VIETNAM TODAY

China has reported at least seven cases of bird flu in humans across the country this month, including two deaths, as authorities take steps to guard against an outbreak.

The Ministry of Health has announced its 10 most outstanding events for the year.

Eleven seafood processing firms in Ba Ria-Vung Tau have accepted a ruling that will see them pay USD666,600 in compensation to local households following toxic waste discharge which caused fish deaths.

The People’s Court in the capital city of Hanoi yesterday gave seven death penalties and several prison sentences to an 18-member inter-provincial drug trafficking ring after a trial lasting three days.

Vietnam’s real estate market will continue to see stable development in the apartment segment with abundant supply in 2017, a conference in Hanoi on December 20 heard.

Vice Chairman of Hanoi Department of Planning and Architecture Dao Ngoc Nghiem said that it will be impossible for Hanoi to ease traffic congestion without developing public transport.

The Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha has blamed the El Nino phenomenon for the recent inaccurate weather forecast reports.

Vietnam has expressed its hope that SOS Children’s Villages International will provide more assistance for underprivileged children in the country.

Vietnamese and Russian scientists met in a conference in Nha Trang city in the south central province of Khanh Hoa on December 22 to review their one-month voyage to survey marine biodiversity in the sea of Vietnam’s central region.

An apartment block in Hanoi has applied very high parking fees for cars, sparking angry protests from drivers.

Hong Kong-based China Everbright International Limited (Everbright) has received the investment certificate to develop the first waste-to-energy plant in the Mekong Delta region in general and the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho in particular.

The number of newly-established firms set a record in 2016, reflecting improvement in business confidence, following the Government’s efforts to boost reform.

China's armed forces will carry out secret inspections over the new year holidays, both Western and lunar, to ensure orders against corruption are being followed, the defense ministry said on Thursday.

Prof. Dr. Pham Van Thuc, Rector of the Hai Phong University of Medicine and Pharmacy, has become the first Vietnamese people to receive the “academician” title at the French National Academy of Medicine.

Cambodian officials have seized 1.5 tonnes of illegal ivory and animal parts hidden in a timber shipment from Mozambique that was destined for China, a wildlife charity and an official said on Thursday.

Danang Party Secretary Nguyen Xuan Anh said the plan to build the tunnel beneath the Han River had been agreed long ago and was now even more necessary.

CNN Travel recently posted an article on their website in which they promoted travel to Vietnam and what they referred to as five ideal tropical paradises. Here are the photos and locations they touted.

Vietnam won the men’s team title at the Southeast Asia Table Tennis Championships 2016 in Indonesia on December 21.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday signed an agreement to provide transaction advisory services to the Ministry of Transport (MOT) for Ho Chi Minh City Third Ring Road project.