Stroke patients in Vietnam are, on average, about 10 years younger than those in developed countries, according to local medical experts, who warn that the trend is becoming increasingly concerning.

TOKYO -- The Japanese government and the World Trade Organization on Tuesday reaffirmed their determination to work closely together to strengthen the WTO-led free and open multilateral trade regime.

Ho Chi Minh City has authorized an aquatics center to offer a free basic swimming program to city residents starting this May.

HANOI -- Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Wednesday urged the country's anti-counterfeit task force to devise new ways to fight fake goods, trade frauds and smuggling, the government said in a statement.

ATHENS -- In summer 2023, Dimitris Marinelis spent days on the frontline of Europe's biggest wildfire in northern Greece, protecting homes and setting up anti-fire zones as flames engulfed a forest.

Vietnam Airlines will shift all domestic flight operations at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City to the newly-opened T3 terminal from 4:00 am on Saturday, following more than 20 days of pilot operations.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh convened a meeting in Hanoi on Tuesday with representatives from the U.S. business community in Vietnam, aiming to address concerns and explore avenues to enhance bilateral investment and trade cooperation.

Thousands of Buddhists and locals formed a seemingly endless line along the streets outside Quan Su Pagoda in Hanoi from as early as 5:00 am on Wednesday, patiently waiting to enter and pay homage to the sacred relic of the Buddha from India.

An 11-year-old student in Ha Tinh Province, north-central Vietnam has returned VND61 million (US$2,350) of lost cash to its rightful owner, a local official confirmed on Tuesday.

More than 12 million people in Vietnam carry the gene for thalassemia, a genetic blood disorder, including over 20,000 with severe forms of the disease who require lifelong treatment, according to the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion.

Cleanup crews have collected nearly 20 metric tons of dead fish, water hyacinths, and trash from Ho Chi Minh City's Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal following the first heavy rains of the season late last week, a local public service company’s representative said on Tuesday.

European Union draft plans to wait until 2028 to classify hydrogen produced from nuclear power as a «low carbon» fuel, risk knee-capping the market for the nascent energy source, Europe's nuclear industry has said.

Ho Chi Minh City is among the first localities in Vietnam to record a birth rate below the replacement level and is now facing the risk of population aging.

Vietnam and Russia have agreed to deepen cooperation in strategic sectors of nuclear energy, oil and gas, and semiconductors following Vietnamese Party General Secretary To Lam’s state visit to Russia from May 8 to 11.

A new U.S.-China agreement to pause sky-high tariffs on each other is pressuring manufacturing hubs such as Vietnam and Mexico to make their own, better deals with the U.S. to continue benefiting from a «China-plus-one» strategy by global producers.

The Vietnamese government has directed the Ministries of National Defense and Public Security, in coordination with relevant agencies, to prepare for a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of National Day on September 2.

The Ho Chi Minh City administration has ordered urgent safety measures for the 2025 rainy season, following public concern over a 10-year-old boy falling into a coma after being struck by a falling tree.

Vietnamese automaker VinFast on Tuesday launched the EC Van, a compact electric truck, marking a significant step in its strategy to green urban freight transport in Vietnam.

Some consumers have voiced their concerns after discovering that several health supplements purchased from the popular Pharmacity pharmacy chain were manufactured by a company recently prosecuted for producing counterfeit goods.

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.