VIETNAM TODAY

Many people in Hanoi rushed to buy gold on God of Wealth Day, the 10th day of the Lunar New Year.

Asylum seekers in Indonesia have staged a protest in the capital urging the U.N. refugee agency to speed up the process of resettling them in third countries.

Two teachers at a kindergarten in Hanoi have been sacked for being rude and physically abusive of the children.

A mother in Ha Tinh Province is calling for financial support to save her 16-month-old daughter from heart disease.

With the country’s rice exports set to experience another difficult year in 2017, tourism and foreign-direct-investment (FDI) are looking be the sectors to lift Vietnam’s economy.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism and the Immigration Management Department held a ceremony at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport on February 4 to greet Richard Kenneth Wilson (Britain), the first e-Visa visitor to Vietnam.

China's smog-hit capital Beijing plans to slash coal consumption by a further 30 percent in 2017 as part of its efforts to combat air pollution, the official Xinhua news agency said late on Sunday, citing the city's mayor.

Vietnam are placed in Group C, along with Japan, Thailand and the Philippines, after a draw of the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships, which is slated to be played on February 14-19 in HCM City.

Following the development of cheap apartment projects in 2016, investors plan to bring thousands of cheap apartments to Ho Chi Minh City in 2017.

After a year of taking the industry by storm, three pop bands in HCM City have become new music icons for young audiences.

President Tran Dai Quang has urged the education sector to focus on developing high-quality human resources and training “global citizens” in the wake of the fourth industrial revolution, especially in IT, nano technology, automation, telecommunications, new material and energy.

Unlock them with an app, drop them off anywhere, and nip past lanes of stationary car traffic: the humble bicycle is seeing a revival in China as a new generation of start-ups help tackle urban congestion and pollution with

Vietnamese gold companies are introducing various types of gold products for the God of Wealth Day on the 10th of Lunar January or February 6 this year.

Museum visitors can now use their smartphone to explore and understand artifacts with Friendly Guide, an application recently developed by a group of IT students, without the help of a museum guide.

Many provinces across the country have reported a decent number of visitors during the Tet (Lunar New Year) 2017 holiday.

The US’ Maryland state and Vietnamese localities have good potential to expand cooperation, said Maryland Lieutenant Governor Boyd Rutherford at a recent meeting with visiting Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh.

The People’s Committee in southern Bình Thuận Province has given its approval in principle to the Đa Nhim-Hàm Thuận-Đa Mi Joint Stock Company for a project on Đa Mi Lake.

Teams of Vietnamese students have harvested good results in international Olympiads for many years, bringing fames to the country. Especially, 2016 is the year which is considered the golden year for Vietnamese students in international arena.