VIETNAM TODAY

The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak saw up to 786 deforestation cases in 2022, according to a meeting to review the provincial forest management activities in the year.

Some died of sickness. Others of dehydration.

A thick layer of snow has covered the peak of Mount Fansipan in the northern province of Lao Cai as the temperature dropped to zero degrees on December 28.

Ho Chi Minh City will set off fireworks at two locations following a countdown event to welcome 2023.

Vietnam beat Malaysia 3-0 at the ongoing AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2022 on December 27.

Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Nguyen Thi Hong has directed banks to continually reduce input costs with an aim to cut loan interest rates.

International organisations have forecast that the total amount of remittances to Vietnam may increase by 4.4% in 2022 and 3.6-4.5% the following year.

Hanoi has assigned streets to organise flower markets in the run-up to the Tet Lunar New Year said deputy director of the municipal Department of Transport Dao Duy Phong.

HCM City reported a sharp increase in the number of overweight and obese students in the past decade, from 21.90 percent in 2009 to 43.70 percent in 2019, according to a survey.

Vietnam’s second sapper unit for United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations stepped out at a ceremony held by the Ministry of National Defence in Hanoi on December 27.

The Vietnamese aviation authority has categorically rejected the suggestion that airlines might skip checking passengers’ identification documents during Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday rush.

The Vietnamese textile and garment sector has set a bullish export revenue target of USD 48 billion next year despite predicted challenges and difficulties.

Vietnam expects to record a trade surplus of nearly USD 11 billion this year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Leading Vietnamese electric vehicle manufacturer VinFast will introduce four EV models VF 6, 7, 8, 9 at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023 in Las Vegas, the United States in early January 2023.

Vietnam’s population reaches more than 99 million in 2022, 10 years slower than the forecast, with the population quality improved and the population structure transformed in a positive direction, according to the Ministry of Health’s General Department of Population

The Ministry of Transport on Tuesday morning kicked off construction of the National Highway 50 expansion project that connects Ho Chi Minh City and Long An and some other provinces in the Mekong Delta region.

Vietnam attracted a total of 27.72 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) as of December 20, equal to 89% of the figure of the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Rohingya refugees received emergency medical treatment after a boat carrying nearly 200 people came ashore in Indonesia on Monday, authorities said, in the fourth such landing in the country in recent months.

A recent study conducted by UK luxury holiday company Destination2 has listed Nha Trang beach and Vung Tau beach in Vietnam among the top 10 most popular beaches worldwide.