VIETNAM TODAY

Local astronomy lovers will have the chance to enjoy the sight of the Quadrantids, the first major meteor shower of the year as it reaches its peak between nightfall and dawn on January 4.

Vietnamese domestic motorcycle production is estimated at more than 3.32 million units this year, with a year-on-year growth of 9.9 per cent.

The Miss & Mister Fitness Super Model World 2023 contest is scheduled to take place in May, with the southern province of Binh Thuan hosting the event.

In December, VNG Company put into operation a new and international standard data centre called VNG Data Centre in Ho Chi Minh city. The centre has an initial size of 410 server racks and will expand to 1,600 racks.

In 2023, the agricultural sector will promote negotiation to open more foreign markets for local farming commodities, said Hoang Trung, director of the Plant Protection Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

A British couple were among four killed in a mid-air collision that left two mangled helicopters on a sandbank near an Australian tourist hotspot, investigators said Tuesday.

Authorities in Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport have detained a man for cheating a group of Japanese tourists with his illegal taxi service.

A man in the southern province of Binh Phuoc has just died after being attacked by a python kept at a friend's house.

Twelve outstanding young citizens of HCM City in 2022 have been honoured by the city’s Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union.

Travel firms have embarked on plans to welcome back Chinese tourists to Vietnam and take Vietnamese visitors to China after the Chinese side announced that it will cancel concentrated quarantine and COVID-19 testing for foreign visitors to the country.

China has officially announced the easing of COVID-19 prevention measures which have been imposed for three years. This is expected to kickstart the country's economic recovery, opening opportunities for some Vietnamese sectors in the medium term.

As many as 50 people were killed and 51 others injured in 83 traffic accidents which occurred in the three days of the New Year Holiday, according to the Ministry of Public Security.

Hue Festival 2023, which marks the 30th anniversary of UNESCO’s recognition of Complex of Hue Monuments as a World Cultural Heritage site, will be held with over 150 activities throughout the year.

Two helicopters collided mid-air killing four people Monday on Australia's Gold Coast tourism destination, officials said, with images showing one of the aircraft's rotors lying on a sand bank.

A rescue team of more than 200 members are still racing against time to rescue a 10-year-old boy who fell 35m deep into a concrete pillar at a construction site in Vietnam's southern province of Dong Thap.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended and launched a groundbreaking ceremony for 12 components of the second phase of the north-south expressway project in the central province of Quang Ngai.

The Vietnam International Logistics Exhibition 2022 (VILOG) will take place for the first time at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Centre (SECC) in HCM City from August 10 -12, 2023.

An exhibition featuring paintings and installations on the image of the cat, the zodiac animal for the upcoming Lunar New Year, is taking place at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi.