Vietnam to stage Southeast Asian, Asian dancesport championships for first time

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Dancesport Festival 2025 is scheduled to take place at the Military Region 7 Gymnasium in Ho Chi Minh City from July 9 to 13, marking the first time the country has been selected to stage both the Southeast Asian and...

Vietnam beat New Zealand to reach quarter-finals of AVC Nations Cup

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The Vietnamese men's volleyball team triumphed over New Zealand in their opening match, securing a spot in the quarter-finals of the AVC Nations Cup in Bahrain on June 18. Vietnam are in Group D with the Republic of Korea (RoK)...

Vietnamese refugees' 50th anniversary

Vietnamese refugees' 50th anniversary A community celebration 50 years after Vietnamese refugees arrived at Fort Chaffee AND THAT IN TURN COULD THREATEN TO DESTABILIZE THE MIDDLE EAST. A HISTORIC ANNIVERSARY IS BEING HONORED TODAY IN FORT SMITH....

Vietnam News Agency launches multimedia platform

Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) launched its multimedia information portal at vietnammedia.vnanet.vn on June 20 ahead the centennial of Vietnam’s Revolutionary Press Day (June 21). The strategic product, managed and operated by the...

Vietnam, US hold virtual ministerial talks on reciprocal trade

Hanoi (VNA) – Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien on June 19 held simultaneous online talks with US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, as the two countries continue negotiations towards a...

Vietnam’s major administrative overhaul captures Latin America media’s attention

Havana (VNA) – The Latin American News Agency Prensa Latina has run extensive coverage praising Vietnam's determination to push ahead with administrative reform as the country is shifting to a two-tier local government model for a more efficient...

Vietnam attends WTO meeting on food safety and animal-plant health

Geneva (VNA) - A Vietnamese delegation led by Dr. Ngo Xuan Nam, Deputy Director of the Vietnam SPS Office under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, attednded the 92nd annual meeting of the Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures...

Vietnam News Agency in the history of 100 years of revolutionary journalism

On September 15, 1945—just 13 days after President Ho Chi Minh proclaimed Vietnam’s independence—the Vietnam News Agency broadcast the full text of the Declaration of Independence in Vietnamese, French, and English. From that moment, the Vietnam...

Vietnam’s revolutionary press at 100: A global perspective

Under the leadership of the Party and President Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam’s revolutionary press has always stood alongside the nation as a vanguard force on the ideological and cultural front, making invaluable contributions to the revolutionary cause...

Vietnamese culture shines at international student festival in Venezuela

Vietnam to host APEC Business Advisory Council meeting

The meeting, known as ABAC III, will take place from July 15 to 18, with some 250 delegates from 21 APEC economies. Issues such as free trade, digital transformation, sustainable development, and global challenges will be debated during those days...

VSGG Debuts Vietnam’s First Esports Intelligence Platform to Lead Data-Driven Gaming Era

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, June 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — As 2025 becomes a milestone year for Vietnamese esports, VSGG, the first locally developed esports platform tailored to Vietnam’s rapidly expanding gaming community, is emerging as a key...

Hanwha Life Esports draws 2,500 fans at global fan fest in Vietnam

Hanwha Life Esports demonstrated its global popularity and strong engagement as its players connected with 2,500 fans during the 2025 HLE Global Fan Fest held Wednesday in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Hanwha Life said Friday. Launched last year, the...

Logistics – a lever for Vietnamese exporters to navigate US tariff headwinds: workshop

Hanoi (VNA) - As Vietnamese exporters face formidable challenges from US tariff policies, logistics is emerging as a critical lever to maintain competitiveness in one of Vietnam’s most vital markets, heard a workshop on June 19. Deputy Director...

Despite protected status, Vietnam’s corals have declined in 20+ years: Study

Vietnam’s first marine protected area (MPA), Nha Trang Bay, has lost nearly 200 hectares (494 acres) of coral reef since it was established in 2002, according to a new study. Major drivers of the coral decline include coastal development, warming...

Air India flight to Vietnam returns to Delhi; ‘precautionary measure,’ says airline

An Air India flight from Delhi to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam returned mid-air on Thursday due to a precautionary technical concern, the airline said. Flight AI388 landed safely in Delhi, and all passengers disembarked, following which a...

Vietnam Q2 GDP growth estimated at 7.6% y/y, deputy PM says

PUBLISHED : 20 Jun 2025 at 12:06 HANOI - Vietnam's gross domestic product is expected to have grown 7.6% in the second quarter from a year earlier, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh told parliament on Friday. Binh said annual growth for the...

Two decades on, Vietnam's universities still stuck in...

Đào Ngọc Nghiêm, vice chairman of Hanoi Urban Planning and Development Association, said when a master development plan for the city was approved in 1998, authorities proposed relocating universities out of inner districts to reduce pressure on...

These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families 'before it's too late'

Now in her 50s and living in France, Maubouche wants to learn more about her past. She has joined a new online networking tool connecting Vietnamese adoptees to their birth families and to each other. It was set up by fellow adoptee Iola Nguyen,...

Frédéric Boulin: “What Park Hyatt Saigon created in a short time in Vietnam could take 15 years in Europe”

“Everything has to have a reason to be here,” he explains. “Every object should be placed deliberately, every piece has its own story.” From hand-selected books sourced from a tucked-away Parisian library to Vietnamese artifacts curated by the...