VIETNAM TODAY

Ireland will work to push the Việt Nam-European Union free trade agreement, the Irish Ambassador to Việt Nam, Cait Moran, told Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc at a meeting yesterday.

Monday nights feel like Saturdays in Rio's Little Africa neighborhood when the sun sets and the samba starts to play.

Thousands of families in the south-central province of Binh Dinh are in desperate need of food after being hit by four floods in a month.

The government has approved the scheme to build special economic zones in Quang Ninh, Khanh Hoa and Kien Giang provinces.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will seek the government’s approval for the recognition of Tuyen Lam Lake tourist site in Lam Dong Province to become the country’s first nationally-graded tourist site.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told the United States on Saturday to prepare for repeal of an agreement on deployment of troops and equipment for exercises, declaring "bye-bye America", and we don't need your money.

Vietnam has witnessed a strong wave of migration within the country over the past three decades, as reported at a workshop held by the United Nations Population Fund and the General Statistics Office.

Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung has allowed Quang Ninh Province to decide on the investment and construction of the Van Don-Mong Cai Expressway.

A special exhibition featuring Vietnam’s national treasures will take place at the Vietnam National Museum of History for five months from January to May 2017.

Vietnam protests against all activities that encroach upon the country’s sovereignty, militarize and threaten peace, stability, security, safety and freedom of navigation and aviation in the East Sea, said Vietnamese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh.

The Vietnam U20 squad will fly to Germany to attend a long-term training camp to prepare for the FIFA U20 World Cup set to transpire in the Republic of Korea next year.

The Government is developing guidelines enabling People’s Committees of districts and provinces to sue polluters, Pham Van Loi, head of the Environmental Study Institute under the Vietnam Environment Administration, said at a recent conference on sustainable development.

Indonesia on December 15 handed over to Vietnam 39 fishermen who were arrested for illegal fishing in Indonesia’s waters.

State President Tran Dai Quang hosted a reception for new World Bank (WB) Country Director in Vietnam Ousmane Dione on December 15 in Hanoi.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent a commendation letter to teachers at a kindergarten in Phu Yen who risked their lives saving 15 children in a flash flood.

Japan and Russia on Friday struck economic deals to build confidence towards a peace treaty to formally end World War II that has been prevented by a spat over Russian-occupied islands claimed by Tokyo.

A farmer in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has succeeded in training his snakeheads to jump high out of water. His fish have attracted many visitors.

The Ministry of Public Security said it had found two men suspected of spreading currency revaluation rumours.

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen is due to make an official visit to Vietnam from December 20-21 at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, according to Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.