VIETNAM TODAY

Grobest Industrial Vietnam Company presented 100 scholarships for poor pupils in Long An Province under an agreement signed with the Vietnam Study Promotion Association last year.

While most people born in rich countries will live longer by 2030 — with women in South Korea projected to reach nearly 91 — Americans will continue to have one of the lowest life expectancies of any developed country,

The APEC Finance and Central Bank Deputies’ Meeting (FCBDM) kicked off in Nha Trang on February 23.

United States’ ACO Investment Group has expressed interest in implementing renewable energy projects in Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Duong.

The Government needs to work out comprehensive solutions to control population and labour migraton in the Mekong Delta region to ensure security and defence, officials have said.

Russia’s National Research Nuclear University (MEPhI) has granted graduation certificates to 28 Vietnamese students, who completed a six-year course on nuclear technology.

Malaysia is considering expelling North Korea's envoy to the Southeast Asian nation or shutting its embassy in Pyongyang, as tensions escalate over the killing of the estranged half-brother of the North's leader Kim Jong Un, a senior government official said.

Vietnam’s shooting team will be competing in the ISSF World Cup in New Delhi, India from February 24 to March 1, the first stage of the 2017 ISSF World Cup Series.

Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) has published a report about the coal mining projects and headquarter constructions.

The Party Central Committee's Inspection Commission has proposed punishments for seven officials including the former Minister of Natural Resources and Environment and former chairman of Ha Tinh Province for their responsibilities in the Formosa disaster.

Trade and sectoral officials from the 21 APEC member economies are gathering in the south-central city of Nha Trang to lay a new foundation for a refashioning of globalisation in the Asia-Pacific.

Traffic accidents killed 826 people among the total number of 1,763 traffic accidents in a month from January 16 to February 15 this year, according to a latest report from the Ministry of Public Security.

Storms and tropical depressions are likely to arrive earlier and with more frequency in the East Sea than in the average monsoon season, the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF) said.

North Korea blamed Malaysia on Thursday for the death of one of its citizens there last week and accused it of an "unfriendly attitude" in a scenario drawn up by South Korea, which has said Pyongyang agents assassinated the

Fishermen near Vung Ang Port are still making big catches despite recent concerns over the polluted discharges from Formosa Ha Tinh into the local water.

The central city of Da Nang plans to use an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to supervise urban planning and record data.

The Hanoi People’s Court handed down the death penalty on two former officials at Vinashin Ocean Shipping Company Ltd (Vinashinlines) for embezzlement.

The Military Medical Academy on February 22 officially announced that Vietnam has successfully conducted a lung transplant surgery from living donors for the first time.

HCM City authorities plan to offer support to Cần Giờ District, the "green lung" of the city, to develop eco-tourism and resort tourism.