Four tourists who are students have drowned after being washed away by strong waves while swimming at a beach in Phan Thiet City, the southern coastal province of Binh Thuan.

Park Hang-seo on Thursday announced his preliminary national team squad for the 2022 World Cup qualifier with Thailand next month.

Vietnamese athlete Vu Thi Trang was knocked out of the World Badminton Championship on Thursday in Belgium.

Three to four storms are forecast to affect Việt Nam’s mainland, mostly in the central and southern regions, from now to the end of this year, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Metrological Forecasting.

The HCM City Fine Arts Association has launched an exhibition showcasing new works by artists in the South at the city Fine Arts Museum as part of the city’s celebrations of the 74th National Day, which falls on September 2.

According to a new draft circular that the transport ministry is working on, the public will have a say on whether the locations of toll stations on Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) roads are appropriate.

Provinces in the Central Highlands region face the risk of reservoirs bursting since hundreds of them are damaged or degraded.

A national festival will be held to honour the best environmental films in Hanoi.

The festival is held every three years by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources; Viet Nam Cinematography Association and Viet Nam National Television.

Vietnamese farmers have many opportunities to work abroad as Asian markets have growing demand for agricultural labourers.

Da Nang city to boost cashless transactions

The Viet Nam Railway Corporation (VNR) said it needs VND2.5 trillion (US$108 million) to build fences, frontage roads, and eliminate illegal level crossings by 2025, reported online newspaper vietnamplus.vn.

Loss-making, low-profitability State-owned agriculture firms should be dissolved and made bankrupt, said Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue on August 21.

Danang real estate market sees upbeat developments

Many long-haul truck drivers have been found parking their vehicles and sleeping along the HCM City-Trung Luong Expressway, causing traffic disorder and posing a risk of traffic accidents.

A 30-metre section of Highway No 91 in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang fell into the Hau River on Tuesday after the soil underneath it eroded.

Colombian Jordan Parra who competed for Ynghua Dong Nai took both overall yellow jersey and green jersey at the Mekong River Delta cycling tournament, known as the Gạo Hạt Ngọc Trời Cup, which finished in Can Tho Province on Tuesday.

Vietnamese-American Thai Son Kwiatkowski was ousted from the men’s singles first qualifying round of the US Open on Tuesday.

Two top officials of Tra Vinh City were arrested on Wednesday as part of a probe into a land tax evasion ring that caused estimated losses of nearly VND120 billion (US$5.2 million) to the Government.

Hanoi People’s Court on Tuesday handed sentences to nine officials of Bich Hoa Commune for violations in land management.

More than 100 garments for women and men created by Vietnamese fashion houses and designers will be showcased at the first Vietnam Runway Fashion Week to be held in HCM City this week.