The Vietnam Germany Innovation Network (VGI Network) held its founding congress recently in Berlin with the participation of Vietnamese professors, doctors and scientists living and working across Germany.

The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh is witnessing a series of wind power projects settling in the province thanks to its favourable position, with total investment exceeding VND42 trillion ($1.8 billion).

HCM City has faced severe air pollution over the past week with a high index of PM2.5.

Thousands of people at Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCM City have reunited with their families who have returned for Tet.

Vietnam will play Tajikistan in their first match at the AFC Futsal Championship next month in Turkmenistan.

Vietnam badminton legend Nguyen Tien Minh is targeting a spot at the Tokyo Olympics, hoping to make it his fourth appearance at the games.

The number of traffic accidents has fallen dramatically, just two weeks after the drink-driving law took effect, according to Le Xuan Duc, deputy head of the Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS).

The plans to decorate Trang Tien, Trang Thi and Ngo Quyen streets in Hanoi, welcoming the Lunar New Year and celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, are among winners of the city decoration contest 2019.

The HCM City Food Safety Management Board inspected the Thu Duc agriculture wholesale market in HCM City for food safety early Saturday morning.

The northern region has experienced the hottest first two weeks of the year in the past 50 years, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Many education establishments in Vietnam have been utilizing AI in school management and teaching, and have had encouraging initial achievements.

The Vietnamese Women’s Museum is hosting a spring celebration inspired by áo dài (traditional long dress) and flowers, including a fashion show, exhibition and other activities honouring traditional cultural values.

As Tet Holiday nears and the harvest season comes, the people living near Ngoc Linh Mountain, Kon Tum Province, will start hunting for the rats which often eat ginseng to treat visitors and as an offering to ancestors.

Along the border line with Cambodia is an area called the southern ‘wildlife metropolis’.

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A programme featuring Vietnamese artists will be broadcast on Lunar New Year's Eve by Vietnam National Television (VTV).

Bui Dinh Hoai Sa will represent Vietnam at the Miss International Queen 2020 which is due to be held in Thailand in March.

The spring atmosphere is overwhelming Hanoi's streets, from downtown to the outskirts.

The Ho Chi Minh-based Hoa Sen University is set to launch an American Studies course this year, the first of its kind at a Vietnamese university.

Vietnam has targeted to earn $9 billion from fishery exports in 2020, a year-on-year increase of 7 percent, according to the Directorate of Fisheries.