Check out the news you should not miss today: Politics — A scientific and technological human resources training center, a symbol of science and technology cooperation between Vietnam and Laos, was inaugurated in Vientiane on Sunday, witnessed by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Laotian counterpart Thoonglun Sisulit. — Chairwoman of the lawmaking National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan visited needy households and victims of Agent Orange in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang on Sunday, presenting gifts to 100 families and 200 children with disabilities to celebrate Tet, or the Lunar New Year. Society — A severe cold spell continued to hit northern Vietnam early today, February 5, with temperatures in Sa Pa and Mau Son dropping to below zero degrees Celsius and snowfall in the forecast. — A father, his son and daughter drowned when their boat capsized in the northern province of Bac Giang on Sunday, with a man who was trying to help them also losing his life. — Police in the southern province of Binh Duong are hunting for a suspect who walked straight into a local gold shop, breaking some boxes with a hammer and fleeing with some gold bullion and jewelry on Sunday night. — Rach Mieu, one of the main bridges connecting Ho Chi Minh City with the Mekong Delta, was packed with vehicles over the weekend, raising concern that the structure will become even more overloaded during the Lunar New Year holiday next week. Business — Masan Group held a groundbreaking… [Read full story]
Tuoi Tre News briefs you on some of the leading news stories that are published today, September 27, in Vietnamese media. Politics -- Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Hiroshi Fukada at a meeting in Hanoi on Friday that Vietnam wishes to enhance its cooperation with Japan to further develop the two countries' strategic partnership in a sustainable and long-term manner. the Japanese ambassador expressed his wish for the two countries to boost their cooperation in trade, investment, official development assistance (ODA), education and training, and culture. -- Affected by the strike of Air…... [read more]
Spread love on St. Valentine’s Day with Tuoi Tre News! Spread love on St. Valentine’s Day with Tuoi Tre News! Society -- The southern provinces of Bac Lieu, Ca Mau and Tra Vinh have the highest rates of migration to other provinces and cities among Mekong Delta provinces, according to a report published Monday by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry. -- The administration of Nui Thanh District in central Vietnam’s Quang Nam Province is working with local authorities on collecting oil lumps and garbage found washed onto a seven-kilometer coastline in the district last week. -- A recent…... [read more]
Good morning from Tuoi Tre News! Good morning from Tuoi Tre News! Society -- A 33-year-old Polish man, Cwiakala Rafal, has died in a fatal zip line accident on Thursday in the Central Highland Vietnamese tourist city of Da Lat along with his Vietnamese tour guide after the two illegally participated in an adventure game at Hang Cop Waterfall in the city’s Xuan Tho District. -- A Ha Long Bay tourist yacht carrying 47 passengers, 45 of whom are foreigners, hit an unidentified submerged object on Thursday morning, resulting in a leakage and forcing tourists to be transferred to another…... [read more]
Enjoy your breakfast while skimming these brief news items on Tuoi Tre News today, March 4: -- U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius on Tuesday joined the high-ranking officials of the Vietnamese Ministries of Natural Resources and Environment, and Agriculture and Rural Development, as well as representatives of international organizations in the launch ceremony of a campaign called "Operation Game Change." The campaign is designed to form an alliance against illegal trafficking of wildlife, particularly rhino horn. Society -- Le Manh Ha, deputy chair of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, has requested the Department of Information and Communications…... [read more]
Dear valued readers, Dear valued readers, Tuoi Tre News is celebrating its fifth birthday today, June 18. We have been around for five years with a mission of being a news gateway to Vietnam for everyone who wants to know what is happening in the country through accurate, updated news stories published in English. To celebrate this milestone, we have asked readers to tell us what they expect from our website, and what they think needs to be improved. And our call received an enthusiastic reply. We owe you, readers, great appreciation for this. But allow us to first show…... [read more]
