VIETNAM TODAY

Authorities in Thanh Hoa Province has just given the go-ahead for Nghi Son Refinery to discharge waste water into the sea for six months to clean their pipes.

One person was killed and one remains missing after three days of rain caused floods and left many areas in Binh Dinh Province isolated.

Around 15 percent of Vietnam’s population – approximately 13.5 million ­people – suffer from 10 of the more common mental disorders, reveal statistics released recently.

Four people in a family were stabbed to death in the mountainous province of Ha Giang on Thursday according to local authorities.

Police say a fire has engulfed a factory manufacturing explosives in southern India and 15 workers are feared dead and another three injured.

An elderly woman in Gia Lai Province is calling for financial help to support her four small grandchildren after their father died and mother left them.

Denmark’s non-governmental organisation DDG is providing a non-refundable aid of nearly 1.29 million USD for phase II of a project on searching for and settling unexploded ordnance (UXO) in central Quang Nam province.

In its Information Technology Threat Evolution report for Q3 2016, Kaspersky Lab showed statistical records on the forms of cyber threats that the company had detected worldwide from data provided by its users. Malware, spamming, phishing, mobile threats and

The Ministry of Public Security is investigating into a case where workers at Ha Lam Coal JSC in Quang Ninh Province have accused company bosses of embezzling billions of VND by forcing employees to return bonus payments.

Hanoi used to be surrounded by attractive rivers, but now heavy pollution has seriously threatened river life.

China's northern Hebei province has issued its first "red alert" of the year for severe pollution, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday, the highest level alert for smog which will see factories suspended and cars pulled off

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Bui Van Ga has stressed that his ministry has not yet licenced any class providing training courses which allegedly help stimulate children's brains so that they can become more intelligent.

A series of policies on the function, tasks, right and organization of the Government Office, autonomy mechanism of the public units, sanctioning of securities- and securities market-related administrative violations and the ordinance on market management will take effect since

The State budget deficit in the first eleven months of this year stood at VND172.9 trillion ($7.6 billion), according to the latest figures from the General Statistics Office.

Eight photos taken by Vietnamese kids have won big prizes at the – Mitsubishi Asian Children's Enikki Festa 2015-2016 – competition, reports the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Thai police on Wednesday arrested three men suspected of planning bomb attacks at tourist suites in the capital, Bangkok, and nearby provinces, a top officer said.

Three containers holding illegally trafficked elephant tusks hidden inside timber logs weighing a total of one tonne were discovered on Tuesday at Cát Lái Port.

The plan to replace RON92 petrol with E5 bio-fuel is underway and is estimated to take effect from June next year.