VIETNAM TODAY

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc held phone talks with US President-elect Donald Trump on December 12.

President Tran Dai Quang held a meeting on December 14 with a delegation of 23 representatives from the Liaison Committee of Vietnamese Veteran Experts Assisting the Cambodian Revolution on the 38th anniversary of the day Vietnam’s volunteer army and

Hoi An City and Thai-owned Index Living Mall will jointly organise the Light Festival to welcome 2017, the Year of the Rooster.

The environment in the country is “good” for the modernisation of technical and professional training, a project director of the Vietnamese Skills for Employment Programme (VSEP) has said.

Police in HCM City is investigating a robbery of two valuable diamonds at a local shop.

Many areas in the tourist city of Nha Trang in the coastal Khanh Hoa Province were submerged by floods on Tuesday.

Tax incentives have not contributed much to increase investment or economic growth in Vietnam, according to the latest Oxfam report released on December 12.

The country’s leading researchers gathered yesterday in Thừa Thiên Huế Province to present old documents issued by the Europeans, which were proof of Việt Nam’s sovereignty over the Paracel (Hoàng Sa) archipelago.

Unemployment may rise because of the high numbers of unskilled workers and increased industrial automation.

While violence in school is always criticised, a teacher in Hanoi has instead been treated with sympathy for her drastic solution to disruptive pupils.

Civilians and rebel fighters were to start evacuating from Syria's Aleppo Wednesday under a deal that would end years of opposition resistance in the city.

Vietnamese officials underlined the importance of border and territorial issues to relations between Vietnam and China at the two countries’ governmental-level negotiation on borders and territory in Beijing, China from December 12-13.

The HCM City People’s Committee has announced a plan for firework displays to celebrate the New Year and Lunar New Year-Tet Holiday.

At least 10 people were killed when Cyclone Vardah slammed into the southern Indian tech hub of Chennai, bringing down houses and cutting off the electricity supply, authorities said Tuesday.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has reported that the Dung Quat Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. faces high risk of bankruptcy due to big losses.

A couple in Dak Lak Province are calling for financial support to treat their two children who are struggling with autism and heart disease.

The Vietnam Directorate of Fisheries and the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers jointly launched a training course on protecting dolphins during fishing tuna in Phu Yen province.

Vietnam pursues a consistent policy of treating all investors, both domestic and foreign ones, equally, President Tran Dai Quang told Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem – Group Chairman and CEO of the UAE’s DP World, on December 13.

The six Hanoian students who represented Vietnam at the thirteenth International Junior Science Olympiad in Bali, Indonesia from December 3-10, won a total of six medals, the city’s Department of Education has announced.