Vietnam's National Assembly has approved the construction of a high-speed railway connecting the northern capital Hanoi with the southern financial hub Ho Chi Minh City, a transformative project estimated to cost $67 billion.
The 1,541-kilometer (...)
Vietnam elected Luong Cuong as its new president on Monday, the fourth official to fill the largely ceremonial role in 18 months, the Associated Press news agency reported.
A military general, Cuong, 67, was elected by the National Assembly to (...)
A busy bridge in northern Vietnam collapsed after being hit by Super Typhoon Yagi, which has killed more than 60 people since making landfall on Saturday.
Dashcam footage showed the moment the Phong Chau bridge in Phu Tho province gave way on (...)
Vladimir Putin has warned South Korea it would be making "a big mistake" if it arms Ukraine in the war against Russia.
His comments come after Seoul said it was considering such a possibility, in response to Russia and North Korea's new pact to help (...)
The leaders of Vietnam and Russia have said they want to boost ties as the pair met in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi.
Vietnamese President To Lam was full of praise for his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, congratulating him on his recent (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi on the second stop of an East Asian tour.
The trip, which comes on the heels of his lavish visit to North Korea, is being interpreted as a demonstration of the diplomatic (...)
HANOI — The Saudi national taekwondo team made history on Thursday by securing their first-ever gold medals at the 26th Asian Championships held in the Tien Son Sports Palace in Da Nang, Vietnam.
Donia Abutaleb clinched the first gold in the women's (...)
It is the most spectacular trial ever held in Vietnam, befitting one of the greatest bank frauds the world has ever seen.
Behind the stately yellow portico of the colonial-era courthouse in Ho Chi Minh City, a 67-year-old property developer stands (...)
The Vietnamese Communist Party has accepted the resignation of President Vo Van Thuong, the government said on Wednesday, in a sign of political turmoil that could hurt foreign investors' confidence in the country, Reuters reported.
The government (...)
If countries can be said to go in and out of fashion, then Vietnam is certainly having its moment in the spotlight.
Once better known for sitting quietly in the strategic shadows, its leaders almost unknown to the rest of the world, Vietnam is now (...)
"They can smell us," said Dr. Clare Strode.
She is carefully carrying a mesh cage of mosquitoes across her lab in Lancashire, north-west England. To be more precise, these are Aedes aegypti, one of two species known to carry and transmit the dengue (...)
HANOI — The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) has highlighted Saudi Arabia's development efforts in Vietnam and the countries around the world.
This has been highlighted during an event organized by Saudi Arabia's embassy in Vietnam under the title (...)
One of Vietnam's best-known environmental campaigners, Hoang Thi Minh Hong, goes on trial in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday.
She has been charged with tax evasion. If convicted, she faces between four and seven years in jail.
Similar charges have been (...)
The territorial integrity and human rights that form the foundation of the UN must be collectively defended, United States President Joseph Biden said on Tuesday.
Yet, for the second year in a row, the annual debate at the UN General Assembly is (...)
President Joe Biden has denied that the US is attempting to stem China's international influence, after signing a new historic deal with Vietnam.
More than 50 years since the last American soldier left Vietnam, Biden traveled to Hanoi to sign the (...)
US President Joe Biden has said that he raised issues of human rights and the importance of a free press with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi.
Biden was in the Indian capital to attend the G20 summit. He also held a bilateral meeting (...)
JEDDAH — The AFC Champions League group stage draw resulted in balanced groups for the Saudi Arabian teams participating in the new edition of the tournament. The groups appear to be evenly matched, with Group D, featuring Al Hilal, seemingly the (...)
Every day, countless mopeds crisscross the congested city of Hanoi, in Vietnam, with commuters traveling to work or motorbike taxis dropping off everything from parcels to cooked food and clients.
One of them is Phong, 42, who starts his shift at 5 (...)
English will retain its position as the world's most widely spoken language over the next decade and teachers will continue to be at the heart of English learning, even in the face of increased automation, AI and machine learning.
These are two of (...)
Vietnam's gross domestic product (GDP) has grown about 3.32% year on year in the first quarter of 2023, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported, quoting data from the General Statistics Office (GSO).
The expansion is only higher than the 3.21% recorded (...)
The Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Pham Minh Chinh, received today the Saudi Ambassador to Vietnam, Mohammed Dahlawi.
During the meeting, the two sides discussed many issues of common interest and ways to develop bilateral (...)
Vietnam's consumer price index (CPI) in the first quarter of 2023 is estimated to have risen 4.2 - 4.3% year on year, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported, quoting data from the Price Management Department under the Ministry of Finance.
The department (...)
Saudi Ambassador to Vietnam, Mohammed bin Ismail Dahlawi met today with Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vu Chien Thang at the Interior Ministry in Hanoi.
The two sides discussed bilateral relations and ways to enhance them as well as (...)
India and Pakistan came "close" to a "nuclear conflagration" in February 2019, former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said in his new memoir.
This happened after Delhi launched strikes against militants in Pakistani territory following an (...)
Vietnam's GDP growth reaches 8.02% this year, a record high in the 2011-2022 period as the economy is recovering strongly, General Director of the General Statistics Office (GSO) Nguyen Thi Huong told a press conference in Hanoi on December 29, (...)
