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The two sides expressed their delight at the positive and substantive development of traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and the Czech Republic, and welcomed the elevation of bilateral ties to a strategic partnership in January 2025, which has created a new framework and impetus for deeper, more effective and sustainable cooperation.

More than 500 durian pickup trucks in Dak Lak have set a Guinness World Record. The 66-kilometer La Son-Hoa Lien expressway linking Hue City and Da Nang City is slated to open to four-lane traffic this month. A Nigerian man has been arrested in Ho Chi Minh City over a shipment of methamphetamine and heroin. And more in our podcast.

Soldiers and military forces from various units under the Air Defense and Air Force Service began a large-scale exercise in the central region of Vietnam on Tuesday morning.

Vietnam Post has launched Pottel, a new mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) targeting international tourists seeking convenient Internet access during their stay in Vietnam.

Ho Chi Minh City should develop transit-oriented development (TOD) corridors in tandem with the 15-minute city model as it moves toward a polycentric megacity, experts said at a consultation conference on Tuesday to discuss the city's master planning for 2025-50 with a 100-year vision.

Dong A University has partnered with the Korean Language Education Center under South Korea’s Ministry of Education to launch free Korean language classes for local residents in Da Nang City, central Vietnam.

Visitors to the 2026 Dak Lak Durian Festival will have the chance to venture into the forest for free elephant viewing and learn about local wildlife at the Elephant Conservation, Animal Rescue and Forest Protection Center.

Ho Chi Minh City will spend VND288 billion (nearly US$11 million) providing textbooks free of charge for all disadvantaged students across all grades and lending the books to all students who need them during the 2026-27 school year.

Following a series of inland waterway accidents, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has called for tighter controls over vessels and coordinated measures to ensure the absolute safety of tourists, including in Nha Trang, one of Vietnam’s largest beach tourism hubs.

U Minh Thuong National Park in An Giang Province, southern Vietnam, welcomed just 43 international tourists in January-June 2026, highlighting the untapped potential of its distinctive melaleuca forests and wetland ecosystem.

The Ho Chi Minh City University of Science has awarded its first honorary professorship to Japanese Prof. Norimichi Takenaka of Osaka Metropolitan University, recognizing more than two decades of academic collaboration between the two institutions.

Khanh Hoa and Quang Tri Provinces, home to beach and cave destinations in central Vietnam, on Monday signed a cooperation program aimed at strengthening ties in tourism, culture, and sports for 2026-30.

More than 38,800 businesses exited the Ho Chi Minh City market in January-July 2026, reflecting growing pressure on companies to adapt to global uncertainty, tighter operating requirements and structural changes.

The 2026 ASEAN Cup is rapidly approaching its climax, with the «dream final» between Southeast Asia's two heavyweights, Thailand and Vietnam, appearing more inevitable than ever.

The 66-kilometer La Son-Hoa Lien expressway linking Hue City with Da Nang City in central Vietnam is slated to open to four-lane traffic on August 31, with the expansion project now more than 97 percent complete.

Vietnamese tra fish (pangasius) exporters are facing greater pressure in the U.S. market after the U.S. Department of Commerce significantly raised final anti-dumping duties on products from several Vietnamese companies, on top of a 12.5-percent Section 301 tariff.

As the earth shook around her, tearing apart homes, buildings, and bridges in eastern Indonesia, Maria Florida Nogo Kelen was giving birth to her daughter.

With a chisel in one hand and a mallet in the other, visitors tap away steadily, fully focused on their first wood-carving creations at Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam (Hanoi's Temple of Literature).

A 43-year-old Nigerian man has been arrested in Ho Chi Minh City for allegedly receiving a shipment containing 2kg of crystal methamphetamine and two bricks of heroin, which he was hired to transport to Hanoi.

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VietinBank Tower, once envisioned as the headquarters of state-owned lender VietinBank in Hanoi, is set to change hands after 16 years of delays, with the bank completing the final legal procedures for the transfer.

Guinness World Records on Monday recognized the world’s longest convoy of pickup trucks carrying durians at the 2026 Dak Lak Durian Festival in Vietnam.

In the global AI race, as major powers focus on advanced chips and large language models, experts say Vietnam should take a more practical approach by securing energy sovereignty to support its technology ambitions.

The Son Tra Peninsula Management Board and Da Nang authorities have proposed strengthening information and guidance for businesses and visitors on rules governing sightseeing and outdoor activities on the peninsula.

With Vietnam’s National Day holiday approaching, Singapore is rolling out a range of new and seasonal experiences, offering travelers from Vietnam options for a short getaway.

Vietnam's National Competition Commission has fined Recess Co., Ltd., the operator of the e-commerce platform Lazada in Vietnam, more than US$13,000 for providing misleading information for Vietnamese consumers.

Following a Tuoi Tre (Youth) online newspaper report highlighting the illegal occupation of space beneath the Ngoc Hoi overpass for beer joints, authorities in Tay Nha Trang Ward, Khanh Hoa Province launched an operation to clear the area and remove the businesses occupying the space.

American actress Hayden Panettiere, famed for roles in television shows such as «Nashville» and «Heroes,» has died aged 36, her family said in a statement issued by her publicist on Sunday.

BANGKOK -- Loaves of sourdough bread now fill the display window of Suchart and Friends Gun, a firearms shop-turned-bakery in Bangkok's old quarter where pistols and rifles once lined the glass case.

A fisherman from An Giang Province in southern Vietnam survived four days adrift at sea without food or drinking water by clinging to a black foam sheet before being rescued.

Vietnam has introduced new electronic identification rules for foreigners, with the new regulations taking effect on September 28.

A pod of more than 10 dolphins was spotted swimming off Ly Son Island in Quang Ngai Province, central Vietnam, on Monday morning, delighting local residents and tourists.

Police in Bac Nha Trang Ward in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa have issued a referral for a tourist who was allegedly assaulted after asking a man not to urinate on Nha Trang Beach to undergo a medical examination for injuries as part of their investigation.

A small porridge stall in Hue City, central Vietnam, has quietly preserved the flavor of 'chao gao do ca kho keo' (light red rice porridge served with caramelized fish), a humble dish that has been part of breakfast for generations of Hue residents.