VIETNAM TODAY

The HCM City Department of Transport is carrying out a feasibility study to ban private vehicles on a 221ha zone in the city’s downtown.

Vietnamese Defence Minister, Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich and Minister of Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, Sen. Lieut. Gen Leopoldo Cintra Frias signed a 2017-2019 cooperation plan following their talks held in Ha Noi on March 23.

Ha Long is one of the first municipalities to blanket the city in free Wi-Fi as it hopes ‘Muni-Wi-Fi’ will somehow attract more tourists, facilitate waves of innovation and brand the city as tech-friendly.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Việt Nam surged to US$7.71 billion in the first quarter of 2017, exceeding the amount during the same period in 2016 by 91.5 per cent.

Life is hard in the borderland, but teachers in the mountainous province of Lai Châu are doing their best to bring young children to school so that they can learn how to read and write.

South Korea's sunken Sewol ferry has been successfully hauled onto a giant heavy lifting ship, officials said Saturday, a step towards returning the vessel to port.

The local authorities in the central highlands province of Dak Nong successfully dismantled and safely detonated over 18 bombs and artillery shells found by local farmers on March 24.

The average water level of many parts of the Hồng (Red) river has remarkably reduced in recent years, badly affecting agricultural production and the living conditions of residents in the northern lowland and midland areas.

Painting auctions and the art trade in general are not new to Vietnam and are definitely not something unfamiliar to the world. But a professional auction session at the Chon Auction House attracting many painting collectors and tycoons was

Save the Children in Vietnam, a non-profit organisation, has funded a project on building capacity to respond to natural disasters and enhance access to clean water and hygiene in coastal areas in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang.

Airtravel agent in Vietnam said they had received notices from Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air and Jetstar Pacific Airlines that the fares would be raised.

Vietnam is keen to develop education cooperation with the US and, particularly, Harvard University.

A man detonated a bomb Friday near a police post on a busy road near Dhaka's airport, killing himself but causing no other injuries, according to Bangladeshi police.

An event to promote the central province of Quang Binh’s tourism culture and tourism potential will be organised in Hanoi on March 25-27.

Thousands of people gathered at the Thu Bon River in the central province of Quang Nam on Friday to celebrate the inauguration of the much-awaited Giao Thuy Bridge.

Đà Lạt, for long a popular hill station in Vietnam, has added economical homestay arrangements to its long list of attractions.

The Olympic Run Day for Public Health 2017 will take place across the country at 7am on Sunday, according to the National Sports Administration.

Police in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal say they have arrested eight men involved in smuggling human bones and recovered 18 skeletons from them.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced the establishment of a new program that will trace specific fish and fish products from harvest to entry into the US markets.