A recent initiative in Japan aimed to shift investment to Vietnam and other Mekong subregion nations will continuously contribute to increasing the Japanese inflow to the Southeast Asian country.

US Assistant Defense Secretary for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Randall G. Schriver once affirmed that Vietnam has appeared to be a valued partner for Washington in the Indo-Pacific region.

Some 100 state firms would be subject to privatization in 2019, while the number slated for state divestment is 193.

Vietnam and the Czech Republic issued a joint statement during the visit to the European country by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 16-17 at the invitation of his Czech counterpart Andrej Babis.

The Cuc Phuong National Park on April 17 received 39 pangolins rescued from wildlife traffickers and handed over by authorities of the northern province of Hung Yen.

A Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of cooperative and twining relations between Ho Chi Minh City and the Australian state of New South Wales was signed in Sydney on April 17.

Visitors to Fansipan in the misty town of Sapa in the northern province of Lao Cai this season have a chance to witness a valley of stunning flowers.

Three people have been detained as police in the central province of Nghe An impounded nearly a tonne of methamphetamine which was found on a roadside in the area.

Three members of a family have been killed in a house fire in the central city of Hue.

A fashion show featuring traditional costumes of Vietnam and South Korea will highlight 'We Are Together Festival 2019' which will take place on April 27-28 in Suwon.

The first International Magic Festival 2019 will open in HCM City next week to celebrate the 44th anniversary of Reunification Day on April 30 and Labour Day on May 1. 

Le Cerne – a hub for creativity and inspiration – has opened at the National Economic University (NEU) in Hanoi.

More than 500 Vinschool parents and students joined with Hollywood star Michelle Yeoh, ambassador of the global #3500LIVES traffic safety campaign, for a traffic safety education programme in Hanoi on April 16.

Vietnam is considered a hot spot for elephant tusk trafficking, and the activity remains uncontrolled, especially in the Central Highlands.

Vietnamese runner Nguyen Linh Chi completed the 2019 Boston Marathon on Tuesday.

Top Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam won the first round of the Open International Villa de Madrid in Spain on Tuesday.

The Ministry of Transport should continue garnering feedback from experts, organizations and the public on the development of a 1,559-kilometer-long North-South high-speed railway, according to Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung.

The ongoing heat wave in the northern and central provinces could last until next Monday (April 22) with temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius in some areas, the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting (NCHF) reported.

Foreign car and motorcycle parts manufacturers are aware that the rapidly-expanding Vietnamese market may be their next cash cow and are intensifying presence accordingly.

Ninety percent of investors around the world consider Vietnam and Indonesia the two most important destinations, according to a report from Bain & Company.