VIETNAM TODAY

As the National Museum of Vietnamese History in Hanoi is failing to attract visitors, it has increasingly become a venue for restaurants and wedding parties.

A couple in Tra Vinh Province is calling for help to treat their 6-year-old son who is suffering from neuroblastoma, a type of cancer that forms in certain types of nerve tissue.

Vietnam has attracted 16 FDI projects in green energy with total registered capital of $778 million, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has tasked the Ministry of Transport to mull over the expansion of the North-South Expressway scope to 6-10 lanes in accordance with Vietnam’s development situation.

Vietnamese artists will join German and Japanese peers in a special concert at the Opera House in Hanoi on April 14.

The Philippine government and leftist rebels have agreed in principle on an interim ceasefire to boost ongoing peace talks aimed at ending one of the world’s longest insurgencies, a joint statement said.

Commercial banks now have no pressure on the interest rates and have no plan to adjust interest rates in the coming months, according to a meeting of 21 commercial banks.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan arrived in Stockholm on April 6 morning (local time), beginning a three-day official visit to Sweden at the invitation of Speaker of the Swedish Parliament (Riskdag) Urban Ahlin.

Three wild monkeys have just been released after being kept captive for more than 10 years in Ha Tinh Province.

More than 10,361 residents in Danang City have signed a petition to the government to reconsider the recently-approved master plan for developing Son Tra Peninsula according to the city's tourism association.

Many visitors to Hung Kings Temple Festival have been banned from entering the site for wearing short skirts and shorts.

Hanoi now has around 1,500 old apartment buildings with many deteriorated; but only 14 have been restored.

Asia's developing economies will see steady growth this year and the next, though the evolving policies of President Donald Trump's administration are a major uncertainty, the Asian Development Bank said in a report Thursday.

Millions of textile & garment and footwear workers could be replaced with robots in the future.

Thirty-nine Vietnamese fishermen arrested by Indonesian authorities for illegal fishing in the country’s waters were released and repatriated on April 5.

State President Tran Dai Quang and other officials visited and offered incense to Vietnam's mythical founding fathers at the Hung Kings Temple Festival on April 6.

A festival to honour domestic architects who won notable prizes at the 2016 National Architecture Awards, the Green Architecture Awards and the Housing for the Future Awards will take place in Đà Nẵng from April 19-23.

Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung lauded India’s “Act East” policy designed to at strengthen ties with ASEAN member states, given the region is witnessing rapid changes, including the establishment of the ASEAN Community, and India is emerging

Dozens of households in Hanoi are complaining about the proximity of the ventilation well of the on-going Nhon-Hanoi Railway Station project and the risks to their health.