VIETNAM TODAY

45 years ago on September 20 Vietnam joined the United Nations, opening a new chapter in its relations with the world and creating conditions for the country to garner international support for its development and increasingly participate and contribute

An additional 1,778 new Covid-19 infections were confirmed on Monday, raising the national tally to over 11.46 million, according to the Ministry of Health.

Amid global concern over inflation and rising interest rates, Vietnam has emerged as a rare economic bright spot, according to a story published by Thailand-based Bangkok Post.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that they were coordinating with the Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia, border guards, and Cambodian authorities on Monday to bring home 67 workers who fled a casino in the country.

Markets fell Monday as traders extended last week's rout across risk assets, with expectations high that the Federal Reserve will this week announce another outsized interest rate hike.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked to set up a task force led by the Health Minister to quicken the construction pace of the branches of Vietnam-Germany and Bach Mai hospitals in the northern province of Ha Nam.

EVN's electricity production across the whole system reached 23.9 billion kWh last month and 81.92 billion kWh in the first eight months of the year, a year-on-year growth of 5 per cent.

Hanoi ranked third worst air-polluted city in the world on September 19 according to Airvisual.

H’Hen Nie, Miss Universe Vietnam 2017, is set to showcase the latest collection by Vietnamese designer Hoang Hai on September 20 as part of Milan Fashion Week 2022.

Twenty-seven people died en route to a Covid-19 quarantine facility when their bus crashed in southwest China on Sunday, local authorities said, in the country's deadliest road accident this year.

Rescue forces are still searching for two children who went missing after being washed away by high waves at a beach in the central province of Nghe An late Sunday afternoon.

Though inflation was under control in the past eight months, the economy still poses risk to the consumer price index in the remaining months of this year and next year, an official has said.

A strong earthquake struck southeastern Taiwan on Sunday, killing at least one person, bringing down a handful of buildings and tearing up roads -- but forecasters said the threat of a regional tsunami had passed.

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, under the delegation of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, will attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London, the UK, on September 19, according to the Foreign Ministry.

An additional 1,891 new Covid-19 infections were confirmed on Sunday, raising the national tally to over 11.45 million, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap is working on a plan to save red-headed cranes from extinction.

The Vietnam Socio-Economic Forum 2022, themed “Reinforcing macro-economic foundation, promoting sustainable recovery and development”, opened in Hanoi on September 18.

The Ministry of Construction (MoC) has submitted a plan to build over 1.8 million apartments under a social housing scheme for low-income earners and workers in industrial zones (IZs) by 2030.