Japan signed loan agreements with Việt Nam totalling ¥102.2 billion (approximately US$678 million), marking the highest amount since 2017, during the Japanese financial year from April last year to March this year.

These women want to spread confidence and encourage others around them to dare to pursue their dreams.

The Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB), in which Trương Mỹ Lan, chairwoman of Vạn Thịnh Phát Group, holds a substantial interest, has been implicated by a local court in a scheme defrauding around 36,000 victims, mostly its depositors, into purchasing counterfeit bonds.

Farmers can only change their practice of burning straw in the field when there are models of using straw to create income

They will work alongside local teachers to develop Vietnamese students’ English skills, creating greater access to educational and employment opportunities.

Hundreds of local smallholder coffee and durian farmers in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk will benefit from Bayer Vietnam’s Better Life Farming Alliance meant to provide them with access to innovative solutions and expert consultancy to enhance farming efficiency and harvest quality and empower them.

A 35-year-old woman and her accomplices have been accused of impersonating bank employees to defraud 614 Visa and MasterCard cardholders, resulting in the embezzlement of over VNĐ1.8 billion (US$72,000).

The central provincial public security department’s investigation unit has decided to prosecute two more people involving in an illegal temporary residency case, following an expanded investigation.

Long An Province is prioritising development of transport infrastructure, with a focus on building new bridges and rural roads.

The warehouse was full of raw and flammable materials, so the fire generated a lot of toxic smoke and gas and quickly spread to neighbouring factories and warehouses, said the police.

In 2000, 29 per cent of the world's population lived on US$2.15 per day or less in constant 2017 international dollars, according to the World Bank. By 2022, this figure had fallen to 9 per cent.

State Vice President Võ Thị Ánh Xuân called for renovating operations of the National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC) at a meeting with its Sponsorship Council in Hà Nội on October 16.

Party General Secretary and State President Tô Lâm met and presented gifts to heroic Vietnamese mothers, wounded and sick soldiers, and exemplary policy beneficiary families in the central province of Quảng Trị on October 16.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn had a meeting with representatives of organisations and individuals who received the Vừ A Dính Award on October 16, on the occasion of the 25th founding anniversary of the Vừ A Dính Scholarship Fund and the 15th anniversary of the award.

Vietnamese expatriates in Laos have presented 1,000 relief packages, including blankets, clothes, and necessities, among others worth LAK400 million (more than US$12,800) to those impacted by floods in September in Huaphanh province, northern Laos.

Cồn Cỏ has a particularly important position in national defence and security, serving as the southern gateway to the Gulf of Tonkin, and an international aviation and maritime gateway.

The karaoke bar has been vacant since a devastating fire claimed the lives of 32 people in 2022.

The embassy representatives requested information from the Japanese police to facilitate their effort to protect citizens.

The disease caused by the Marburg virus is considered dangerous due to its high transmission rate and fatality rate, which can reach up to 88 per cent.

Medical experts are warning about a trend called 'catching pens' that has recently spread among youths on social networks. It can cause cerebral ischemia, cardiac arrest, stroke and even death.