VIETNAM TODAY

Thousands of people are flocking to the northern province of Phu Tho to attend the Hung Kings’ Temple Festival on April 6.

Malaysia has detained 28 crewmembers aboard two Vietnam vessels on charges of fishing illegally in in waters off Miri, Sarawak.

Customs officers have detected two consignments containing pangolin scales at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi.

Some 70 percent of graduates from vocational colleges or schools found jobs with starting salaries from 3.6 million to 7 million VND in 2016.

Phu Quoc Island is emerging as a phenomenon in Vietnam's property market with investment worth billions of dollars from large developers, helping draw a slew of investors and buyers looking for investment properties.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has decided to inspect national parks nationwide following violations discovered at a national park in Hanoi.

A fisherman in Quang Ngai Province has been shot dead after his ship was attacked by suspected pirates.

Thousands of litres of rice wine have been seized in just over two weeks since local authorities nation-wide carried out a raid on fake and poor quality spirits beginning on March 1.

Nuclear-armed North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan on Wednesday, just ahead of a highly-anticipated China-US summit at which Pyongyang’s accelerating atomic weapons programme is set to top the agenda.

As many as 54% people said that they had to pay bribes in order to get a job at state-owned enterprises, according to a newly-released PAPI 2016 Report.

About 281 staff at Vietnam Fatherland Front agencies in Hau Giang Province have submitted resignation letters because of low salaries.

DTiNews granted 100 gifts for poor people in a commune in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai where 75% of local households are poor and living near the poverty line.

A press conference for a 2056km bicycle race from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi that gets underway later this week was held on April 4 by the main sponsor of the event, Ho Chi Minh City Television.

Citizens can now voice opinions on mechanisms, policies and administrative procedures to the Government on website nguoidan.chinhphu.vn, Minister and head of the Government Office Mai Tiến Dũng said on Monday.

A string of new policies on trade reconciliation, energy labeling, cash collection and expenditure, and financial management mechanisms for Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) will come into effect in April, according to the Government e-Portal.

South Korean software mogul Ahn Cheol-soo clinched his centrist People's Party nomination to run for president on Tuesday, roaring back into contention in the May 9 vote after abandoning his presidential ambitions in 2012.

Locals at Hoa Tien 2 Village in Da Nang City are accusing a local hot-dip galvanising factory of discharging untreated wastewater and killing the rice fields and livestock.

Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan will make official visits to Sweden, Hungary and the Czech Republic from April 6-14, according to the NA’s External Relations Committee.

Designer Ha Duy has been invited to participate in an international fashion showcase sponsored by the British Embassy in cooperation with the Queen Mary University of London.