Police of the northern province of Bac Giang has launched a probe into and put a man into temporary detention for the charge of arranging foreigners’ illegal residence in Vietnam under Clause 2 of Article 348 in the Penal Code.

A total of 150 couples are expected to set a new Vietnam record for the largest number of participants in a mass wedding to be held on October 15.

The north-central province of Thanh Hoa has taken a series of measures to promote digital transformation and develop a smart tourism ecosystem in a bid to become one of the key tourist destinations in the country.

A delegation from the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) on August 13 visited and presented aid in both cash and kind worth nearly 527 million VND (22,200 USD) to victims of flood-hit areas in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai.

Police in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai have decided to start legal proceedings after an accident that took place in Chu Puh district and killed three people on August 12.

The Cuc Phuong National Park, a famous tourist destination in the northern province of Ninh Bình, has been named “Asia’s Leading National Park” by the World Travel Awards for the fifth consecutive year.

The Association of Vietnamese Students in Germany (SiviDuc) and its Frankfurt chapter organised a summer camp in the German city from August 11-13, gathering hundreds of participants from across the European country.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang has extended his condolences to the families of victims in a severe traffic accident in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, which resulted in the death of three members of the Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) football club.

The new visa policy, which will officially take effect from August 15, is expected to offer a good chance for the tourism sector of the south-central coastal province of Binh Thuan in particular and Vietnam in general, to attract more international tourits.

President Vo Van Thuong met in Hanoi on August 12 with 56 international and Vietnamese scientists attending the international scientific conference "Windows on the Universe" that recently took place in Quy Nhon city, the south-central province of Binh Dinh. ​

A charity walk for Agent Orange/dioxin victims was held at Dam Sen Cultural Park in Ho Chi Minh City on August 12, with 5,000 people taking part.

The Vietnam Summer Camp 2023, which brought together 120 outstanding young overseas Vietnamese people from many countries and territories around the world, wrapped up its journey but left a strong impression on solidarity among participants.

Strong measures must be taken to resolutely eradicate illegal fishing in foreign waters in order to address the European Commission (EC)’s warning against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, stressed Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Public Security Lieut. Gen Nguyen Duy Ngoc on August 11 suggested major solutions for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to raise the efficiency of anti-drug cooperation.

As of July, the tourism sector had achieved 83% of its yearly target in the number of international visitors, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

As many as 250 domestic and international scientists are taking part in the Fourth International Workshop on Advanced Materials and Devices (IWAMD 2023), which opened on August 11 in the northern province of Thai Nguyen.

The United Nations in Vietnam marked the International Youth Day (August 12) with a ceremony in Hanoi on August 11, with over 50 young people taking part.

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) has submitted a proposal to the Government to issue a resolution on toll collection for the use of state-invested expressways.

With the North-South high-speed railway in planning, experts are raising concerns about how the line should be connected to the city centre for the interest of the passengers.

The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has so far this year imposed fines worth 3.6 billion VND (151,674 USD) for ship owners violating regulations on installing and operating vessel monitoring systems (VMS), a key work in Vietnam’s efforts combating Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.