VIETNAM TODAY

Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts returned to Ninh Binh Province to visit the locals featured in the native village in Kong Skull Island.

Police in the central province of Quang Nam’s Hoi An Town on May 10 found the body of an American man in a local hostel.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc left Hanoi on May 11 morning to attend the World Economic Forum on ASEAN (WEF-ASEAN) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

A moderate earthquake that struck close to the earth's surface killed eight people and injured more than 20 others in far western China on Thursday, the region's earthquake administration said.

A poor couple in the northern province of Hai Duong is calling for help to treat their 9-year-old daughter who is suffering from Leukaemia.

As a project to relocate street vendors hasn't been implemented, HCM City’s pavements are beginning to return to their normal state following the clear-out in February.

Tonnes of fish, clams and shrimps have died in Kien Giang Province and caused more pollution.

The 2017 Nha Trang Sea Festival themed ‘Extending the Circle of Friendship’ will be held in Khanh Hoa province from June 10 to 13 with 50 arts, cultural and sporting activities, the provincial People’s Committee announced.

Deputy Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Son has renewed Vietnam’s determination to strictly implement its commitments and agreements towards a drug-free Greater Mekong sub-region for its peace, stability, development and prosperity.

Politburo member and Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, Nguyen Thien Nhan has just been appointed as secretary of the HCM City party committee.

Vietnam and China should continue expanding and improving the quality and effectiveness of bilateral cooperation, State President Tran Dai Quang told Chinese media before his departure to China for state visit.

South Korea's new president Moon Jae In was sworn in on Wednesday (May 10), just a day after a landslide election victory.

The American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cancelled the import licences of 679 Vietnamese food and beverage manufactureres that did not re-register with the agency as required, or did so without following current procedures.

The Vietnam Railway Corporation (VNR) has announced the launching of its two tourist trains NH1 and NH2, connecting Nha Trang and Hue, from May 19.

Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Doan Mau Diep praised the positive outcomes which came as a result of the meetings of the Group of Friends on Disability (GoFD) organised over the past years.

Vietnam’s 2016 Olympic champion, Hoang Xuan Vinh, won a gold medal in his favourite 10m air pistol event at the ongoing 2017 Southeast Asian (SEA) Shooting Championships in Malaysia on May 9.

Eleven young children - five South Korean and six Chinese - were killed along with their driver when their bus crashed and burst in to flames in a tunnel in China's eastern Shandong province on Tuesday, the local government said.

The International Monetary Fund said Asia's economic outlook faces "significant" uncertainty and downside growth risks from any sudden tightening in global financial conditions or rise in protectionist trade policies.

A helicopter route has been opened in Ho Chi Minh City for emergencies such as rescues, ambulance services, or disasters.