VIETNAM TODAY

Amid regional and global economic slowdown, ASEAN must open its markets, remove trade barriers, and work together to create new growth engines, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính told the 40th ASEAN Summit.

Vietnamese automaker VinFast will introduce four of its electric vehicle (EV) models - VF 6, VF 7, VF 8 and VF 9 - at the Los Angeles Auto Show 2022 (LAAS 2022) slated for November 17-28.

An additional 630 new Covid-19 infections were confirmed on Friday, raising the national tally to over 11.50 million, according to the Ministry of Health.

Hanoi’s West Lake is having two kilometres of handrails replaced.

Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Christine Clarke CSC has just joined Australia’s Ambassador to Vietnam, Andrew Goledzinowski, to launch the Australia in Vietnam Equality Strategy 2022 – 2027 during her two-day visit to Hanoi on November 10-11.

Prices of petroleum products, except for diesel, increased from 3 pm today, November 11, marking the fourth consecutive rise since mid-October.

Travel companies in Vietnam have just introduced tours to Thailand and Singapore to take the IELTS test as it has just been postponed in Vietnam.

Three latest cases of Whitmore’s disease, also known as melioidosis, have been recorded in the Central Highland of Dak Lak and the central province of Thanh Hoa, according to the Ministry of Health.

A four-member team from Vietnam finished first at the Cyber SEA Game 2022 contest which concluded in Bangkok, Thailand, on November 10.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered the Ministry of Health to find solutions to the shortages of drugs and medical supplies that have been plaguing the sector recently at a meeting with 63 provinces and cities.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 11 led a Vietnamese delegation to attend the opening ceremony of the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits which are underway in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

A severely burnt poor ethnic minority man in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang is calling for help as he has four children and an ailing wife.

The Asian Development Bank and Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank signed a loan package of up to $500 million to expand access to finance for women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises and social loan projects in Viet Nam.

Vietnam ranks 76 over 193 countries in terms of the online services index in the United Nations’ assessment, up five places compared to 2020.

Police in southern China have arrested a murder suspect who became a millionaire during 29 years on the run, Chinese media reported Friday.

A 300-metre beach in the central province of Quang Ngai is being covered with rubbish after recent storms.

The Vietnam Stock Exchange (VNX) has applied for membership of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) in replacement of the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE).

Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern will pay an official visit to Vietnam from November 14 – 17.

ASEAN should form a global approach and devise solutions to address global challenges, weather crisis and maintain the post-pandemic economic recovery.