VIETNAM TODAY

Jetstar Pacific Airlines is planning to launch a new route connecting Vietnam’s the central coastal city of Da Nang and Hong Kong, China.

The Vietnam Dairy Association will collaborate with Vietnam Advertisement and Fair Exhibition JSC to hold Vietnam Dairy 2017, the first international festival about milk and milk products in Vietnam.

Quảng Bình Province is not building a suspension cable to Sơn Đoòng Cave, the world’s largest cave located in the Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park.

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have been listed among the ten most dynamic urban areas in the world in the City Momentum Index from real estate group Jones Lang LaSalle.

The US ambassador to Vietnam, Ted Osius, released carp fish at West Lake in Hanoi and visited a flower market on Wednesday.

A Botanical-Animal Museum has opened at the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens (Saigon Zoo) in HCM City.

The Philippines has canceled the environmental permits for four more mining projects, including one planned nickel venture, as the world's top nickel ore supplier deepens a months-long crackdown on the resources sector.

Vietnam is among countries with an average cancer rate, stated Prof. Dr. Tran Thanh Huong from the National Institute for Cancer Prevention and Control on January 17.

Seventeen Vietnamese banks have been named among the 500 strongest banks in Asia Pacific, according to a report released by the Asian Banker magazine.

Vietnam enjoyed a trade surplus of US$2.32 billion last year, according to the General Department of Customs, slightly lower than the initial estimate of US$2.68 billion made by the General Statistics Office.

The partial collapse of a coal mine in northern China has left nine people dead, state media reported Wednesday, reflecting the stubborn persistence of safety problems despite years-long efforts to reduce deaths in the sprawling sector.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and a high-level Vietnamese delegation arrived in Switzerland late on January 17 to participate in the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2017 from January 17-21.

A large fire has burnt down over 70 houses in a slum in Nha Trang City on Tuesday evening, local authorities said.

The air quality report in Hanoi and HCM City announced by the Vietnam Sustainable Energy Alliance has showed Hanoi recorded 282 polluted days last year.

A taxi driver in Hanoi returned USD14,000 and a mobile phone to a South Korean passenger.

Intimex Vietnam, a member of BRG group, unveiled on January 17 that it has broken ground on a six-star Four Seasons Hotel near Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi.

The Bình Thuận People’s Court announced that it would give Huỳnh Văn Nén a compensation of VNĐ10 billion (US$444,400) for jailing him for 17 years on two wrong murder convictions.

Nearly 200 child workers, some as young as eight, were rescued from bangle factories in Hyderabad in southern India over the last week, as part of a crackdown that will continue until the end of the month, police said

A workshop for the Danish-Vietnamese Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Project began on January 17, promising new opportunities for schools, companies, and workers.