VIETNAM TODAY

The HCM City Department of Education and Training has launch the International Kangaroo Math Contest with the purpose of promoting the movement of teaching and studying Mathematics.

A grandmother in Hau Giang Province is calling for help for her grandson who is suffering from tuberculous meningitis.

Overseas Vietnamese play an important role in developing HCM City’s economy, but the city lacks the legal framework required to fully utilise their capabilities.

Japanese police said Thursday they were investigating the escape of four dolphins from a park in a Japanese town that has gained international notoriety for staging an annual slaughter of the mammals.

HCM City authorities announced a code of conduct for visitors on Thursday.

Visitors have flocked to a 30-ha lake in Hai Phong City over the past month after the water suddenly changed colour.

The ‘Two Countries – Four Destination’ tour, connecting Ha Long and Mong Cai in Vietnam with Dongxing and Guilin in China, was launched at a ceremony held in Quang Ninh province on January 5.

Ho Chi Minh City aims to move all poor and near-poor households out of poverty by 2020.

Many large and unexpected merger and acquisition (M&A) deals were made in 2016, with retail and real estate continuing to dominate the domestic market.

The Red Sunday programme will take place across 25 provinces and cities nationwide this year, with 40 blood donation events scheduled.

Customer Care in Vietnam (CCAV), the first customer care non-profit organisation of Vietnam, will hold an opening ceremony to officially mark its establishment on January 6.

Deputy PM and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh announced on January 5 that US Secretary of State John Kerry will pay an official visit to Vietnam in the coming week.

China will plow 2.5 trillion yuan ($361 billion) into renewable power generation by 2020, the country's energy agency said on Thursday, as the world's largest energy market continues to shift away from dirty coal power towards cleaner fuels.

Traffic accidents caused 8,685 deaths and 19,280 injuries in Vietnam in 2016, according to Khuat Viet Hung, Chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee.

The Overseas Vietnamese World Golf Championship 2017 kicked off in Thanh Hoa province on January 4, attracting 160 expatriates from 20 countries and territories.

Pham Thanh Luong, a midfielder of Hanoi FC (previously Hanoi T&T), was named as winner of the 2016 Vietnamese Golden Ball at an awards gala in Ho Chi Minh City.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump plans to pick businessman William Hagerty as the next U.S. ambassador to Japan, an adviser to Trump's transition team told Reuters on Wednesday.

The State Bank of Vietnam announced they intend to restructure five banks this year.

More challenges and difficulties will face the local economy in 2017, said Nguyen Duc Thanh, head of the Vietnam Institute for Economics and Policy Research.