VIETNAM TODAY

The 14th National Assembly (NA)’s Standing Committee on March 14 began its 8th with an agenda full of important contents for the third session of the NA.

A wide range of motorcycle models provided by the world’s leading producers will be on display at an area of 10,000 square metres during the Vietnam Motorcycle Show 2017 (VMCS 2017) scheduled for May 4-7 in Hanoi.

Vietnam Airlines has announced the launch of their ‘Global Sale ‘, slashing the flight prices on popular destinations all over the world.

Weather experts expect the southern region to experience less drought and salinity and more unseasonal rain during this year’s dry season.

The People’s Committee of the central province of Quang Tri has announced a project to open the Con Co island tourism route.

HCM City will publish air and water quality indexes on 48 electronic screens across the city, starting later this month, according to the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

The central city of Danang topped the Provincial Competitive Index for the fourth consecutive year in 2016, among 63 provinces and cities nationwide.

A fisherman has brought back to port a record-breaking 150 tonnes of fish in Quang Tri Province.

Local authorities in the central province of Ha Tinh believes that a new investment wave in Vung Ang Economic Zone can save many firms from bankruptcy.

The national security service has identified two teenagers as the hackers behind recent attacks on the websites of several domestic airports, the Ministry of Public Security said on March 13.

The Danang International Airport will throw open the doors to its new US$154 million terminal on April 25, say airport officials.

Hanoi’s People Committee has requested its agencies and units to pay special attention to protect documents related to the national secret.

Strains of bird flu has been detected in a chicken breeder flock in the northern province of Bac Ninh and the birds will be culled to stop the virus from entering the food system, report government officials.

Indonesia on March 13 repatriated 27 Vietnamese fishermen who were detained from four months to over one year in Tarempa island for illegal fishing in Indonesia’s seas.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Hai Binh has urged China to respect Vietnam’s sovereignty and international law in response to reporters’ question relating to recent actions by China in Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago.

The remaining 11 members of the Trans Pacific Partnership aim to reach agreement on whether to move ahead with the trade pact without the US when they meet on March 14-15 in Chile.

An 83-year-old mother in Quang Nam Province is in need of help to treat a daughter who is deaf and mute and another daughter who is suffering from cancer.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Hatoyama Yukio and the Japanese Friendship Association presented 60 wheelchairs to disabled Vietnamese children and Agent Orange victims.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman arrived in Tokyo Sunday, making the first visit to Japan by a monarch from the oil-rich nation in nearly five decades.