annual New Year tree planting festival at K9-Da Chong relic site, Hanoi’s outlying district of Ba Vi, on January 27, the sixth day of

The Ministry of Construction has set a target of raising the urbanisation ratio of the country to 53.9 per cent in 2023.

The Huong Pagoda Festival, the longest of its kind in Vietnam, opened on January 27 in Hanoi’s outlying district of My Duc.

Japan's government will drop its recommendation to wear masks indoors and downgrade its medical classification for Covid-19, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday.

Germany’s famous travel site reisereporter.de has run an article highlighting the world’s top 25 trending destinations for 2023, including Vietnam’s Hoi An ancient city and Ho Chi Minh City, recently voted by readers of TripAdvisor – the world's largest

Border guards from Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An on January 26 announced that they have busted a drug trafficking ring led by two Lao men.

Eight people are dead, including six Chinese nationals, after a ship sank in waters off the coast of Japan, a Chinese diplomat and the Japanese coast guard said Thursday.

Hai Phong aims to become a regional and international logistics centre due to its many advantages as a transportation hub for all five types of traffic, including sea, road, air, railway, and inland waterways.

The leather and footwear industry is striving to achieve US$27 billion in export turnover this year, an increase of roughly 10% compared to the previous year amid shrinking major markets and falling demand.

HCM City Department of Tourism has launched the city’s first community-based tourism product on Thiềng Liềng Island in HCM City’s Cần Giờ District.

The Mein Schiff 5 cruise ship docked at SP-PSA Port in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on Thursday morning, bringing over 2,000 European tourists.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has announced a water resources planning scheme for the 2021 to 2030 period with a vision towards 2050, which was granted approved by the Prime Minister in December, 2022.