VIETNAM TODAY

The Hanoi Department of Construction has said at least four districts will lack water this summer due to shortages.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has vowed to support and ensure fair treatment to businesses from all sectors.

The 2017 International Choir Competition will take place from June 7-11 in the ancient city of Hoi An, the central province of Quang Nam, bringing together 1,000 choir performers.

The APEC 2017 Second Senior Officials Meeting (SOM2) officially opened in Hanoi on May 17.

The Vietnam Tourism Association has proposed to continue visa exemptions for Western European tourists to boost tourism.

A delegation of the Vietnam People’s Army is participating in the 14th ASEAN Chiefs of Defence Forces Informal Meeting (ACDFIM-14) in Manila, the Philippines, from May 17-19.

The central coast province of Quang Nam will not construct a cable car system connecting the mainland and Cu Lao Cham while restricting the number of visitors to this nature reserve, an official said.

The APEC Senior Finance Officials’ Meeting (SFOM) will take place in the northern province of Ninh Binh on May 18-19 as part of three major events of the APEC 2017 Finance Ministers’ Process.

The number of traffic accidents related to trucks has been on the rise. Lax management over road freight has been partially blamed for the problem.

The five-day fire at Taiwanese-invested Kwong Lung - Meko Garment Company in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho at the end of March has officially been blamed on an electric short-circuit.

Thousands of fish suddenly died in the Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal, HCM City, on May 16.

Foreign-invested enterprises, including Samsung Complex Vietnam (Samsung Vietnam) of the Republic of Korea, are important components of Vietnam’s economy, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told Han Myoung-Sup, General Director of Samsung Vietnam at a meeting in Hanoi.

Authorities in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak have made the decision to scrap plans for constructing 17 small and medium hydropower plants with a total capacity of 27.4 megawatts.

The Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on APEC Toward 2020 and Beyond was held in Hanoi on May 16 with the attendance of State President Tran Dai Quang.

Over 52% of computers in Vietnam has security holes that are vulnerable to attacks from WannaCry ransomware.

20 of Vietnam and Australia’s brightest young leaders representing the arts, finance, technology, philanthropy, business, start-up, education and healthcare industries have converged in Sydney sharing ideas and innovation for the inaugural ​Australia-Vietnam Young Leadership Dialogue​.

Vietnam is facing tough challenges to fulfil its economic growth target for this year amidst the country is experiencing trade deficit and depending on foreign direct investment sector, held Dr. Vu Thanh Tu Anh, Fulbright University’s Director of Research.

Bottom trawling is a particularly destructive method of fishing, in which huge weighted nets are dragged on the sea floor, catching everything in their path.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has urged the Vietnam-Japan University to become an international standard research university, focusing on training highly-qualified human resources for society.