VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam has suspended the imports of poultry and poultry products from the US states of Tennessee and Wisconsin which have been affected by avian flu.

The front-runner to succeed South Korea's impeached president Park Geun-Hye after her dismissal over a corruption scandal is a former special forces soldier, pro-democracy activist and human rights lawyer.

On accepting the invitation by the World Wood Day Foundation (WWDF), Vietnamese water puppet artist Phan Thanh Liêm will attend World Wood Day 2017 as a guest of honour.

Vietnam is deeply concerned about the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s launch of four ballistic missiles on March 6, said Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh.

Authorities in the central coastal city of Danang have just discussed solutions for the erosion which is worsening at My Khe Beach.

The A/H5N1 avian influenza has been detected at fowl farms of some households in Hoa Long Commune, the northern province of Bac Ninh.

German pianist Boris Schönleber will perform best pieces by the German composers Richard Wagner, Robert Schumann and Austrian Hugo Wolf at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi on March 12.

Minister of Health Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến has been conferred the honourary title of visiting professor by the University of Oxford for a second term, from 2016 to 2021.

Inspectors of the Hanoi Construction Department started a crackdown on pavement encroachment in many local areas on March 10.

The Turkish military said on Friday 71 members of a Kurdish militia had been killed in Syria in the last week in what appeared to mark an escalation of clashes with the U.S.-backed YPG group vying for control of

Jordan Charles Vogt-Roberts, director of the latest Hollywood blockbuster “Kong: Skull Island” has been appointed as tourism ambassador of Vietnam in the 2017-2020 tenure.

Websites of several airports including Tan Son Nhat, Rach Gia and Tuy Hoa were hacked on March 8 and 9.

Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha has sent a letter to a teacher in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai for his efforts to persuade many local students back to their class.

Ha Long City has suspended three tourist cruise boats in Ha Long and Bai Tu Long bays.

The premiere of the new giant-ape themed blockbuster film Kong: Skull Island in HCM City on Thursday went up in flames, frightening cinemagoers.

About 10,000 local residents and tourists are expected to join the first Ngoc Linh Ginseng Festival – part of cultural events during the sixth Quang Nam Heritage Festival – in Nam Tra My district on June 13-16.

In a historic, unanimous ruling Friday, South Korea's Constitutional Court formally removed impeached President Park Geun-hye from office over a corruption scandal that has plunged the country into political turmoil and worsened an already-serious national divide.

Vietnam’s derivatives market will start operating in May or June in hopes it will improve Vietnam’s securities market and attract more foreign investment, according to the Chairman of the State Securities Commission, Vũ Bằng.

The protective forest in Tay Ninh Province is being damaged as people seek ways to expand farmland.