VIETNAM TODAY

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.

The first batch of six containers of Vietnamese durian from the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak that have passed stringent safety guidelines began its journey to China on September 17.

Vietnam has strived to adjust their management over the fishing activities by fishermen in a bid to remove the "yellow card" warning imposed by the European Commission over IUU fishing.

The central province of Thua Thien Hue hosted the award ceremony of the 'Hue-City of Bicycles' competition on September 17 in response to World Cycling Day.

Much of Hanoi’s Nhon-Hanoi Station metro project has been covered with grass and deteriorated due to long delays.

A 30-year-old severely burnt man in the southern province of Hau Giang is calling for help.

An additional 2,479 new Covid-19 infections were confirmed on Saturday, raising the national tally to over 11.45 million, according to the Ministry of Health.

Eight Namibian cheetahs arrived in India Saturday, decades after their local extinction, in an ambitious project to reintroduce the spotted big cats that has divided experts on its prospects.

The owner of a karaoke parlour in the southern Binh Duong Province was arrested on Friday after a fire here killed 32 people last week.

Vietnam’s inflation rate is projected to be at between 3.5% and 3.8% this year as there remains plenty of room for adjustments to be made to policies in order to accelerate the country’s economic recovery moving forward, according to

Italian dance group Artemis Danza are due to perform "Traviata", a unique contemporary dance show inspired by the opera of the great Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, in several major cities across the country this September.

The Hanoi Central Odonto-Stomatology Hospital could temporarily shut due to a shortage of anesthetic, said a hospital leader.

Indonesian rescuers have recovered seven bodies after a landslide at an illegal gold mine buried an estimated 20 people, officials said on Saturday.

Vietnam hopes to boost its exports of computers, electronic products and components to the UK in the near future after it has gained success in shipping this group of goods to many other overseas markets.

Staff from Vietnam Airport Ground Services Company Limited have returned VND2.4 billion (USD100,840) to a passenger who somehow left the money on a Vietnam Airlines flight.

A workshop was held in the central province of Quang Binh on September 16 to review a cooperation model for managing and conserving the Hatinh langur, a critically endangered primate, in a special-use forest in Tuyen Hoa district.

Deputy PM Pham Binh Minh delivered a pre-recorded speech at the opening of the 19th ASEAN-China Expo and the 19th China-ASEAN Business Investment Summit in Nanning on September 16.

Police at Tân Sơn Nhất Airport have seized an estimated US$1 million in cash, which two men had hidden in their baggage and intended to take to Bangkok, Thailand.