VIETNAM TODAY

The Communications and Education sector needs to strengthen the management of press and publications and define the responsibilities of press agencies in preventing “self-evolution” and “self-transformation”.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hoà Bình has ordered that phase 1 of sea pollution compensation disbursement must be complete before Tết.

China has passed a law that levies taxes on pollution, but ignores carbon dioxide, one of the major contributors to global warming, according to the web site of the country's highest legislative body.

Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh has agreed in principle to build an underground shopping centre in downtown HCM City along side the city’s first metro line project.

Tens of billions has been spent on building dykes and embankments to protect Cua Dai Beach in Hoi An Town, Quang Nam Province from coastal erosion, but the situation has worsened.

The flyover at the O Dong Mac-Nguyen Khoai crossroad in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem District was opened to traffic this morning after seven months of construction.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade confirmed that former minister Vu Huy Hoang's son, Vu Quang Hai resigned from Saigon Alcohol Beer and Beverages Corporation's management board.

Hanoi city authorities will attempt to enforce a code of conduct that includes a ban on civil servants having tattoos.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has lauded the northern mountainous province of Thai Nguyen’s optimal conditions for tourism development, particularly Nui Coc lake and tea culture.

A couple in Nghe An Province are calling for help to treat their children who are both suffering from beta-thalassemia.

A powerful typhoon left three dead and threatened to bring heavy rains and winds to the heavily-populated Philippine capital as it dragged its way across the archipelago on Monday, spoiling the Christmas holidays.

Vehicles can be fined ranging from USD38 to USD57 if caught going into the bus lane on the Bus Rapid Transit corridor which is planned to operate from January 1.

It's not the fault of the Ministry of Education and Training in the high number of university graduates being unable to find a job recently, according to a local education expert.

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Skills Internship Programme was signed on December 24 in Tokyo between Vietnam’s Ministry of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs and IM Japan – the Japanese international human resources training agency.

Vietnam welcomed its 10 millionth annual foreign visitor for the first time on December 25 at Phu Quoc International Airport off the coast of the Mekong Delta’s Kien Giang province.

The first Snow Festival opened in Sapa town in the northern province of Lao Cai as an event to celebrate Christmas Day and New Year 2017.

A powerful typhoon is on its way to slam into the eastern Philippines on Christmas Day as officials struggled to divert people's attention from family celebrations and travel. A provincial governor offered roasted pigs to entice villagers to move

Vinpearl Can Tho Hotel, the first five-star hotel in Can Tho city, has just been inaugurated, becoming the tallest building in the Mekong Delta region.