VIETNAM TODAY

The fourth law enforcement Joint Management Group on People Smuggling meeting has been opened in Ho Chi Minh City, aiming at fostering regional co-operation and anti-people smuggling efforts across Asia.

The eighth International Conference on the East Sea has just wrapped up in Nha Trang City, stressing the need to promote ASEAN’s central role in managing disputes in the East Sea.

Hoi An Town in the central province of Quang Nam will pilot the use of electric cars to transport tourists from January 1.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Defence Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich attended the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) Retreat in Vientiane, Laos, from November 15-17 at the invitation from the Lao Defence Ministry.

Thirty-nine Vietnamese fishermen arrested by Indonesia for illegal fishing were repatriated at the local Soekarno Hatta International Airport on November 15.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon voiced hope Tuesday that Donald Trump will "vary" his stance denying climate change as world leaders gathered in Morocco to keep a planetary rescue plan on track.

U.S. and Philippine special forces are set to start annual military exercises in a sign that such joint drills will continue despite vocal opposition by the Philippine president.

University curricula in Vietnam will be shortened by up to one year, according to a new framework of the country’s national education system recently approved by the Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

Five trade centers will be added to the plan for wholesale and retail networks in Hanoi by 2020 and vision to 2030 under Decision No. 6239 from the Hanoi People’s Committee.

On November 14, President Tran Dai Quang left Hanoi for an official visit to Cuba from November 15-17 at the invitation of President of the Cuban Council of State and Council of Ministers Raul Castro.

Vietnamese tennis star Ly Hoang Nam moved one step closer to becoming one of the world’s top 600 players after climbing ten places to 610th in the latest ATP singles rankings.

The year 2016 will "very likely" be the hottest on record, the UN said, warning of calamitous consequences if the march of global warming cannot be halted.

The Ministry of Finance has just asked the Vietnam Lottery Company to tighten their lottery sale activities after complaints from many traditional lottery companies in the southern region.

The Vietnam team bagged 24 medals, including seven gold medals, at the International Mathematics and Science Olympiad 2016 in Indonesia.

The Bà Nà Hills Golf Club in the central city has been named ‘Best New Golf Course in the World’ at the annual World Golf Awards ceremony in the Algarve, Portugal.

Many people gathered in public places in Hanoi and HCM City to see the so-called ‘supermoon’ as orbited Earth as close as it did in 1948.

HCM City authorities said they planned to submit a USD250m metro project link to Tan Son Nhat Aiport for approval and will start the construction in 2019 if things go smoothly.

The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has reported its first Zika virus infection.

The eighth International Conference on the East Sea (South China Sea), themed "Cooperation for Regional Security and Development," opened in the central coastal city of Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa Province on Monday.