VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam, as the host of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Year 2017, has initiated a round-table conference on sustainable tourism development policy amid climate change in June this year, said Deputy General Director of the Vietnam National

Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo arrived in Sydney on Saturday on his first visit to Australia as his nation's leader.

While local authorities in HCM City's District 1 are cracking down on pavement encroachment, officials in Hanoi said that it would be very difficult to do that in the capital.

A boat in Ha Long Bay, Quang Ninh Province, suddenly sprung a leak while carrying 47 tourists on February 23.

Australia is scheduled to host the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in 2018, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on February 23.

The shooting of two Indians in a crowded suburban Kansas City bar has sent shock waves through their hometowns, and India's government is rushing diplomats to monitor progress in the investigation into the crime.

Over VND510 billion (US$US22.3 million) is the total amount to be funded by the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong for the locality’s biodiversity conservation project during 2017-2020.

HCM City plans in June to launch the first river bus transport service connecting Bạch Đằng Wharf in District 1 with Thủ Đức District, and a second route in September from Bạch Đằng Wharf to District 8.

In the midst of public suspicion about the fate of Samsung’s plans in Vietnam, today Samsung is going to receive the investment certificate for its $2.5 billion Samsung Display project in the northern province of Bac Ninh.

Vietnam won a berth in the semi-finals of the Junior Davis Cup, Asia Oceania Pre-Qualifying Tournament in New Dehli, India on February 23.

The highest-profile critic of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal drug war was arrested on Friday on charges she said were meant to silence her, but she vowed to keep fighting the "sociopathic serial killer".

Circular 28 issued by the Ministry of Education and Training is revealing shortcomings as many primary school English teachers in HCM City have left the profession because of low pay.

New regulations will allow firms to conduct dog and horse race and betting on foreign football matches legally to prevent illegal betting sites and illegal money transferring.

A foreign traveller and a Vietnamese tour guide have been found dead at a tourism resort of Da Lat City in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.

Vietnamese and foreign experts working at embassies and international organisations in Vietnam on February 23 received the insignia “For the Development of Vietnamese Women” of the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) for their contributions to gender equality and the advancement

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh on Thursday told reporters that Vietnam will verify the news saying that China has almost finished building more than 20 structures in artificial islands in the East Sea.

With 734,000 safe flights in 2016, Vietnam was listed among four global winners of the HIS Jane’s ATC Award of the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO).

The banned chemical weapon VX nerve agent was used in the murder of Kim Jong Nam, the North Korean ruler's outcast half brother who was poisoned last week at the airport in Kuala Lumpur, police said Friday.

A discussion about ways to loosen Decree 109 on rice export has been held by the UK-based organisation Oxfam and Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry.