Hanoi rolls out festive activities for visitors during Reunification Day holiday
Travel 17:19 26/04/2025Hanoi is set to host a series of exciting festivals, exhibitions, and cultural activities from April 27 to May 1 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Vietnam’s Reunification Day (April 30) and International Workers’ Day (May 1), the city’s Department of Tourism said on Friday.
120 boys per 100 girls: Gender imbalance remains critical in Vietnam
Vietnam News 17:54 26/04/2025Vietnam's sex ratio at birth has remained significantly skewed, with 2024 data indicating nearly 120 boys born for every 100 girls in some locales – well above the balanced rate of 104-106 boys per 100 girls.
Road closures, detours, parking details for final Reunification Day parade rehearsal
Ho Chi Minh City 18:03 26/04/2025As a final rehearsal for the state-level parade and march is set to take place in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday morning, residents are advised to stay clear of restricted zones and accessible parking lots to ensure safety and security during the event.
Vietnam’s largest ‘lau mam’ hotpot draws crowds at Ca Mau festival
Travel 15:52 26/04/2025A massive 'lau mam' (fermented fish hotpot) measuring 125 cm in diameter drew crowds on Friday as Ca Mau Province in southern Vietnam kicked off its annual U Minh Forest Scent Festival, spotlighting the region’s culinary and cultural heritage.
“How big is this event really going to be by April 30?”
Expat Life 19:04 26/04/2025Helicopters rumbled past the window of my office in Binh Thanh District, motivating my team to rush over and take a look.
Ho Chi Minh City to offer free bus rides on Vietnam’s Reunification Day
Ho Chi Minh City 16:25 26/04/2025Ho Chi Minh City will waive bus fares for all routes on April 30 to honor passengers and celebrate Vietnam’s Reunification Day, the city’s Department of Transport and Public Works announced on Friday.
Chinese, Lao, Cambodian troops join state-level rehearsal for Reunification Day parade in Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City 12:45 26/04/2025Military contingents from China, Laos, and Cambodia participated in a state-level parade rehearsal on Le Duan Boulevard in downtown Ho Chi Minh City on Friday evening.
Sweden hands over historic Reunification Day documentary to Vietnam
Vietnam News 08:55 26/04/2025Sweden on Friday handed over a historic documentary highlighting Vietnam’s reunification and international solidarity to the Vietnam Film Institute, marking the 50th anniversary of the Southeast Asian country’s April 30 Reunification Day.
Vietnam village starts over with climate defences after landslide
In-Depth 14:45 24/04/2025Nguyen Thi Kim's small verdant community in northern Vietnam no longer exists, wiped away in a landslide triggered by Typhoon Yagi's devastating heavy rains last year.
Easing the burden on young parents in Vietnam
In-Depth 14:42 24/04/2025With the goal of universalizing preschool education for children aged three to five by 2030, a draft resolution by Vietnam’s National Assembly has proposed an investment of VND116 trillion (US$4.45 billion) for the 2026-30 period.
Ho Chi Minh City considers geography, workforce solutions for global financial center
In-Depth 20:41 23/04/2025As Ho Chi Minh City intensifies efforts to establish an international financial center, officials and experts are focusing on two key pillars: defining geographical boundaries and developing a skilled workforce to ensure long-term competitiveness.
Vietnam’s Can Tho given priority but shows low growth: A shame – so what must be done?
In-Depth 15:18 23/04/2025“Can Tho is given priority, yet its growth remains low – that is shameful,” Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said bluntly during a meeting with voters in Can Tho City on the morning of April 21.
Merging, renaming wards a chance to refresh tourism in Ho Chi Minh City
In-Depth 12:24 22/04/2025The merging and renaming of wards in Ho Chi Minh City present an opportunity to restructure and innovate the city's tourism offerings as cultural stories tied to the newly named wards, such as Saigon, Gia Dinh, and Cho Lon, are expected to attract visitors, a local official said at a program on Monday.
Tariffs bring both risks and opportunities to Vietnam: US professor
In-Depth 16:17 20/04/2025Editor’s note: Professor David Dapice, a retired economics professor from Tufts University in Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts, has shared his insights with Tuoi Tre News on how Vietnam can navigate U.S. tariffs, emphasizing the uncertainty around American policies and urging the country to diversify its export markets. Having worked on Vietnam since 1989, Dapice also has in-depth research on Indonesia, Thailand, and Cambodia.
In Vietnam, illegal wildlife pet trade thrives online, on streets despite legal risks
In-Depth 10:30 18/04/2025Despite regulations requiring permits and registration to keep wildlife such as otters, monkeys, crocodiles, turtles and pythons, some people in Vietnam continue to illegally buy and raise these animals as pets, authorities say.
Serving businesses, devoting to the Vietnamese nation
In-Depth 15:44 17/04/2025The mindset of ‘serving businesses, devoting to the nation’ is not merely a slogan in economic policy, but a demand for a fundamental shift in the thinking behind state governance.
“How big is this event really going to be by April 30?”
Expat Life 19:04 26/04/2025Helicopters rumbled past the window of my office in Binh Thanh District, motivating my team to rush over and take a look.
Masan embraces digital transformation to unlock full potential
Economy 17:13 26/04/2025Masan Group (HOSE: MSN) is poised to embrace digital transformation, a strategic move aimed at maximizing its operational capabilities.
Vietnam’s Kien Giang faces extreme wildfire risk as dry heat persists despite early rains
Vietnam News 16:44 26/04/2025The Forest Protection Department in Kien Giang Province, southern Vietnam warned on Friday that despite early seasonal rains, intense heat continues to pose an extreme wildfire threat across approximately 18,750 hectares of forest, with an estimated 20,000 hectares at risk in the coming weeks.
Ho Chi Minh City to offer free bus rides on Vietnam’s Reunification Day
Ho Chi Minh City 16:25 26/04/2025Ho Chi Minh City will waive bus fares for all routes on April 30 to honor passengers and celebrate Vietnam’s Reunification Day, the city’s Department of Transport and Public Works announced on Friday.
Illegal sand mining threatens scenic river in Da Nang’s eco-tourism area
Vietnam News 16:23 26/04/2025Unlawful sand mining activities have resurfaced along the Bac River in Hoa Bac Commune, a scenic area in Da Nang’s Hoa Vang District, threatening the region’s natural beauty and eco-tourism potential.
Japan to install renewable energy systems at 4,000 shelters
World 15:56 26/04/2025TOKYO -- The Japanese government will install renewable energy systems that can be used to generate electricity in times of disaster at 4,000 designated evacuation shelters across the country by fiscal 2035.
Hawaii's 'bone collector' caterpillar wears the body parts of dead prey
World 15:51 26/04/2025In a remote and lushly forested area of a single mountain range on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, scientists have discovered a carnivorous caterpillar species that makes a living in such a macabre way that they have nicknamed it the 'bone collector.'
Vietnam's first biomass power plant using rice husks begins operations
Economy 15:12 26/04/2025Hau Giang Bioenergy JSC inaugurated its biomass power plant in Hau Giang Province, southern Vietnam on Friday, marking Vietnam’s first biomass power plant fueled by rice husks.
China’s Bestway launches $300mn plant in Vietnam’s Can Tho
Economy 14:14 26/04/2025Chinese group Bestway International on Friday launched construction of a US$300 million factory in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, marking the first project to break ground at the newly developed Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) Can Tho.
Chinese, Lao, Cambodian troops join state-level rehearsal for Reunification Day parade in Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City 12:45 26/04/2025Military contingents from China, Laos, and Cambodia participated in a state-level parade rehearsal on Le Duan Boulevard in downtown Ho Chi Minh City on Friday evening.
World Bank chief economist sounds alarm on emerging market debt issues, urges liberalization
World 12:15 26/04/2025WASHINGTON -- Spiking trade uncertainty is compounding rising debt and sluggish growth problems facing emerging markets and developing countries, but cutting their own tariffs could provide a big boost, said Indermit Gill, the World Bank's chief economist.
Vietnam’s Kien Giang faces extreme wildfire risk as dry heat persists despite early rains
Vietnam News 16:44 26/04/2025The Forest Protection Department in Kien Giang Province, southern Vietnam warned on Friday that despite early seasonal rains, intense heat continues to pose an extreme wildfire threat across approximately 18,750 hectares of forest, with an estimated 20,000 hectares at risk in the coming weeks.
Illegal sand mining threatens scenic river in Da Nang’s eco-tourism area
Vietnam News 16:23 26/04/2025Unlawful sand mining activities have resurfaced along the Bac River in Hoa Bac Commune, a scenic area in Da Nang’s Hoa Vang District, threatening the region’s natural beauty and eco-tourism potential.
Vietnam’s Mekong Delta loses hundreds of hectares annually to coastal erosion
Vietnam News 08:59 26/04/2025Coastal erosion is stripping Vietnam’s Mekong Delta of hundreds of hectares of land and mangrove forests each year, prompting experts to call for region-specific zoning based on geography and hydrology to better protect the shoreline.
Sweden hands over historic Reunification Day documentary to Vietnam
Vietnam News 08:55 26/04/2025Sweden on Friday handed over a historic documentary highlighting Vietnam’s reunification and international solidarity to the Vietnam Film Institute, marking the 50th anniversary of the Southeast Asian country’s April 30 Reunification Day.
Ho Chi Minh City to offer free bus rides on Vietnam’s Reunification Day
Ho Chi Minh City 16:25 26/04/2025Ho Chi Minh City will waive bus fares for all routes on April 30 to honor passengers and celebrate Vietnam’s Reunification Day, the city’s Department of Transport and Public Works announced on Friday.
Chinese, Lao, Cambodian troops join state-level rehearsal for Reunification Day parade in Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City 12:45 26/04/2025Military contingents from China, Laos, and Cambodia participated in a state-level parade rehearsal on Le Duan Boulevard in downtown Ho Chi Minh City on Friday evening.
Ho Chi Minh City begins work on $38mn Saigon River embankment project to curb flooding, erosion
Ho Chi Minh City 12:06 26/04/2025Ho Chi Minh City on Friday broke ground on a major embankment project along the Saigon River aimed at preventing flooding, controlling erosion, and protecting residential areas in District 12 and Hoc Mon District.
118 Chinese soldiers arrive in Ho Chi Minh City to join Vietnam’s 50th Reunification Day parade
Ho Chi Minh City 17:53 25/04/2025A Y-20 transport aircraft carrying 118 officers and soldiers of the People's Liberation Army of China landed at Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City at noon on Friday to participate in a grand military parade scheduled for April 30 to commemorate Vietnam’s Reunification Day.
Fighter jets roar over Ho Chi Minh City during rehearsal for Reunification Day parade
Ho Chi Minh City 15:06 25/04/2025The skies above Ho Chi Minh City came alive on Friday morning as waves of fighter jets and helicopters performed their rehearsal ahead of the final run-through on Sunday for the anticipated grand military parade marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of southern Vietnam and Reunification Day (April 30).
