World News Day: Why real news matters amid twin pandemics of COVID-19 and fake news

More than 150 newsrooms from around the world will come together today to mark World News Day, including journalists from Toronto to Taipei, Spain to Singapore.

Đà Nẵng returns to normal after COVID-19 outbreak The move came after the city's People’s Committee issued a legal document on Thursday announcing the city had controlled the risk of COVID-19.

Vietnamese tourism targets safety to develop sustainably

Vũ Thế Bình, vice chairman of the Việt Nam Tourism Association, said the coronavirus pandemic was an unprecedented crisis for the tourism industry around the world, but it was time to revive the industry in the 'new normal'.

Home-based medical exams popular with HCM City residents

Many hospitals in HCM City are continuing to offer home-based medical examinations and treatment that began during the first COVID-19 outbreak.

Singaporean business keen on investing in Việt Nam Singapore is Việt Nam’s leading investor this year with more than US$6.54 billion or 33.5 per cent of total investment in the first eight months, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Teams ready for V.League 1’s resumption

The plan to resume the season this weekend was agreed on by all 14 clubs in the league.

An Giang, southern provinces work to revive tourism sector The Cửu Long (Mekong) River Delta province of An Giang plans to promote co-operation with HCM City and Mekong Delta provinces to help revive the tourism sector.

HBSO returns with concert of famous operatic arias

The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will feature a night of arias from famous operas at the city’s Opera House on September 26 after a short break caused by the second COVID-19 outbreak in mid-July.

Suga elected Japan PM amid virus, economic woes Yoshihide Suga, the new leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, was elected Japan's prime minister by parliament on Wednesday, with his immediate focus to be reviving the battered economy while keeping the novel coronavirus under control.

NA Standing Committee reviews crime prevention and legal violations The National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday discussed the 2020 working reports compiled by the Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuracy, as well as Government reports on crime prevention and legal violations, judgment enforcement and anti-corruption work in 2020.