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Nearly 159,000 social housing units to be developed in 2026

Hanoi, Jan. 16 -- Under targets assigned by the Prime Minister, Vietnam will develop 973,471 social housing units nationwide during the 2026-2030 period, including 158,723 units in 2026 alone. Accordi... Read More


14th National Party Congress: Vietnam, Belarus advance Party-to-Party relations

Hanoi, Jan. 16 -- As part of active information efforts surrounding the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), the country's most important political event, the Vietnamese Emb... Read More


Russia condemns interference, incitement, threats of force against Iran: Envoy

United Nations, Jan. 16 -- Russian UN ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said Thursday that his country condemns all forms of external interference, incitement to violence, and threats of use of force agains... Read More


Quang Trung Campaign close to finish: Strength of Party-people unity

Hanoi, Jan. 16 -- With less than a month to go before the Lunar New Year (Tet), a sense of urgency still permeates villages across central Vietnam, a region battered by an exceptionally harsh year of ... Read More


Babis gov't wins vote of confidence in Czech lower house

Prague, Jan. 16 -- The coalition government led by ANO party leader Andrej Babis won a vote of confidence in the Czech Chamber of Deputies on Thursday, formally obtaining constitutional legitimacy to ... Read More


Reference exchange rate down 4 VND on January 16

Hanoi, Jan. 16 -- The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 25,131 VND/USD on January 16, down 4 VND from January 15. With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate... Read More


4 injured in explosion and fire in Dutch city Utrecht

The Hague, Jan. 16 -- An explosion followed by a fire injured four people in the Dutch city of Utrecht on Thursday afternoon, local authorities confirmed. Two people were treated at the scene by ambu... Read More


Vietnam promotes sustainable digital asset investment community

Hanoi, Jan. 16 -- The Vietnam Digital Asset Investors Community (VIDA) was officially launched by the Vietnam Blockchain and Digital Asset Association (VBA) in Hanoi on January 15. VIDA is set to shar... Read More


Quang Ninh establishes inspection centre for import-export goods

Quang Ninh, Jan. 16 -- The Tan Dai Duong testing and inspection centre in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh was officially accredited on January 15, meeting the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025... Read More


Ukraine conflict a direct consequence of years of ignoring Russia's legitimate interests: Putin

Moscow, Jan. 16 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin listed the Ukraine conflict as an example of breaching the "indivisibility of security" principle, which outlines that the security of one nation ca... Read More