The Military Region 7 Command on Monday staged a striking large-scale artistic performance titled ‘Steadfast Under the Party's Glorious Flag’ in Ho Chi Minh City, featuring synchronized rifle drills, martial arts demonstrations, and traditional costume displays that captivated audiences.
Vietnam midfielder Do Hoang Hen, a naturalized player born in Brazil, is drawing attention for maintaining a long-term vegetarian diet while competing at professional level.
TOKYO -- The Japanese Environment Ministry aims to raise the annual number of foreign visitors to national parks in the country to 14 million by 2030, up 1.4-fold from last year's total.
Feed an Iranian news dispatch or a literary classic into some text detectors, and they return the same verdict: AI-generated. Then comes the pitch: pay to «humanize» the writing, a pattern experts say bears the hallmarks of a scam.
More than 75 percent of Premier League fans do not support the continued use of Video Assistant Referees (VAR), a Football Supporters’ Association (FSA) survey showed.
International tourists in Hoi An Dong Ward, Da Nang City, central Vietnam are embracing a growing attraction that blends rural scenery with hands-on cultural immersion, as buffalo rides and photo sessions in green rice fields are drawing rising interest from travelers seeking authentic local experiences.
In a corner of suburban Singapore, Betty Boon vaults a guardrail, crawls underneath a slide, executes forward shoulder rolls and scales a steep slope, finishing the course to applause.
A thunderstorm accompanied by hail struck a mountainous commune in Nghe An Province, north-central Vietnam on Sunday afternoon, following a day of intense heat, local residents said.
Police are investigating the cause of a passenger bus accident in Tam Dao Commune, Phu Tho Province, northern Vietnam on Sunday after the vehicle plunged into a ravine, leaving eight people injured, local authorities said.
Vietnam’s push to pilot a regulated cryptocurrency exchange market is gaining momentum, with five applicants now deemed to have submitted valid dossiers.
Waterway Police Squadron No. 1 in Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam has fined a TikToker for operating a jet ski on a public beach in Nha Trang.
Strong thunderstorms with gusty winds swept across parts of Lao Cai Province in northern Vietnam on Sunday afternoon, toppling trees, damaging property, and injuring a sanitation worker, local authorities said the same day.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- The UN Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) on Sunday approved the listing of 40 new species for international protection, including the snowy owl featured in the Harry Potter saga.
Tottenham parted company with coach Igor Tudor by mutual consent on Sunday after just seven games in charge as they battle to stay in the Premier League.
KIEL (GERMANY) -- Below the waves off Germany's northern tourist beaches, a toxic time bomb lurks on the Baltic Sea floor -- enormous quantities of World War II munitions that are slowly rusting away.
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A typical fresh flower bouquet in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s southern economic hub, contains far more than petals and stems, with packaging and accessories incorporating at least 14 types of plastic that quickly become waste within days, raising environmental and public health concerns, according to a survey.
The silver economy, which encompasses all economic activities related to the consumption, care, and active participation of the elderly, is emerging as a new driver of growth in Vietnam.
The new BA.3.2 variant of SARS-CoV-2 — the virus behind the COVID-19 pandemic that killed millions worldwide — has been placed under monitoring, Vietnamese health authorities said, urging the public not to panic.
HMAS Toowoomba, an Anzac-class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy, arrived at Tien Sa Port on Saturday, beginning a visit to Da Nang City, central Vietnam until Tuesday next week.
Vietnam is aiming to develop the H’Mong cattle breed into a national specialty, drawing on South Korea’s Hanwoo development model, through strengthened cooperation with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), livestock authorities said.
Police in Vinh Hoi Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, along with Nguyen Van Trong, a 36-year-old taxi driver, on Saturday completed procedures to return a bag containing belongings worth over VND3 billion (US$114,000) to a 66-year-old woman who had left it in the taxi.
JAKARTA - Anza Zafran Utama, a nine-year-old boy in the Indonesian city of Bogor, is either a dinosaur or a shooter when he plays Roblox on his smartphone.
A huge shipment of Nestle's crunchy KitKat chocolate bars was stolen in Europe, the brand said, warning that the heist risked causing shortages in stores right before Easter.
A Vietnamese business executive said on Friday that rising tensions in the Middle East could redirect real estate investment toward Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, as companies reassess risk and costs.
Vietnam’s electricity demand is expected to continue growing strongly in the coming years, increasing pressure on the power system and raising the risk of capacity shortages during peak hours, heard a workshop held on Friday.
Vietnam is accelerating construction of the Tri An hydropower plant expansion, the largest in the country’s south, despite difficulties in securing construction materials and fuel.
Vietnam will receive US$71.955 million from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to tackle deforestation and forest degradation, promote sustainable forest management, and improve livelihoods in northern mountainous provinces.
LONDON -- K-pop stars BTS topped the UK music charts on Friday, with their comeback album and its lead single both going straight to No. 1.
Vietnam Airlines will suspend its Hai Phong–Can Tho route from April 1 due to rising fuel costs that have made the service unprofitable, the Can Tho Department of Construction said on Friday.
Vietnam’s English language training market has grown at an annual rate of more than 10 percent in recent years, according to industry data, as demand for English skills remains strong among parents.
TORONTO -- A pair of explosions on the roof of a downtown Toronto building prompted an emergency response on Friday but no one was injured, officials said.
The Vietnamese Prime Minister has ordered an accelerated nationwide transition to E10 biofuel to be completed within April, leaving regulators and businesses about 30 days to meet the deadline.
Three people in Can Tho City, southern Vietnam were hospitalized this week after eating poisonous puffer fish, local doctors said on Friday, warning that dangerous food habits persist in rural communities despite repeated health advisories.
