VIETNAM TODAY

Scientists completed the first East Sea drilling mission at a depth of 3,770 metres below sea level on February 21.

A Japanese zoo has culled 57 native snow monkeys by lethal injection after finding that they carried genes of an "invasive alien species", officials said Tuesday.

China's football association is planning for the country to have 50,000 football academies by 2025 as part of an ambitious blueprint to grow into a soccer superpower.

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will pay their first visit to Vietnam from February 28 to March 5, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ press release.

An ill couple in Hoa Binh City is in need of help for their treatment and their 20-year-old son who is suffering from cerebral palsy.

The HCMC Department of Transport will focus on dealing with 37 sites prone to traffic congestion, yet the leader of this agency believes only 18 of them can be addressed this year and the rest must wait until the

The Ministry of National Defence on Tuesday handed over 21 hectares of land to the Ministry of Transport to expand the overloaded Tân Sơn Nhất airport, the largest airport in HCM City.

Working groups and subcommittees convened nine meetings on February 21 as part of the 4th working day of the first APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM-1) and related meetings in Nha Trang, the south-central coastal province of Khanh Hoa.

Hanoi's authorities have announced that the headmistress and vice head of Nam Trung Yen Primary School will be fired for lying after their involvement in an accident in which a pupil broke a leg.

Canada will resettle 1,200 Yezidi refugees who faced persecution by the Islamic State group, the immigration minister said Tuesday.

Local authorities have reported two people were killed and 12 others injured when a passenger bus exploded in the northern province of Bac Ninh Province on Tuesday night.

Vietnam imported up to 12,000 cars worth a total value of USD237 million between January and the first two weeks of February, according to the General Department of Customs.

Uber has paid taxes of nearly VND30bn (USD1.3m) according to an official from the Taxation Department.

Many DTiNews readers have provided their financial support to five orphaned children in the southern province of Ben Tre.

Secretary General of the Vietnam-US Society (VUS) under the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Vu Xuan Hong has hailed Peace Trees Vietnam (PTV)’s contributions to healing the war wounds, fostering trust and friendship between the two peoples.

The Son Tra Peninsula in the central coastal city of Da Nang has received the approval of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to become a national tourism area before 2025.

The Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Operational Technologies (APRICOT) opened in HCM City on Monday.

The Saigon Orchestra and dozens of veteran and young artists will participate in a contemporary music programme launched this week to serve tourists in HCM City.

Jakarta was hit by widespread flooding on Tuesday after hours of torrential rain, with thousands of homes inundated, cars stranded and people forced to wade through murky brown water.