Ho Chi Minh City celebrates first metro
Thousands of selfie-taking Ho Chi Minh City residents crammed into train carriages Sunday as the traffic-clogged business hub celebrated the opening of its first-ever metro line after years of delays.
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12 Vietnamese soldiers killed in accidental explosion during training
Twelve Vietnamese soldiers were killed in an accidental explosion during a military training exercise in southern Vietnam, state media said on Thursday...
Vietnam property tycoon on death row awaits appeal verdict
A Vietnamese property tycoon sentenced to death in a multi-billion-dollar fraud case arrived in court on Tuesday, as she awaits the verdict of her appeal in one of the biggest corruption prosecutions in history.
Vietnam to build $67b high-speed railway
Vietnam said Saturday that it will build a $67 billion high-speed railway from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, in a much-needed boost to infrastructure that is expected to
Apparel exports to EU may decline by 20pc: study
Bangladesh鈥檚 readymade garment exports to the European Union could decline by 20 per cent due to the combined impact of EU-Vietnam free trade agreement, or EVFTA, and Bangladesh鈥檚 transition from a least developed country to a developing nation, according to a study...
Vietnam, China hold talks on sea
Vietnam and China agreed to calm tensions in their South China Sea dispute, Vietnamese state media reported on Sunday, days after Hanoi accused Beijing of a...
Vietnam economy grows by聽 7.4pc in Q3
Vietnam鈥檚聽economy聽grew by 7.4 per cent in the third quarter, government figures showed Sunday, despite severe economic damage caused by deadly Typhoon Yagi...
Vietnam puts Typhoon Yagi economic losses at $3.3b
Vietnam suffered $3.3 billion in economic losses as a result of deadly Typhoon Yagi, which swept across the country鈥檚 north earlier this month causing hundreds of fatalities, state media reported Saturday...
Bangladesh face hosts Vietnam today
Bangladesh will face hosts Vietnam in their Group A third match of the AFC Under-20 Asian Cup 2025 Qualifiers at the Lach Tray Stadium, Hai Phong, Vietnam today.
Cambodia pulls out of border deal with Vietnam, Laos
Cambodia has withdrawn from a decades-old regional economic development deal with Vietnam and Laos, prime minister Hun Manet said, in a surprise concession to critics concerned about the...
Myanmar flood toll climbs to 268
The death toll in Myanmar in the wake of Typhoon Yagi has reached 268, with 88 people missing, the junta has said, as state media reported the first arrival of foreign aid....
U-20 football team leaves for Vietnam with little hope
Bangladesh left for Vietnam on Wednesday night with very little expectations of achieving something big in the forthcoming AFC Under-20 Asian Cup 2025 Qualifiers to be held at the Lach Tray Stadium in Hai Phong from September 21 to 29...
Local, foreign firms facing months of recovery in storm-hit Vietnam
Factory roofs blown off, products worth millions of dollars destroyed, supply chains disrupted: Typhoon Yagi has had a disastrous impact on local and global companies in northern Vietnam who could take months to recover, business leaders warn...
Hanoi river level hits 20-year high as SE Asia typhoon toll nears 200
Residents of Vietnam鈥檚 capital waded through waist-deep water on Wednesday as river levels hit a 20-year high and the toll from the area鈥檚 strongest typhoon in decades rose to at least 179, with neighbouring nations also enduring deadly flooding and landslides...
Vietnam typhoon victims plead for help as toll climbs to 82
Thousands of people were stranded on rooftops and posted desperate pleas for help on social media on Tuesday after severe flooding in parts of typhoon-hit Vietnam, as the...
Vietnam floods claim 82 lives, 59,000 flee their homes
Tens of thousands of people were forced to flee their homes on Tuesday as massive floods inundated northern Vietnam in the wake of Typhoon Yagi and the death toll climbed to 82.
Bangladeshi students can now apply for Romanian visa in Vietnam, Thailand
聽Bangladeshi students who received acceptance for study in Romanian universities can now apply for visas at the Romanian embassies in Hanoi, Vietnam, and Bangkok, Thailand, in addition to the Romanian embassy in New Delhi....
Typhoon Yagi weakens after leaving dozens dead in Vietnam, China, Philippines
Typhoon Yagi weakened to a tropical depression on Sunday, after killing over a dozen people, tearing roofs off buildings, sinking boats and triggering landslides across Vietnam.
Yagi hits Vietnam after leaving deadly trail
Super Typhoon Yagi uprooted thousands of trees, swept ships and boats out to sea and ripped roofs off houses in northern Vietnam on Saturday, killing at least three people, after...
Vietnamese envoy to Bangladesh wants to explore untapped potential in ties
The Vietnamese ambassador to Bangladesh, Nguyen Manh Cuong, on Saturday said that there were still many untapped potentials that both countries should further cooperate to explore in the coming days....
Rights groups condemn Cambodia crackdown on critics of regional deal
Rights groups criticised Cambodian authorities on Wednesday for the arrests of 94 people in a 鈥榟eavy-handed鈥� crackdown on critics of a regional economic development plan with Laos and Vietnam...
Vietnam police examine green power projects in anti-graft probe
Police in Vietnam will examine 32 clean energy projects as part of an anti-graft probe at the Southeast Asian country鈥檚 ministry of industry and trade, the government said on Tuesday...
Philippines, Vietnam coast guards hold first joint drills
The Philippine and Vietnamese coast guards held firefighting and search-and-rescue exercises off Manila on Friday, the first such drills between the two countries with maritime disputes with Beijing in the South China Sea...
Philippines, Vietnam coast guards to hold first joint drills
The Philippines and Vietnam coast guards will hold joint exercises this week, Manila said Monday, in the first such drills between the countries in dispute with...
Thousands pay last respects to Nguyen Phu Trong in Hanoi
Thousands of people lined the streets of Vietnam capital Hanoi on Friday to pay their final respects to Communist Party general secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, the most powerful leader Vietnam has seen in decades.
UK deports illegal migrants to Vietnam, East Timor
Britain鈥檚 new Labour government on Thursday said it had deported 46 people to Vietnam and East Timor, after ditching the previous Conservative administration鈥檚 plan to...
Bangladesh may see fastest growth in cotton consumption: report
Bangladesh and Vietnam are expected to experience the fastest growth in cotton consumption and trade over the decade due to their competitive labour and production costs, which will lead to significant expansions in their milling capacities, according to a global report...
11 dead in Vietnam landslide 3 die in Japan
A landslide triggered by heavy rains buried and killed at least 11 people who were travelling in a van in northern Vietnam, the country鈥檚 disaster management authority...
Seven people killed in northern Vietnam landslide
At least seven people were found dead in northern Vietnam after a landslide triggered by heavy rain buried the van they were travelling in, state media reports said on Saturday...
Russia, Vietnam vow to fortify ties as Putin visits
Russia and Vietnam pledged Thursday to deepen ties as President Vladimir Putin made a state visit aimed at bolstering his alliances to counter Moscow's growing isolation over the war in Ukraine.