VIETNAM TODAY

Police in the central province of Quang Nam have reported the discovery of 21 kilos of drugs found at local beaches to the Ministry of Public Security.

Around 98 percent of residents in HCM City have been found to carry antibodies against Covid-19, according to a survey of 839 random people.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue left Hanoi on November 29 morning, beginning his official visits to Australia and New Zealand from November 30 to December 6.

Nearly 597,000 foreigners have visited Vietnam in November, bringing the total number of international tourists to the country in the first 11 months of this year to 2.95 million.

Vietnam received US$25.1 billion in foreign investment in the first 11 months, up 0.5 per cent month-on-month but down 5 per cent year-on-year, the Foreign Investment Agency has said.

Australia's Great Barrier Reef should be added to a list of "in danger" World Heritage sites, according to UN experts who have warned the fading wonder has been "significantly impacted" by climate change.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the Green Economy Forum & Exhibition 2022 held by the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City on November 28.

Nine fishermen in the central province of Quang Ngai have survived by sharing just a litre-and-a-half of water before being rescued after six days at sea.

Dantri/DTiNews has helped build four dormitories for students at a primary school in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and authorities of the southern province of Ben Tre held a ceremony to announce the export of the first pomelo lot to the US on November 28.

Another 175 metres of branch-worked caves have just been found in Southeast Asia's longest volcanic cave, Cave C7, in the central highlands province of Dak Nong.

ISchool Nha Trang reopened on Monday morning, a week after a mass food poisoning case left one student dead and hundreds of students and teachers hospitalised.

Authorities in Hanoi have raided stores at some night markets in the Old Quarter, seizing thousands of fake luxury fashion items.

A countdown event, concert, drone light show and an international marathon will be held in Hanoi to celebrate the New Year 2023.

Many areas in Hanoi have seen high construction density with houses and high buildings due to rapid urbanisation.

Nguyen Vu Linh, Vietnamese representative at Mister Grand International 2022, was awarded the fourth runner-up title during the male pageant’s grand final held in Trinidad and Tobago.

The ninth national congress of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) officially opened in Hanoi on November 28 themed ‘Discipline - Responsibility - Solidarity – Development’.

The death toll from an earthquake that hit Indonesia's island of Java this week has risen to 321 as rescuers found more bodies on Sunday, the national disaster mitigation agency said.

The Vietnamese stock market struggled last week as the benchmark VN-Index fluctuated in a large range. Experts said that there are more positive signals supporting the index to recover to the 1,000 point-level.