VIETNAM TODAY

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.

Both the Hanoi and HCMC bourses witnessed exciting trading sessions last week with the VN Index of the HCMC Stock Exchange climbing to 722.14 points at the closing session, while the HNX Index of the Hanoi Stock Exchange rose

Visa Vietnam on Thursday announced that its mVisa, a quick response (QR) code-based payments service, will soon be expanded to merchants and consumers in 10 countries, including Việt Nam.

Flooded rivers were still rising Saturday in two Australian states with two women dead and four people missing after torrential rains in the wake of a powerful tropical cyclone.

The bodies of nine missing crewmen whose ship sank off the coast of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province have been recovered.

The coach of Thailand's national football team has shocked fans by resigning from his post after leading the War Elephants through a disappointing 2018 World Cup bid.

Authorities of the northern province of Quang Ninh have destroyed a large amount of electrical equipment used to electrocute large numbers of fish.

Vietnam will play rivals Japan in Group B of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U20 Futsal Championship, after a draw was held on March 30 in Bangkok, Thailand.

More people are choosing to travel abroad thanks to cheap prices and greater interest in exploring other countries.

The budget carrier Vietjet Air launched a new route connecting Hanoi with Siem Reap in Cambodia on March 30.

Vietnamese architect Võ Trọng Nghĩa on Thursday received the 2016 Prince Claus Awards from the Embassy of the Netherlands.

AirAsia Bhd., the low-cost carrier headed by Malaysian tycoon Tony Fernandes, plans to start a Vietnamese carrier in a local partnership, as cheap fares and rising incomes fuel a travel surge in the Southeast Asian nation.

The HCM City Department of Transport has already proposed adjustments of the city’s pavement management regulations to municipal authorities to financially benefit from the now cleared streets.

Da Nang University, the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis and the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie have inked a MoU in various fields including scientific research and education and student exchange.

The Central Power Corporation (CPC) under the Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) will build a solar plant project with a capacity of 50 megawatts (MW) and solar farms in the south central coastal province of Khanh Hoa.

The management board of Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh is seeking names for 23 caves newly discovered in Ha Long and Bai Tu Long Bays.

Trees in Hanoi were uprooted following strong winds and rain, including one tree that crushed a car on March 31.

China's air quality inspectors found problems at more than 3,000 companies in the first three months of this year, of which a large proportion were found to be falsifying data, the environment ministry said on Friday.

China, the world's largest importer and end user of elephant ivory tusks, is shutting a third of its ivory factories and retail stores on Friday, the first major step ahead of a formal ban on ivory sales by the