VIETNAM TODAY

An explosion struck an Ariana Grande concert in northern England late Monday, killing at least 19 people and injuring dozens in what police say they are treating as a terrorist attack.

Vietnam Green Building Council has awarded the Green One United Nations House with the Platinum LOTUS Certification, the highest level market-based green building rating award.

Vietnam held New Zealand to a goalless draw in the FIFA U20 World Cup Group E opener on May 22, thereby maintaining their hopes to advance further in the world’s largest football event.

The Vietnamese government will not revise its growth target for 2017, remaining determined to ensure the economy will grow by 6.7%, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh told the National Assembly on May 22.

Patrol vessel Echigo of the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) will be sent to Vietnam and the Philippines to take part in joint anti-piracy drills.

A community culture space has been opened in the central city of Da Nang’s East Sea Park in Son Tra district, as part of the Danang International Fireworks Festival 2017 (DIFF 2017).

Australian Ambassador to Vietnam, H.E. Craig Chittick, talks about the growth of cooperation between Vietnam and Australia in the field of education.

Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha has said schools in regions with favourable conditions will be given more autonomy.

A bomb exploded at a military-run hospital in Bangkok on Monday, the third anniversary of a military coup, and police said 25 people were wounded.

A poor couple in the central province of Ha Tinh are in desperate need of financial support to save their little son who is suffering from cerebral complications after heart surgery.

Debutantes Vietnam pulled off a stunning straight-set 25-20, 25-19, 25-19 victory over Chinese Taipei to claim the historic bronze medal at the second Asian Women’s U23 Volleyball Championship at the Mall Nakhon Ratchasima in Thailand in on May 21.

Thanh Hoa Province have agreed a USD190m solar power project at a local industrial zone.

Australian-owned Gloria Jean’s Coffees recently decided to close its last store in Vietnam, ending a 10-year stint in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi due to slow expansion, high rents and an unsuitable business model.

Three climbers have died on Mount Everest and another is missing in a busy and tragic weekend on the world's highest mountain, officials and expedition organizers said Monday.

The third plenary session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) opened in Hanoi on the morning of May 22, under the chairmanship of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

Vietnam and Indonesia should actively prepare for the 7th session of the Joint Committee on Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation to seek more ways to achieve a trade value of 10 billion USD as set.

The south’s key economic provinces, such as Dong Nai, Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Binh Duong, have recently shifted focus from agricultural to non-agricultural sectors, resulting in a serious shortage of agricultural workers during harvest season.

President Donald Trump urged Arab and Islamic leaders on Sunday to unite and do their share to defeat Islamist extremists, making an impassioned plea to "drive out" terrorists while toning down his own harsh rhetoric about Muslims.