VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam exported 4.8 million tonnes of rice in 2016, down nearly 2 million tonnes against 2015, failing to meet the annual target of 5.4 million tonnes.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the US along with the US-APEC Business Coalition and the US National Center for APEC (NCAPEC) held an event to promote Vietnam’s APEC Year 2017 in Washington on January 18.

Hanoi aims to receive 23.61 million visitors, including 4.3 million foreigners in 2017, the municipal Department of Tourism said at a meeting in Hanoi on January 19.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow to Việt Nam is expected to increase in 2017, said Đỗ Nhất Hoàng, director of the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

South Korean prosecutors on Saturday arrested President Park Geun-hye's culture minister and her former top presidential adviser over allegations that they blacklisted artists critical of the government.

Cash as a mode of payment has declined in the country by 2 per cent in the past six years, from 14.02 per cent in 2010 to the current 12 per cent.

A six-year-old boy in Hanoi, who is deaf and mute, is struggling with haemophilia, a genetic disorder which leaves blood unable to rapidly clot.

President Tran Dai Quang praised the contributions of Overseas Vietnamese towards the country’s achievements at a meeting on January 20 with 50 overseas Vietnamese delegates.

The average salary of Vietnam Airlines’ pilots is VND115.3 million (USD5,220) a month, equal to that of pilots in Southeast Asia.

The U.S. government has asked South Korea to arrest a brother of former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on charges that he engaged in a bribery scheme to carry out the sale of a Vietnamese building complex, a U.S. prosecutor

HCM City has agreed to the transport department’s proposal to open temporary smart parking lots in downtown areas to meet demand.

Former Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK, Vu Quang Minh proposed solutions to curb traffic jams in Hanoi with hope to win the city's VND4bn (USD177,000).

US technology giant Microsoft and FPT, a local leading information technology and telecommunications company, today signed an enterprise agreement related to digital transformation, particularly cloud deployment.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc separately hosted reception for President of the World Bank (WB) Jim Yong Kim, Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Roberto Azevedo on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos,

SINGAPORE: Even as the economy slows, hiring by firms in Singapore is expected to remain stable in the year ahead as more multinational companies and start-ups choose to set up their operations here, according to an annual global salary

Hanoi authorities have asked three construction giants to devise planning schemes to develop the areas along the iconic Hồng (Red) River that flows past the capital city.

Heavy-lift vessel RollDock Storm carrying the sixth Kilo-Class Submarine named HQ-187 Ba Ria-Vung Tau entered Cam Ranh Port in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa on January 20.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, speaking in parliament hours before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office, said on Friday he wanted to further strengthen the Japan-U.S. alliance.

Head of Hanoi Traffic Police Department, Colonel Dao Vinh Thang has proposed that Vietnamese people should only be allowed to have one car number plate.