Vietnam’s law-making National Assembly has passed a resolution on the reorganization of provincial-level administrative units, reducing the number of provinces and cities from 63 to 34.

Pham Nhat Vuong, chairman of Vietnam’s leading private conglomerate Vingroup, has registered to contribute over 70.6 million Vingroup (VIC) shares, equivalent to 1.82 percent of Vingroup’s charter capital, to newly-established energy firm VinEnergo.

Many localities in central Vietnam, including Da Nang City, Hue City, and Quang Nam Province, are facing severe flooding due to torrential rains triggered by the impact of storm Wutip in the East Vietnam Sea.

SANJŌ, Japan -- All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki's rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost of the staple in Japan is threatening to deal the government a blow at the ballot box.

Authorities in several Hanoi districts have launched investigations into illegal dumping and construction along the Day and Bui River floodplains, following a report by Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper, officials confirmed.

LONDON -- The combined revenue of Premier League clubs rose to a record £6.3 billion ($8.5 billion, 7.5 billion euros) in the 2023/24 season, but fan unrest and worsening competitive balance are cause for concern, according to financial experts Deloitte.

Misidentified bones that languished in the drawers of a Mongolian institute for 50 years belong to a new species of tyrannosaur that rewrites the family history of the mighty T-Rex, scientists said Wednesday.

TOKYO -- Chinese fighter jets flew unusually close to Japanese military patrol planes over the weekend, Tokyo said, after two Chinese aircraft carriers were spotted operating simultaneously in the Pacific for the first time.

Vietnam has formally launched the pilot phase of an emissions trading scheme aimed at encouraging three major industrial sectors to cut the amount of carbon dioxide they produce, the government said on Tuesday.

Storm Wutip, the first storm to enter the East Vietnam Sea this year, is forecast to strengthen over the next 24 hours and continue delivering heavy rains to central provinces, according to Vietnam's national weather agency.

Russia grants 1,000 scholarships each year to Vietnamese citizens across a range of study levels, including undergraduate, master’s, doctoral, internships, and Russian language training, heard a working session held on Wednesday between Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Van Phuc and representatives from Bauman Moscow State Technical University.

Passengers on Ho Chi Minh City’s first metro line, which runs from Ben Thanh Market in District 1 to Suoi Tien Coach Station in Thu Duc City, have recently been surprised to see the priority seats given a vibrant new look, part of a wider campaign aimed at promoting courteous and thoughtful behavior on public transport.

Around 40,000 people are expected to take part in Vietnam’s National Day parade on September 2, marking the 80th anniversary of the country’s independence.

Despite a global trend toward imposing special consumption taxes on sugary drinks, Vietnam remains slow to act, prompting calls from the World Health Organization (WHO) for the country to accelerate its efforts to reduce health risks linked to sugar-sweetened beverages.

Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien had working sessions with the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) and the American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) on Monday, calling on them to continue supporting Vietnam in the process of negotiating a reciprocal trade agreement with the U.S..

Vietnam presented its document of ratification for the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement), commonly known as the High Seas Treaty, at the ‘Special Treaty Event’ organized by the United Nations (UN) on Monday in Nice, France.

BRUSSELS -- The world experienced its second-warmest May since records began this year, a month in which climate change fuelled a record-breaking heatwave in Greenland, scientists said on Wednesday.

Vietnamese Party General Secretary To Lam has called on U.S.-based semiconductor giant Qualcomm and other American companies operating in Vietnam to support trade negotiations between the two countries.

Los Angeles police began arresting people in the city's downtown late Tuesday, as groups gathered in violation of an overnight curfew after a fifth day of protests against Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.

NEW YORK -- U.S. Major League Baseball has announced that special manhole covers featuring Japanese players currently active in the professional league will be installed in their hometowns, starting Monday.

A powerful downpour lasting over two hours inundated several parts of Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday evening, turning streets into rivers and leaving commuters stranded.

Over 500 manufacturers from China will introduce thousands of household, restaurant, and hotel products and seek business partners at an international exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City from July 9 to 11.

Australia sealed qualification for the World Cup on Tuesday with a 2-1 win over Saudi Arabia in Jeddah while Oman kept their hopes of a place at the finals alive with a last-gasp 1-1 draw against Palestine in Jordan.

U.S. pop star Jason Derulo, who ranks 12th globally on TikTok with 66 million followers and more than 40 million YouTube subscribers, is set to perform at the GAMA Music Racing Festival in Ho Chi Minh City later this month.

MONTEVIDEO -- Brazil and Ecuador secured their spots at the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday, taking the second and third of South America's six automatic qualifying berths after champions Argentina booked their ticket in March.

Vietnam's electric vehicle maker VinFast posted total revenue of VND16.3 trillion (US$656.5 million) in the first quarter of 2025, marking a 149.9-percent increase compared to the same period last year, according to the company’s unaudited financial results.

A tropical depression over the East Vietnam Sea on Wednesday morning intensified into the year’s first storm, internationally named Wutip, according to Vietnam’s National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

TOKYO -- The Japanese government plans to set a target of reducing the expected death toll from a possible megaquake in the Nankai Trough off the country's Pacific coast by 80 pct in the next 10 years from its recent estimate of up to 298,000 deaths, it was learned Tuesday.

Qualcomm, a leading American semiconductor company, has opened its new artificial intelligence research & development (AI R&D) center in Hanoi, marking a new milestone in the company’s more-than-20-year presence in Vietnam.

An investment alliance involving Mekolor JSC, a Vietnamese company with just VND1 billion (US$38,500) in registered capital, has stunned the public by proposing to arrange $100 billion to develop Vietnam’s North-South high-speed rail project without government guarantees.

Whenever June approaches in Ninh Binh, the northern Vietnamese province’s most beautiful lotus pond at the foot of Ngoa Long Mountain bursts into full bloom, attracting both domestic and international tourists eager to admire the scenery and savor the fragrance of lotus flowers.

As Vietnam prepares to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in 2027, Phu Quoc, an island destination known for its pristine beaches and tropical allure in southern Kien Giang Province, is undergoing a transformative push toward sustainable development.

HANOI -- Vietnam's Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank has requested an official meeting with Japan's Aeon Financial Service after the latter said last week that its deal to buy a financial company owned by the bank was invalid.

One of Australia's top IVF providers mistakenly implanted a patient with her own embryo instead of her partner's in a second fertility clinic mix-up, heightening concerns about an industry that did not have much active government oversight until recently.

The owners thought the sculpture perched for years on the corner of a piano was a Rodin copy, but after being declared as the real thing the small marble figure has now sold for one million dollars at auction, organisers said Monday.