VIETNAM TODAY

At least six workers have been killed in a coal mine accident in eastern India, and police said Friday that 17 others could remain trapped in the mine.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked for completion of the general planning for Tan Son Nhat International Airport expansion project.

The Asia institute of City Management, which had commissioned a yearlong study on Danang, announced that the budding coastal city is the most liveable place in Vietnam.

As soon as China abandoned its one-child policy a year ago, Zheng Xiaoyu and her husband started trying for a sibling for their nine-year-old son.

Nearly 87,000 international holiday-makers visited tourist sites in the central province of Thua Thien–Hue in 2016 or nearly 10% year-on-year through Chan May port by cruise ships.

Some 2.5 million people living in suburban areas in Hanoi do not yet have access to tap water, the city’s Centre for Clean Water and Rural Environmental Hygiene has revealed.

HCM City People's Committee announced its top 10 events in 2016 according to the city's and central press agencies.

The Vietnam Football Federation has been fined USD38,000 after local football fans threw stones through the windows of a bus carrying the Indonesian football squad to their hotel in Hanoi earlier this month.

DTiNews has transferred over VND100m (USD4,400) from readers to support heart surgery for a three-month-old baby in Dak Lak Province.

Vietnam shipped around 1.79 million tonnes of coffee abroad in 2016, raking in revenue of US$3.36 billion, up 33.6% in the volume and 25.6% in value compared to the previous year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

As many as 300 outstanding artworks reflecting typical characteristics and styles by over 160 artists across the nation will be presented at the Domino Art Fair 2017, the largest of its kind ever.

Many serious environmental pollution cases were uncovered and strictly handled in 2016, the Vietnam Environment Administration said.

Despite tightened control over overloaded vehicles, the problem continues to plague Hanoi’s streets especially with increased deliveries as the Lunar New Year approaches.

Companies running 605 Chinese coal-fired power plants have been fined a total of 328 million yuan ($47 million) by the country's economic planning agency for breaching environmental rules and falsifying data to claim green subsidies.

The Thang Long–Hanoi Heritage Conservation Centre has just organised a symposium to announce a preliminary report on excavation results at the Kinh Thien Palace site in Thang Long Royal Citadel.

Syria's army said Thursday it would halt all military operations from midnight after Russia announced rebels and the regime had signed a ceasefire agreement.

The police force has stamped out more than 1,000 criminal rings that operated under the cover of businesses in 2016.

The central city of Đà Nẵng will commence construction on a tunnel under the Hàn River – the first of its kind in the city and the central region – in 2018 following a final decision taken at the

The CPI increased 0.23 per cent in December compared to November and 4.74 per cent year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office.