VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam has been ranked 8th in the fastest-growing destinations for American travelers in 2016, based on sales data from leading travel insurance comparison site Squaremouth.

Police officer Trần Anh Tuấn spends every Friday evening teaching visually impaired students from the Nguyễn Đình Chiều High School for the Blind to play the guitar. Thanks to his dedication and the beautiful sounds of the instrument, many

On the sidelines of the main APEC summit events being held in Lima this week, President Tran Dai Quang met with a group of top Peruvian business leaders on November 18 to discuss the importance of collaboration to bolster

Vietnam has some of the best university-based teacher training programs in the world, said Deputy Minister Nguyen Minh Hien of the Ministry of Education of Training at a recent forum in Hanoi.

The World Health Organization on November 20 declared that Zika no longer constitutes an international emergency, but it stressed a need for a long-term effort to address the virus, which has been linked to birth defects and neurological complications.

Vietnamese top swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien entered the final of women’s 200 m freestyle at the Asian Swimming Championship 2016 in Japan on November 18.

The US Agency for International Development will fund a US$10 million project on preserving rare species through reducing demand for illegal wildlife products.

An official from the EU Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has suggested several policies on health care and education to develop vocational skills for rural workers in Vietnam at a recent workshop in Hanoi.

Health officials in HCM City have been instructed to take serious measures against the Zika virus in wards and communes that have had no reported Zika cases.

The mass of "space junk" orbiting the Earth poses a serious threat to future exploration, a British scientist said on Friday at the launch of a project to raise awareness of the issue.

A family in Ha Tinh Province is calling for financial support to save their small son who is suffering from heart defect.

With 84.58% of approval votes, the 14th National Assembly passed a Law on Belief and Religion in the second session’s November 18 sitting.

A new initiative to catalyse tourism sector growth in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam has been launched.

State President Tran Dai Quang, his spouse, and the high-ranking delegation arrived in Lima, Peru on the afternoon of November 17 (local time) to attend the 24th High-level Week of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum.

Three police officers have been suspended after being criticised for not stopping the illegal dumping of waste by a vessel in the Red River.

Vietnam has successfully performed nearly 1,400 organ transplant surgeries over the past 20 years, said Le Quang Cuong, Deputy Minister of Health.

The school walls have a fresh coat of paint and classrooms are crammed, but it will take longer to undo the damage done to thousands of Iraqi children who lived under Islamic State for more than two years.

A sudden explosion at a power substation in Hanoi’s Ha Dong District killed one and injured four others.

Fitch Ratings has released a report forecasting that Vietnamese banks are set to improve gradually next year.