The first Ho Chi Minh City International Film Festival 2024 (HIFF 2024) brought an excited atmosphere to roads and streets in the city last month.

There have been positive signs since the Vietnamese Government committed to the goal of Net Zero Carbon Emission in 2050.

HCM City’s Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) is collaborating with many enterprises to commercialise technological research results of its Research and Development Center.

Exactly 70 years ago, Vietnam won the Dien Bien Phu campaign, forcing the French government to sign the Geneva Agreement in July 1954 and marking the end of the French military presence not only in Vietnam but also in the whole Indochina.

During the storm season, the risk of trees falling is always present. Typically, in the heavy rain last Saturday evening, more than 400 trees fell across the city.

Located about 30 kilometers southwest of Hanoi, Quoc Oai District boasts a rich heritage of over 200 distinctive historical, cultural, architectural, and artistic relics.

On May 3, a preliminary rehearsal of military parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory was held in Dien Bien province, with the participation of more than 12,000 people.

An official of the Ministry of Health has played down public worries about AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine side-effects after the pharmaceutical giant admitted that the vaccine may cause extremely rare side-effects.

Two shots taken by local photographers Nguyen Minh Tu and Bui Van Hai have been named among the top 100 in the drone photography category of the ninth 35AWARDS, an international event created in 2015 by the professional photo community 35photo.pro.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi on May 2 hosted a reception for Chairman of the Association of Russian Diplomats Igor Khalevinsky, and writer-poet Svetlana Savitskaya.

French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu and Secretary of State Patricia Miralles will visit Vietnam and attend a grand ceremony on May 7 to mark 70 years of the Dien Bien Phu victory over French colonialism.

The Ministry of Information and Communications has announced that a special set of stamps celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory will be issued on May 5.

Viettel will showcase its high-tech defence industry products at the 2024 Defence Service Asia Exhibition and Conference (DSA) and the National Security Asia 2024 (NATSEC) exhibition in Malaysia from May 6-9.

April saw 112 heat records as the country baked in sweltering weather, with many places breaking temperature records set over a decade ago.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has announced the cancellation of its gold auction for 16,800 taels of SJC gold this morning, May 3, as just one bidder registered to join the auction.

As of 7am on Friday, hospitals in Long Khanh City had admitted 469 suspected food poisoning cases linked to the consumption of bread from the Bang bread shop in Xuan Binh Ward, Long Khanh City.

Athletes from 50 countries and regions will take part in the competition in Quy Nhon City, competing in men’s singles and doubles and mixed doubles.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasised the urgent need to develop a carbon market and carbon credit management mechanisms in his recently-issued directive.

Kim Sang-sik, former coach of Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors of the Republic of Korea, has been chosen by the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) to coach the Vietnam national football team and the Vietnam U23 football team.

Vietnam earned US$18.4 billion from exporting phones and components during the first four months of the year, up 6.6% year on year.

After two failures, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), experts say, has to lower bidding prices further to VND75 million per tael or give up the gold market, because it is very difficult to stabilize the gold market now.

HCMC has been trying to eliminate water pollution in its canals in order to improve the living environment for local inhabitants there.

The total capital invested in Vietnamese tech startups amounted to $529 million in 2023, marking a 17 per cent decrease from the previous year.

A total of 1,995 traffic accidents occurred nationwide in the month from March 15 to April 14, killing 845 people and injuring 1,537, according to the Office of the National Traffic Safety Committee.

Rated corporate bond issuances in Vietnam still trail behind regional peers, though efforts to enhance credit rating culture aim to expand the market significantly.