Once branded “Hell on Earth” for the notorious jail which witnessed the most terrifying scenes of oppression during war time before 1975, Phu Quoc island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has now become the country’s first island city with tremendous economic and social development.

Vietnam now has 1,733 real estate firms, up 27.1% from the corresponding time last year, according to the Ministry of Construction.

The Border Guard High Command of the southwestern province of Tay Ninh on May 11 held a ceremony to hand over medical supplies for COVID-19 prevention and control presented by the Vietnam Border High Command to Cambodia.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Thanh Phong, chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City administration, has given a stark warning about the high risk of a possible large COVID-19 outbreak in the city amid complicated developments of the pandemic both domestically and globally.

VOV.VN - Northern provinces are enduring a fresh heat wave, starting on May 10, as temperatures are forecast to reach peaks of up to 38 degrees Celsius, according to the national weather forecasting authority.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on May 7 evening confirmed a further 46 positive nCoV cases in Vietnam, including 40 community infections and 6 imported ones which were immediately isolated upon entry.

As the final minutes of the meeting concluding Vietnam’s Month of Presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) clocked in, the country could be proud of reaching a new milestone in its diplomacy via successfully assuming the role of UNSC Chair for the second time.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Planning-Architecture and Singapore’s Centre for Livable Cities (CLC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in developing sustainable urban planning in the city on April 26.

As a locality that leads the way in high-tech agriculture in Vietnam, the Central Highland province of Lam Dong holds advantages in cooperating in this regard with different countries from around the world, including India, an online conference has heard.

The freshly-concluded High-level Open Debate on "Cooperation between the UN and regional organisations in enhancing confidence-building and dialogue in conflict prevention and resolution" chaired by Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc in his capacity as President of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has been highly evaluated.