VIETNAM TODAY

A photo of two young women sunbathing by Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi has proved controversial on Facebook.

A repatriation ceremony for remains of US servicemen who died during the war in Vietnam was held on April 2 at the Danang International Airport in the central city of Danang.

Uruguay's navy said on Sunday it was losing hope of finding alive any of 22 crew members missing two days after a South Korean ore carrier sank in the South Atlantic but was still continuing the search, a Navy

The cherry blossom season in Japan kicks off boozy parties across the country and draws tourists from far and wide, but the annual coming-of-spring ritual isn't official until inspectors like Hisato Nishii sign off on it.

Starting in July, makers and sellers of subpar quality helmets will be slapped with stiff penalties and subject to a new government resolution.

Nam Dinh province has held a ceremony to receive the Prime Minister’s certificate of merit recognising Keo pagoda in Xuan Truong District as a special national relic site.

Localities are facing difficulties in implementing policies and legal documents in HIV/AIDS, drugs, and prostitution prevention, heard a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on March 31.

A South Korean cargo vessel is missing after making its last contact in the South Atlantic about 2,500 kilometers (1,500 miles) from shore and 22 crew members are unaccounted for, South Korea's foreign ministry and news reports said on Sunday.

Due to a critical shortage of domestic supply, 80 per cent of all ingredients used in the production of Western and traditional drug production in the country are imported, said pharmacist Tạ Ngọc Dũng, Secretary General of the Vietnam

The Taiwan National Immigration Agency reports there are 179,016 Vietnamese men and women legally residing and working in the small island nation off the coast of China as of March 27, 2017.

China is planning to create a preserve for the giant panda that will be three times the size of Yellowstone National Park in the western U.S.

Thousands of people in HCM City's District 10 are risking their life in two old deteriorating apartment buildings that may collapse at any time.

The number of enterprises completing procedures in March for dissolution stood at 744, down 20.9 per cent compared to February, according to a report from the Department of Business Registration Management under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has ordered the Vietnam Environment Administration to collaborate with Hau Giang province to investigate media reports about environmental pollution caused by Vietnam Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Limited.

HCM City and Japanese firms discussed investment opportunities at a business-matching event held in HCM City on Thursday.

The Da Phuoc new urban area project in Danang City has been halted for construction violations.

The People’s Procuracy of Central Highlands Đắk Nông Province has arrested the former director of a forestry company as part of an investigation into the destruction of 2,000 hectares of forest.

The General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army on March 31 launched a drive to encourage the creation of arts and literature works on the solidarity in combat of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.