VN records positive growth amid gloomy global forecasts

Việt Nam’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 1.81 per cent year-on-year during the first half of this year, the lowest six-month growth pace since 2011, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Good infrastructure helps prevent drought and saltwater intrusion

Nguyễn Hoàng Hiệp, deputy minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, talks to the media on his ministry’s plan to ensure steady water supply to the Mekong Delta in the dry season

Weekend downpour floods several areas in HCM City Heavy rains over the weekend flooded many places in HCM City, affecting normal life.

Shares recede on worries of foreign selloffs Shares continue to advance on Tuesday but receded from Monday’s peak due to prolonged foreign net selling amid fears of a slowdown in the global economy.

Broken dam inundates Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu villages

Hundreds of households in Phú Mỹ Town in southern Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province have been suffering from losses caused by floods as a consequence of broken Giao Kèo dam on Monday.

John McCain, unbridled titan of American politics, dies at 81

John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Việt Nam who served as a US senator from Arizona for more than three decades, died on Saturday at the age of 81.

Floods isolate communes in Nghệ An

Eleven communes in the lowland area of Thanh Chương District in central Nghệ An Province have been heavily inundated due to the rising level of the Lam River.

After storm, landslides threaten river-side residential areas

Landslides and more cracks have appeared on Road 445 in Kỳ Sơn District, northern province of Hòa Bình, threatening residential areas.

Mekong Delta farmers struggle with floods

Farmers in Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces are struggling to fight floodwaters caused by heavy rains, rising tides and water released in the wake of a dam breach in Laos.

Sơn Tinh kills 29, more showers to come

The death toll in the Sơn Tinh Typhoon has raised to 29, according to National Committee for Search and Rescue, with 10 more still missing as the country is bracing for new heavy downpour on Tuesday.