VIETNAM TODAY

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines opened its general sales office in Prague, the Czech Republic on December 14 in a move to expand its foothold in the country.

Six people have been killed and two others injured in a house fire in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday morning according to the municipal fire department.

Growers in Hanoi's Nhat Tan Ward are busy cultivating their peach trees for Tet Holiday.

Two Vietnamese towns, Da Lat in Lam Dong province and Sa Pa in Lao cai province, have entered the new list of the top 10 rising destinations in Asia in 2017 by popular travel booking site Trip Advisor.

The CLMV (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam) group represents nascent potential merger and acquisition (M&A) opportunities in the region, with frontier Vietnam serving as a gateway into the group as it seeks an upgrade to emerging market status, according

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has tightened control over overseas trips by leaders of its groups and corporations, particularly those from Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group.

The PM has approved the foreign language press system plan till 2020, with a vision to 2030.

Vietjet Air has announced it will launch a new route connecting Hanoi with Siem Reap in Cambodia from March 30, 2017.

Revellers in Hanoi are to be treated to Lunar New Year’s Eve fireworks displays at 30 venues in the city’s centre and rural neighbourhoods, the municipal government has announced.

Japan's Shinnyo-en Buddhist organisation have donated more than USD27,000 through the Vietnam Fund for Study Promotion to help poor students and improve education facilities at remote areas in 2016.

World Wild Fund for Nature and Vietnamese nature authorities on Wednesday kicked off an emergency project to protect the biggest herd of elephants in the country from extinction.

A seminar was held in Hanoi to review the Sustainable Management of the HIV/AIDS Response and Transition to Technical Assistance Project, funded under the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.

The British and Australian Embassies in Vietnam officially opened their visa application centre for Vietnamese nationals in the central province of Da Nang on December 13.

With the previous four consecutive victories without conceding any goals, title favourites Thailand proved their strength at the AFF Suzuki Cup 2016 and quickly took a 1-0 lead against the hosts in the final’s first leg at Pakansari Stadium

Vietnam is among the world's top countries in terms of population ageing and the country is seeking ways to encourage couples to have more children, an official said.

Vietnam's rice exports have sharply fallen to a seven-year record low because of weak abilities, according to a new report by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The water discharge from some hydropower plants in Thua-Thien Hue Province has led to serious flooding in many local areas, including Hue City.

Vietnam’s macroeconomic stability and resilient economic growth will continue to support the bank’s weak credit profile, but high credit growth and unresolved bad debts might turn the outlook into a negative, a report by Moody’s said.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet at a hot spring resort on Thursday seeking progress on a territorial row that has prevented their countries from signing a peace treaty formally ending World War Two.