VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam is ready to provide rice for Brunei in a long-term and stable manner to help the latter ensure food security, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told a Brunei official.

Infrastructure needs in Asia and the Pacific will exceed USD22.6 trillion through 2030 if the region is to maintain its growth momentum, according to a new report by the Asian Development Bank.

The South Korean conglomerate the Lotte Group has announced a second shopping mall in Hanoi: Ciputra Hanoi Mall.

A Philippine nurse held by Islamic State in the Libyan city of Sirte said on Monday that she and her colleagues had been forced to treat militants and give them medical training.

The Hoàng Sa District People’s Committee will display a shipwreck that was rammed by Chinese boats in Vietnamese waters off the Hoàng Sa (Paracel) Archipelago at the city’s Hoàng Sa Museum.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has pointed out the causes for the USD90m losses at a fertiliser plant in Ninh Binh Province that forced it to halt operation four years after being put into use.

Many foreign visitors have complained about the dead goats being sold along the road leading to the Trang An Tourism Complex in Ninh Binh Province.

The 2017 Asia Golf Tourism Convention (AGTC) will take place from May 7-13 in Da Nang, according to the Da Nang Tourism Department.

According to the General Statistics Office, the number of international tourists to Vietnam reached 1,199,421 in February, increasing 19.1 percent from the previous month and 42.2 percent year-on-year.

HCM City’s Department of Education and Training is seeking help from overseas Vietnamese educators who can set up training models that meet international standards and provide capital to build schools and buy teaching aids.

A militant killed by police in Indonesia after detonating a small bomb in the city of Bandung on Monday was "possibly" part of a radical network sympathetic to Islamic State, police said.

Vietnam is likely to have something to crow about during the Year of the Rooster as several factors will facilitate socio-economic growth, ANZ Vietnam said on February 24.

Increasing numbers of Hanoi’s pavements, particularly in the city centre, have been encroached upon despite measures by municipal authorities to deal with the problem.

The Paradise Group will introduce a new line of crafted cruise ships, known as Paradise Elegance which will set sail from March.

A house donated by Dan Tri readers for a girl and her ill mother in Ben Tre Province was completed on February 24.

Vietnam young tennis player Ly Hoang Nam will vie in the China F3 Futures tournament set to take place on February 27-March 5 in Anning, Yunnan Province.

According to the latest released Passport Index report, Vietnamese citizens can travel to 48 countries and territories without visas. The report also shows that the Vietnamese passport was ranked 76th among the world’s most powerful passports.

The first two multi-story car parks in HCM City are facing losses as drivers prefer the conveniences of illegal parking lots.