VIETNAM TODAY

Quang Nam and Kon Tum Province have started a VND9trn (USD397m) project to grow and make Ngoc Linh ginseng a major product.

African countries are becoming increasingly repressive and causing more people to leave their homes, British charity Oxfam said this week, as Germany warned of the destabilising effect migration is having on the continent.

Up to 2,000 domestic and foreign delegates are expected to register for attendance at events within the framework of the second APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM 2) and related meetings scheduled to take place in Hanoi and Ninh Binh

President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse will make a State visit to China and attend the high-level forum on the Belt and Road Initiative from May 11-15, the Foreign Ministry announced on May 5.

Saudi women no longer need a man's consent to carry out certain activities, local media reported on Friday, but activists said the royal order does not go far enough.

Plans to deal with 18 spots at risk of flooding in the capital are being created in order to deal with the coming storm season as the sewer system is weak.

Sam Son Town authorities in Thanh Hoa Province have announced a plan to deal with the direct sewage discharge into local beaches within this month.

The Northern Airport Authority had applied administrative fine on a passenger who slapped a woman while picking up luggage at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi.

The National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC) has raised more than 5.5 trillion VND (241.8 million USD) and thousands of tonnes of gifts for some 30 million children since it was founded 25 years ago.

There are currently about one million Vietnamese domain names issued and Vietnam is among the top countries in terms of internationalised domain name distribution in the world, according to Government portal chinhphu.vn.

Danang city will open Son Tra night market and shopping space on the east side of the Rong (Dragon) Bridge for pedestrians on June 12th.

Police plan to serve another arrest warrant on Friday against a man already detained in relation to the death of a 9-year-old Vietnamese girl in Chiba Prefecture in March, this time on suspicion of murdering her, according to investigative sources.

El Nino, which is forecast to last until the end of 2017, will cause drought and salinity intrusion in many areas of the country during the dry season, according to the National Hydro-Meteorological Centre.

Starbucks Vietnam has announced the opening of its first Starbucks Reserve Coffee Bar in Hanoi, on May 5.

Officials have got away without taking responsibility or punishment for poorly thought-out policies.

HCM City authorities have highly-optimistic hopes of shaping public awareness over littering and urinating in public spaces after a new regulation took effect almost a week ago.

Two sisters in the northern province of Bac Giang are in need of financial support after their mother was imprisoned and their father has suffered from alcoholism.

People in Ky An Commune, Ha Tinh Province, continue driving trucks and cars with banners through Cau Rac Toll Booth to protest against the fees.

Credit growth in the first fourth months of the year rose to a six-year high of 4.89 per cent against 3 per cent a year ago, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told the monthly government meeting on May 4.