VIETNAM TODAY

Torrential rains triggered flash floods in the Peruvian capital Lima, stranding thousands of people and forcing rescuers to find ways to evacuate them across roads turned to raging rivers.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has sent a proposal to the Ministry of Transport to raise several aviation service charges in order to reduce peak-hour overloads and raise money for infrastructure development.

The Vietnamese Government has accused Australia of "causing serious damage" to its prawn farmers and exporters and has asked the Federal Government to reconsider the ban on uncooked prawn imports.

The central city will host “Sunshine of March”, the first installation of umbrellas and paintings on umbrella, from March 24-26.

The Gender-Based Violence Prevention Network, consisting of 15 active social organisations across Vietnam, have collected 27,552 signatures from local people to call for a drastic fight against increasing child sexual abuse in the country.

More than 40 people including women and children have been shot dead aboard a boat carrying Somali refugees in the Red Sea off war-torn Yemen, officials said on Friday.

A national meeting and a range of activities in response to World Water Day (March 23) will be held in the northern province of Bac Ninh on March 21-22, announced the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on March 17.

Minister of Industry and Trade, Tran Tuan Anh has vowed to revoke licences of hydro-power projects which violate regulations.

Vietnam’s top chess player Le Quang Liem walked away with US$13,000 as the overall winner of the Masters category (for participants rated above 2,100) at the 2017 HDBank International Chess Tournament in Ho Chi Minh City on March 17.

Metal fences have been set up at a general hospital in the central province of Quang Ngai to prevent patients from killing themselves from floors.

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his spouse will pay an official visit to Vietnam from March 21-24.

Indonesia summoned the British ambassador Friday after a cruise ship on a voyage organised by a London-based company smashed into coral reefs in a popular tourist spot and caused extensive damage.

The National Assembly is urged to consider monitoring the forest protection activities more closely and assigning specific responsibilities to local authorities.

The Australia-Vietnam Young Leadership Dialogue have selected 20 young leaders representing Australia and Vietnam as delegates to its inaugural dialogue in Sydney during May 15-18.

Trade officials from the eleven remaining members of the TPP will hold discussions in the coming weeks and ministers will meet again in May in Vietnam to continue debate over the TPP.

A young doctor in Thanh Hoa Province is in desperate need of financial support to help save his life as now he is in a vegetative state after an accident.

Bruneian police have arrested a Vietnamese boat with 10 people on board for fishing in Brunei’s territorial waters.

Hanoi's authorities have fined a mobile Bun cha restaurant operating out of a bus parked on Su Van Hanh Street.

Rounder eyes, narrower faces, bigger breasts: a South Korean girlband is celebrating the country's obsession with surgically-enhanced beauty by going under the knife to praise the virtues of "Becoming Pretty".