The following is the biography of Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong.

Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, passed away at 1:38 PM on July 19, 2024, at the 108 Military Central Hospital.

The fashion world is abuzz as Thanh Hang takes legal action against Hoang Thuy. What led to this high-profile case?

Authorities conduct a thorough search of Nguyen Thi Nhu Loan's residence, removing boxes of documents.

Nguyen Thi Nhu Loan, CEO of Quoc Cuong Gia Lai group, has been detained for violating state asset management regulations.

A total of 16 works across different genres and in 10 languages won prizes at the UK flagship translation awards PEN Translates, including two works translated from the Vietnamese language by Nguyen An Ly.

The draft decree on solar power development compiled by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has been revised and supplemented many times, but problems still exist because of the perceptions of the compilers.

Cam Ranh’s farmers rushed to raise lobster with a hope of earning high incomes, but they have fallen into poverty as merchants have not paid their debts.

During his meeting CEO Tim Cook in mid-April, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highly valued Apple’s expansion plan in Vietnam, creating more than 200,000 jobs for local workers.

The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City is set to organise the second friendship dialogue and the fifth economic forum with a focus on industrial transformation this September, expecting to welcome a large number of international delegates.

To show its goodwill and sense of responsibility, Vietnam has informed relevant countries about its submission on the limits of the extended continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles in respect of the central area of the East Sea.

Diphtheria is being kept under control and it is unlikely that the disease will break out into an epidemic in Vietnam, said Dr. Hoang Minh Duc, head of the General Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health.

Vietnam’s total import and export turnover by mid-July reached nearly US$403 billion, with the country racking up a trade surplus of US$11.88 billion, according to the latest statistics released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Legendary Danish band Michael Learns to Rock (MLTR) are set to perform in Ho Chi Minh City’s Phu Tho Indoor Stadium on November 17 as part of their Asian concert tour "Take us to your heart".

Japan continued to be the largest export market of Vietnamese coal in the first six months of this year, with a volume of 56,093 tonnes valued at US$15.7 million.

Overseas remittances to Ho Chi Minh City reached nearly 5.2 billion USD in the first half of 2024, equivalent to 54.7% of last year's figure and up 19.5% year-on-year.

In a recent post, Lonely Planet gave a guideline for visitors who travel the “pearl island” for the first time.

The People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City on July 18 commenced the first-instance trial of a case involving 254 defendants related to the Vietnam Register (VR), its local registration centres and sub-departments.

The Petrovietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) has proposed the implementation of the Lam Son Clean Energy Production Complex project, with an investment of nearly 4 billion USD in Ninh Thuan province.

More than 11 million 2G-only mobile subscribers will be turned off with the deadline being September 16.