VIETNAM TODAY

The nine-year-old girl was found dead in a grass field near a drainage ditch in Akio on Sunday, the local police said.

Changeable weather and careless farming in Tra Vinh Province has caused pollution and killed a large number of shrimp in the area.

A customer from Hanoi's Cau Giay District has filed a complaint with the National Citizen Bank twice after an employee cheated her out of nearly VND8.7bn (USD382,000).

One American woman was killed and US man injured in a traffic accident in the northern province of Hoa Binh on March 26.

The Philippines military said Monday they have rescued three more Malaysian tugboat crewmen held hostage by Muslim militants for eight months in the south of the country.

The International Culinary and Music Festival - Food Fest 2017 will take place for the first time in Hanoi from April 7-9.

Siblings in Ha Nam Province are facing uncertain future after their mother died and their father is mentally ill.

Two foreigners, Ravi Barkash, 27, an Indian national, and Moon Atfri, 31, from America, were recently arrested and charged with stealing a motorbike, said the HCM City’s police.

At least four people were killed and 23 others wounded in a grenade attack in the southern Philippines that appears to be unrelated to terrorism, officials said Sunday.

The central province of Quang Nam held a conference on March 26, calling for investments in the automobile support industry, garment-textile, and entertainment services in coastal areas, hi-tech agriculture, and the pharmaceutical industry.

Statistics from the Vietnam Electricity (EVN) indicate that during one hour of households and businesses switching off the lights in response to the Earth Hour Campaign 2017, which was implemented across the country on March 25, saved 471,000 kWh

Syria's chief negotiator at U.N. peace talks in Geneva on Friday delivered a 40 minute polemic attacking the political and armed opposition and their foreign backers, labeling them all "terrorists".

Vietnam made active contributions to the United Nations Human Rights Council’s 34th session in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 23-24, which adopted 42 resolutions and decisions.

Domestic and foreign investors have registered to pour VND86 trillion ($3.86 billion) into 25 projects in central highlands provinces between now and 2020, the Vietnam News Agency reports.

The Department of Transport in HCM City is considering opening a pedestrian area that covers 220 hectares in the city centre.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the shrimp sector to achieve export value of USD10 billion by 2025; however, it won’t be easy for the sector to reach the ambitious target.

A temporary market has recently been set up on the railway in front of Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi.

News about forest devastation cases occurring throughout the country have appeared in newspapers recently. Deforestation has also been a hot item on the agenda of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee.