VIETNAM TODAY

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed in principle to deploy a pilot service for carrying tourists on double-decker open-top buses in seven cities and provinces to develop tourism.

Home-brewed toxic rice wine is believed to have killed 10 people and hospitalised 50 others from a Cambodian village in recent weeks, officials said Thursday (Dec 8).

"Tape Art Collective Berlin", a group of young German artists based in Berlin, will visit Vietnam and introduce, exchange their art performances in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi from December 11 to 18.

FIFA chief Gianni Infantino has said Asian countries backed his plan to expand the World Cup to 48 teams - and added that up to three countries should be allowed to co-host the tournament.

An Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation dialogue with businesses was held in Hanoi on late December 8 under the theme “Creating New Dynamism for Growth and Integration.”

The Party Central Committee’s Secretariat has decided punishments on some officials for violations related to Trinh Xuan Thanh, former Vice Chairman of the Hau Giang provincial People’s Committee.

People forced to leave their homes because of climate change in South Asia should get the same protections given to political refugees, advocates said on Thursday.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will send experts from the French Viola Group to the central region to inspect the quality of Formosa’s waste and sewage treatment equipment from December 12.

Dong Nai Forest Protection Department on Monday announced that ultrasound results by Thai experts showed that the elephant had been pregnant for nine months.

All countries, regardless of big or small, must have goodwill and responsibility to comply with regulations in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982 UNCLOS), Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga has said at a

The European Union (EU) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Training launched a project on employability for graduates yesterday in Hanoi.

Nearly 350 families in Dong Binh Village have been isolated for the last few days after a new flood in Quang Nam Province damaged a bridge and the only road to the outside.

Vietnam is exerting efforts to improve the business climate and welcomes all ASEAN and international enterprises which have chosen the country as a trusted and attractive investment destination.

The International U21 Football Tournament is scheduled to kick off on December 18 in HCM City’s Thống Nhất Stadium.

BRG Group and Sumitomo Corporation have held a signing ceremony for cooperation memorandum of understanding as strategic partners in order to collaborate in real estate and retail.

Thai authorities have ordered a controversial Buddhist temple to suspend its 24-hour TV channel, as police redouble efforts to arrest the spiritual leader of the scandal-hit sect.

Waste water from households and forest product facilities are destroying the Ma River in Thanh Hoa Province and threatening the livelihoods of local people.

Vietnamese police has arrested a man on December 7 who is accused of being involved in the physical abuse of a small child in Cambodia.

At the November cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc announced a ban on government officials and civil servants offering gifts to their superiors during the Lunar New Year, or Tet.