VIETNAM TODAY

South Korea's ousted president Park Geun-Hye arrived at a detention centre near Seoul early Friday after being arrested over the corruption and abuse of power scandal that brought her down.

Vietnam licensed 26,478 new businesses in the first quarter of this year worth VND271.2 trillion (USD12.3 billion).

Vietnam upholds its unwavering policy of promoting people’s fundamental rights, including the rights of women, Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Hai Binh has affirmed.

Travel from the northern port city of Hai Phong and Dong Hoi in central Quang Binh province will become much easier when the low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacfic launch its flight on the route from April 29.

Only 12% of the alcohol manufacturing facilities in Vietnam meet business requirements and given permits by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

A Russian man was killed and his wife seriously injured in a traffic accident in Ninh Thuan Province.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAA) on March 30 co-ordinated with relevant agencies to officially put a new method of navigation called RNAV1 into operation at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has expressed his optimism that Indonesia will become the world’s fourth largest economy by 2045.

Kayak services will be halted on Ha Long Bay from April 1 according to new a decision by the city's authorities.

China's domestically developed AG600, the world's largest amphibious aircraft, will make its maiden flight in late May from the southern city of Zhuhai, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday.

The overall unemployment rate in Vietnam fell in the last months of 2016 but the graduate unemployment rate actually increased.

Taiwan’s live-fire drills on the Ba Binh island, which forms part of Vietnam’s Truong Sa archipelago, seriously encroached upon Vietnam’s sovereignty over the island, said Vietnamese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh.

South Korea's disgraced ex-President Park Geun-hye was being questioned Thursday by a court that will decide if she should be arrested over corruption allegations that have already toppled her from power.

A mother in Hai Duong Province is in need of help to treat her 16-year-old son who is suffering from two cancerous diseases at the same time.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has just published its foreign trade report in 2016.

Customs officers at Noi Bai International Airport have seized more than 100 Iphones valued at over VND 3 billion (USD132,042) which were illegally brought in from South Korea.

Four pupils in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai’s Ia Grai District drowned while playing in a local river.

A flight from Hanoi of Vietnam Airlines landed in Sydney on March 29, marking the official launch of the national flag carrier’s direct air service between Hanoi and Sydney, the airline’s third direct route to Australia.

The proposal on the application of Euro 4 emission standards as of March 31, 2017 made by the Ministry of Transport (MoT) may become a barrier to domestic automakers, while promoting imported products.