The HCM City People’s Council adopted a number of resolutions at a session that closed on Saturday (July 11), including one to reduce the budgets of departments and districts this year.

Vietnam’s competent agencies, its representative offices in Australia and the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines coordinated with Australia in repatriating 350 Vietnamese citizens amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

What makes him special is the large magnet he tows behind the motorbike rear to pick up nails, helping make other road users safer.

A 53-year-old man who returned home to Việt Nam on a repatriation flight from Russia has tested positive for COVID-19.

The Kiên Giang Province's People's Committee has submitted a master plan on sustainable development for Phú Quốc until 2040 to the PM for approval.

Bắc said many passengers forgot or dropped their items while they were hurrying to get on or get off the bus.

As the music industry has been hit hard by COVID-19, virtual concerts are helping Vietnamese artists promote their music and engage with their fans.

The beef hotpot with its sour, sweet broth mixed with fragrant coconut juice and vinegar is unforgettable.

Conditions for allowing which passengers on the flights still have to be agreed by both countries’ aviation authorities and no firm date for resumption was released.

Last year, 42 people were killed, 19,180 houses were damaged and 11,530 hectares of crops were submerged due to disasters.

A memorial and reburial service for remains of 10 martyrs who laid down their lives before 1975 was held at a martyrs’ cemetery in Dak R’lap district in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong on July 13.

Vietnam Ambassador to Myanmar Ly Quoc Tuan on July 13 presented 50,000 USD as a gift of the Vietnamese Government to help the country combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

A 460-page book featuring heroic Vietnamese mothers in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue was released on July 13, ahead of the 73rd War Invalids and Martyrs Day on July 27.

A conference was held in the northern mountainous city of Lao Cai on July 13 to boost tourism cooperation between Lao Cai province and Ninh Binh province, also in the north.

The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) held a get-together in HCM City on July 13 to celebrate France’s Bastille Day on July 14.

Nghệ An is reeling from severe hot weather and prolonged drought, with seven heatwaves hitting the central province since the beginning of the year.

As many as 57,000 land-use right certificates have not been given to land users for years in the southern province of Tiền Giang as the land users did not agree with the land information provided on the certificates.

A total of AUD$9.7 million (US$6.7 million) has been funded by Australia’s Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) for the ongoing “Việt Nam Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index” (PAPI) programme implemented through the UN Development Programme (UNDP).

Vietnam Airlines will launch two new domestic routes and re-open two others from July 22.