VIETNAM TODAY

Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro died late Friday in Havana aged 90, his brother, President Raul Castro, announced on national television.

Truyen Kieu (The Tale of Kieu), a masterpiece written by Vietnamese poet Nguyen Du in the late 18th century, has provided a wealth of inspiration for playwrights.

The central city’s education and training department will launch free open-air libraries at 102 primary schools for all students and local residents next month.

Freakishly high temperatures in the Arctic driven by heat-packed oceans and northward winds have been reinforced by a "vicious circle" of climate change, scientists said Thursday.

Two people have been injured when a passenger bus was attacked by people throwing stones on a road in the central highlands province of Lam Dong.

Amidst the complicated changes currently taking place in the world, the special solidarity between Vietnam and Laos is more important than ever to both countries, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has remarked.

More than 9 million foreign tourists have come to Vietnam so far this year—a 25.4% year-on-year increase exceeding the target of 8.5 million for 2016, the General Statistics Office has announced.

Formed in Paris in 2011, the rock band Grand Blanc, whose music is heavily influenced by the 80s new wave sound from bands like Joy Division and The Cure, will perform on December 3 at the Youth Theatre in Hanoi.

State President Tran Dai Quang led a Vietnamese delegation to partake in the 16th Francophone Summit in Antananarivo, Madagascar

More than 1,200 Chinese nationals allegedly working illegally for a call center-like operation suspected to be a front for online gambling have been arrested at a resort and casino complex north of Manila, the Philippine immigration chief said Friday.

The State Bank of Vietnam has reassured the market that foreign currency exchange remains under control and that solutions will be applied if needed.

Authorities in HCM City have seized 619 kilos of ivory illegally imported from Africa at the city's Cat Lai Port.

Some 348 families have been reunited with their relatives over the past 30 years under the Reestablishment of Family Links programme in HCM City.

Vietnam has set a target to halve the number of injuries caused by road traffic accidents by 2020 compared to 2010, an official said.

Vietnam and Russia pledged to embark on projects in the fields of energy, industry, and mechanical engineering during the visit to the country by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh.

The northern province of Quang Ninh is moving to develop the quality of tourism services on Ha Long Bay – a natural world heritage site.

A knife-wielding man wounded at least six children outside a primary school in northwestern China on Friday, state media said, in the country's latest mass knifing attack.

Thousands of households are living in temporary and dilapidated houses near Saigon River in HCM City.

Some 300 urban areas will be badly affected in future as Vietnam is in the top five most vulnerable countries to climate change according to a conference held in Hanoi.