VIETNAM TODAY

Visitors who wear unsuitable clothes will be refused entrance to cultural sites in Hanoi, according to Hanoi Historical Site Management Board.

Japan's gaffe-prone disaster reconstruction minister resigned Wednesday after remarking it was lucky the catastrophic 2011 earthquake-tsunami had hit a largely rural region rather than Tokyo.

More than 860 people were killed in work-related accidents last year in Vietnam, according to a report from the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA)’s Labour Safety Department.

The Vietnam International Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2017 officially opened in Ho Chi Minh City on April 25 evening.

Famous for its volcanic mountains, iconic beaches and coral reefs, Indonesia's resort island of Bali has topped TripAdvisor's best destination list for 2017.

Road traffic accidents claimed nearly 9,000 lives in Vietnam last year and caused tens of thousands of injuries, according to a report by the National Traffic Safety Committee.

Tran Le Quoc Toan brought home a gold medal from the Senior Asian Weightlifting Championships, currently underway in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Cambodian PM Samdech Techo Hun Sen have reaffirmed the principle of not allowing any hostile forces to use one’s territory to harm the other’s security as well as the friendship and cooperation between Vietnam

Vietnam stands ready to welcome New Zealand businesses to further invest in fields of New Zealand’s strength and Vietnam’s demand, including infrastructure, education and training, agriculture, the processing industry, support industries and renewable energy.

HCM City administrators are planning to open more tourist streets to attract travelers to the city.

Customs officers at Hanoi's Noi Bai Airport have seized 3 kilos of suspected rhino horn brought from Myanmar on April 25.

Vietnam’s aviation sector must use advanced technologies such as e-commerce for its management, operations and business as it is a trend in global aviation transport, experts said in HCM City.

The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) is drafting a Decree to guide the implementation of the Law on Social Insurance on compulsory social insurance for foreign workers in Vietnam.

Performances of hot-air balloons will be organized from April 27 to the opening ceremony of the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF) 2017 on April 30.

The United States on Monday blacklisted 271 employees of a Syrian government agency it said was responsible for developing chemical weapons, weeks after a poison gas attack killed scores of people in a rebel-held province in Syria.

The fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) will present a challenge for Vietnam’s textiles and garment sector within the next five years, according to Mr. Le Tien Truong, CEO of the Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group.

A group of 11 international bloggers from England, Germany, France and Italy, as well as Japan, Singapore, Indonesia and Taiwan have arrived in Vietnam to promote the country’s tourism.

The Ministry of Finance has agreed to pay out USD440,000 from the state budget to the Binh Thuan Province People's Court to compensate Huynh Van Nen who was wrongly imprisoned for 17 years.

It is very easy to see advertising or leaflets in every corner of HCM City despite of a ban and heavier fines.