VIETNAM TODAY

The Ministry of Education and Training has unveiled that four of the brightest high school students have been chosen to compete at the 49th International Chemistry Olympiad this coming July 6-15 at Mahidol University in Thailand.

A visit to Cambodia from April 24-25 by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will be his first official trip to the neighbouring country in the post of the Government leader of Vietnam.

Hue Monuments Conservation Centre has just kicked off a promotion programme, "Golden Tourism Week at Hue Heritage Site", phase 1 (April 22-28) at various relics under the Hue Heritage Site system.

Former Thai football chief Worawi Makudi has vowed to push FIFA to lift its ban on him after an appeals court in Bangkok overturned his conviction for forgery.

North Korea said on Sunday it was ready to sink a U.S. aircraft carrier to demonstrate its military might, as two Japanese navy ships joined a U.S. carrier group for exercises in the western Pacific.

A family in Quang Tri Province is calling for help to treat their 3-year-old sons who are suffering from cerebral atrophy and weak health.

Phu Yen Province approved the destruction of nearly 116 hectares of forest to build a golf course despite having no legal documents to go ahead.

Several experts in HCM City have blamed motorbikes for causing congestion and proposed plans to ban motorbikes in the city.

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung held a dialogue with local residents in Đồng Tâm Commune in the city’s Mỹ Đức District on Saturday.

A smart traffic operation centre in Ho Chi Minh City will receive an investment of 6 trillion VND (265 million USD) from 2017 to 2020, the city’s Department of Transport has said.

Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities are struggling to reach the target of having wastewater treatment systems at all export processing zones, industrial parks and industrial complexes by 2020.

With credit growth accelerating in the first quarter, many commercial banks may become more demanding in selecting lending customers.

As part of his official visit to the US, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh held separate meetings on April 21 with US Acting Trade Representative Stephen Vaughn and a group of assistants to senators of

Foreign investment funds have expressed renewed interested in Vietnamese financial technology startups, despite a series of challenging setbacks that occurred in previous e-commerce deals.

Việt Nam won two gold medals at the ongoing Asian Junior Taekwondo Championships in Kazakhstan.

HCM City must develop a roadmap to restrict the use of personal vehicles, especially motorbikes, experts have urged.

Farmers should increase the application of bio-organic-based integrated pest management to sustain the health of the soil, preserve bio-diversity and improve agricultural product quality and safeguard people’s health, a seminar heard in HCM City yesterday (Friday).

HCM City Department of Transport plans to launch a public bicycle hire service in the city centre.

Local authorities of the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai seized more than 1,600 items suspected to be made from ivory.