VIETNAM TODAY

Australian Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pham Binh Minh on Wednesday signed the Plan of Action 2016-2019.

Vietnam will face a huge budget deficit in health services for people with HIV/AIDS in the next five years, an official from the HIV/AIDS Prevention Agency said.

Chairmen of communes, wards and towns can levy fines from VND1m (USD44) to VND3m for urination in public places.

Deputy Director of Hanoi's Transport Department Ha Huy Quang said that the city will put its first bus rapid transit route into operation on December 15 this year.

Many pregnant women in HCM City have visited local hospitals following fears over the Zika virus as the city has seen a sharp increase in number of people infected.

Vietnamese-American singer Khánh Ly will stage her first live show in HCM City this Friday, after leaving Vietnam 41 years ago to settle in the US.

Red tide has been blamed for the death of over 10 tonnes of fish in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa according to a report by local authorities released Tuesday.

Two Vietnamese women scientists were honoured at the 2016 L’Oreal for Women in Science Awards.

Earlier this month, the 48thTOP500 list of the world’s fastest supercomputers revealed that China and the US once again dominated the results. The Asian country’s Sunway TaihuLight machine continues to hold the number one position with a Linpack benchmark

The government has given in principle approval for Vietstar Airlines to provide passenger and cargo transport services.

Vietnam resolutely opposes Taiwan deploying a drill on November 28 in Ba Binh area belonging to Vietnam’s Truong Sa archipelago, said Spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry Le Hai Binh.

The museum of the northern province of Quang Ninh has cooperated with the History Faculty of the Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities to excavate two ancient tombs dating back from 1,800-2,000 years.

Thailand’s national assembly will invite Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn to take the throne, it announced on Tuesday (Nov 29), ending weeks of uncertainty that has lingered since his father died on Oct 13.

Australia’s Ambassador to Vietnam, Craig Chittick, and Consul-General, Karen Lanyon, are on a visit to the Mekong Delta from 27 November to 1 December 2016.

Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and a delegation from the Vietnamese Party and State laid a wreath in tribute to Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro at the Jose Marti Memorial in Havana right upon

A roadside bomb in the southern Philippines on Tuesday wounded seven members of the president's security team, a day ahead of his planned visit to an area gripped by intense fighting between Islamist militants and government troops.

Torrential rainfall triggered by the storm Tokage, measuring 200-400mm, is predicted to hit the central coastal provinces stretching from Đà Nẵng to Khánh Hòa between Wednesday and Friday.

On December 6, Vietnam's largest brewer Saigon Alcohol, Beer and Beverage Corporation (Sabeco) will be officially listed on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange, eight years after its initial public offering in January 2008.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed to send VND115bn to support 10 provinces which have been heavily damaged in recent floods and storm.