Vietnam welcomes a recent proposal by Russian President Vladimir Putin to resume direct peace talks with Ukraine, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said on Monday.
The UN aviation council on Monday ruled that Russia was responsible for the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine that killed all 298 passengers and crew, including 196 Dutch citizens and 38 Australian citizens or residents, the Dutch and Australian governments said in separate statements.
Russia’s Red Wings Airlines inaugurated its first direct flight from Kazan, a city in southwest Russia, to Cam Ranh International Airport in Khanh Hoa Province on Monday, carrying nearly 400 travelers to the popular destination in south-central Vietnam.
SEOUL - Samsung Electronics made public on Tuesday its slimmest flagship model to date, complete with enhanced artificial intelligence features, as it seeks to get ahead of rival Apple in the premium market.
WASHINGTON -- Global stock markets surged on Monday after the U.S. and China agreed to slash steep tariffs for at least 90 days, tapping the brakes on a trade war between the world's two biggest economies that had fed fears of a global recession.
The amount of snow covering Swiss glaciers at the end of the winter this year was 13 percent below the 2010-2020 average, said a group of glacier monitoring experts on Monday.
Apple is weighing price hikes for its upcoming fall iPhone lineup but is keen to avoid linking any increases to U.S. tariffs on imports from China, where most of its devices are assembled, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
Benjamin Dousa, Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, began an official visit to Vietnam on Monday to strengthen bilateral ties and explore opportunities for Swedish businesses to engage in Vietnam's digital and green transition.
When you marry a Vietnamese wife, you marry a whole community.
Holding an oversized carrot, a brawny, shirtless man promotes a supplement he claims can enlarge male genitalia — one of countless AI-generated videos on TikTok peddling unproven sexual treatments.
Around 60 volunteers from the Sai Gon Xanh (Green Saigon) Club joined local forces in Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday to collect some 20 metric tons of garbage from Hy Vong Canal.
Aarti Verma is about to join the growing ranks of Indians installing air conditioning, scraping together savings to secure relief from sometimes deadly temperatures that can reach nearly 50 Celsius.
Donald Trump plans to accept a luxury Boeing jet from the Qatari royal family for use as Air Force One and then continue flying in it after his tenure, despite strict rules on U.S. presidential gifts, media reported Sunday.
Swiss schoolchildren are drawing inspiration from Eurovision and creating their own songs, to be performed before an audience of thousands in the build-up to this year's extravaganza in Basel.
Vietnam has become the first country in the world to successfully breed the prized amberjack, a breakthrough achievement with significant implications for the nation’s aquaculture industry and the global seafood market.
Dozens of boxes of Nazi material confiscated by Argentinean authorities during World War II were recently rediscovered in the Supreme Court's basement, the court said on Sunday.
As floodwaters finally receded on Sunday morning, residents in a boarding house, located down Alley 789 in Tam Binh Ward under Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City, hurriedly cleaned up and assessed the damage left by the torrential downpour that struck just a day earlier.
Beyond passenger transport, Vietnamese airlines are entering a race to increase revenue through in-flight sales.
Nguyen Van Duy, an 11-year-old residing in Binh Duong Province, southern Vietnam, has been helping his mother make ends meet by growing and selling vegetables, after dropping out of school due to family hardship.
In a jubilant and patriotic atmosphere, tens of thousands of residents and visitors flocked to the area surrounding Hai Phong Opera House in Hai Phong City on Sunday morning to witness a grand parade and mass march commemorating the 70th anniversary of the northern Vietnamese city’s liberation (May 13, 1955 - May 13, 2025).
Business is booming at Japanese discount chain Don Quijote, which sells everything from nostril-hair wax to compact gadgets and colourful party costumes, thanks to its cult status among tourists but also inflation at home.
Vietnamese elementary students continue to rank among the top in Southeast Asia across three core subjects, mathematics, reading comprehension, and writing, according to preliminary assessment results from the 2024 Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics (SEA-PLM) program.
Spanish authorities told more than 160,000 people near Barcelona to stay indoors for nearly seven hours on Saturday, after a fire at an industrial warehouse released a toxic cloud of chlorine over a wide area.
A serious accident occurred early on Sunday morning when a car and two motorbikes plunged into a large sinkhole on an approach road leading to Hoa Binh Bridge in Chau Thanh District under Tay Ninh Province, a neighbor of Ho Chi Minh City, leaving six people injured.
Vietnam and Russia have pledged to strengthen their comprehensive strategic partnership across various sectors, issuing a joint statement outlining key directions for future cooperation.
A Paris court is to give a verdict Tuesday in the sexual assault trial of French cinema icon Gerard Depardieu in a case that has gripped the country.
NEWARK - Travelers flying in and out of New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport were increasingly edgy about a host of recent problems at the busy airport, but they were most alarmed about two separate equipment outages in the last two weeks that disrupted communications between air traffic controllers and pilots.
Beneath yellow fruit, hidden within the roots of the iboga plant in the forests of Gabon, lies a sacred treasure that the country is keen to make the most of.
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Vietnamese gymnast Dang Ngoc Xuan Thien delivered a standout performance at the 2025 FIG World Challenge Cup, clinching a gold medal in the pommel horse event in Bulgaria on Saturday evening.
Vietnam’s imports from the United States rose sharply in the first four months of 2025, driven by increased shipments of electronics, vehicles and agricultural products, customs data showed.
A torrential downpour early on Saturday morning flooded multiple neighborhoods in Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City, leaving homes submerged, damaging property, and overwhelming the drainage system in low-lying areas.
Trong Nhan, a 29-year-old from Ho Chi Minh City, has amazed many with his incredible transformation—shedding more than 130 kilograms in just 16 months after once weighing as much as 264kg.
Vietnam’s Party General Secretary To Lam held bilateral meetings with top leaders from China, Cuba, and Uzbekistan while attending Russia’s Victory Day celebrations in Moscow on Friday.
A 35-year-old delivery man in Quang Tri Province, central Vietnam was struck by lightning while riding home from work on Friday afternoon, leaving him in a coma with a brain hemorrhage, local authorities confirmed the same day.
