VIETNAM TODAY

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has said it will remove 471 small and cascade hydropower plants from its master plan and reject another 213 potential projects over environmental and efficiency concerns.

The idea of taxing those owning multiple houses, in a bid to prevent speculation, is causing a stir over whether such a tax is feasible, and the impact it might have on the housing market.

Skygazers took to high-rise buildings, observatories and beaches around the world Monday to get a glimpse of the closest "supermoon" to Earth in almost seven decades, and snap dramatic pictures.

Despite the efforts to attract private sector investment into infrastructure projects, 50% of the investment are still sourced from the state budget and ODA loans, while drivers still suffer from high road tolls.

MobiFone’s latest financial report reveals that the official value of its investment in the Audio Visual Global JSC (AVG) was VND8.9 trillion ($400 million) and was the only investment it made in the first half of this year.

Transgender people and gay activists from across Indonesia have defied a wave of hatred against sexual minorities to crown a Miss Transgender at a national pageant held in absolute secrecy.

Tehran officials shut schools on Monday as the first of the winter's heavy pollution hit the Iranian capital.

Despite difficulties in its implementation, Vietnam is utterly resolute in its plan to scale up the number of facilities that provide voluntary and diversified services of treatment to 200,000 drug addicts by 2020.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam joined many young people on an event to clean up the area around Linh Dam Lake in Hanoi.

DTiNews' readers have helped build a house for a 9-year-old girl living with her grandparents in Thanh Hoa Province.

Vietnam was ranked 29th among Countries with the Top English Language Skills in the EF English Proficiency Index, compiled by EF Education First, a global language training company.

The Mekong Delta region is calling for investments to boost mechanisation in agriculture and improve its competitiveness.

In a big day for Vietnam’s up and coming technology startup ecosystem, Techfest 2016 brought together on Friday entrepreneurs, government officials, and others to talk about the future of tech in the country.

“At this point, Phu Quoc International Airport is in need of development. The forecast of 2020 shows that the number of visitors to the airport could be some 2.5-3 million, so a comprehensive extension is necessary,” Huynh Quang Hung,

The first National Action Month on Gender Equality and Prevention of Violence against Women and Girls has been launched, aimed at raising public awareness on violence and calling on the community.

A powerful earthquake struck New Zealand's South Island early Monday, killing at least two people, damaging buildings and infrastructure, and prompting warnings to people along the coast to move to higher ground to avoid possible tsunami waves.

Expatriates showed their high determination to work with Ho Chi Minh City's authorities and people in turning the city into a major centre of economics, trade, science and technology in Southeast Asia during the Conference of Overseas Vietnamese 2016.

Some four million men in Vietnam will have no chance of getting married by 2050 if the current imbalance in the nation’s sex ration persists, experts say.

Ba Be National Park will be the top priority in efforts of northern mountainous Bac Kan province to develop its tourism sector under its development plan for the 2016-2021 period and vision to 2030.