VIETNAM TODAY

Violations valued at over USD13.63m have been uncovered in the construction of the Ha Long-Van Don Expressway, Quang Ninh Province.

A seminar was held in Soc Trang Province to connect enterprises in the field of the environment in the Mekong River Delta Region and Japan’s Hiroshima Province.

The Philippines will ratify a global pact aimed at taming climate change, President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday, reversing his opposition to the historic United Nations agreement he previously dubbed "crazy

The National Assembly on Monday approved the Resolution on socio-economic development plan for 2017 with the growth rate of around 6.7%.

President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the cancellation on Monday of Philippine's purchase of police rifles from the United States, after U.S. senatorial aides said last month that Washington was halting the sale due to concerns about human rights violations.

The third Vietnam-China Youth Festival kicked off at the Huu Nghi (Friendship) International Border Gate in Vietnam’s northern province of Lang Son on November 7, bringing together thousands of young people from the two countries.

Irish President Michael D. Higgins affirmed that his country expects stronger ties with Vietnam which has an increasingly important role in Asia-Pacific during his talks with Vietnamese counterpart Tran Dai Quang on Monday.

15 people have been killed, 20 others injured and six are still missing from heavy rains and flooding in the central and Central Highlands regions.

The third night of the ongoing Vietnam International Week (VIFW) features the latest fashion collections, displaying the contrasting styles of the finest Áo Dài of Vietnam, the high life of Paris and the darker street scenes of inner city boys.

Thailand's rice committee announced new loan schemes worth $514 million on Monday to help rice growers struggling with falling prices as farmers of the grain become the new battleground between the junta and the opposition ahead of 2017 elections.

TUI Nordic, a charter airlines based in Stockholm, Sweden, has announced its plans and strategies for Phu Quoc island of southern Kien Giang province, for this winter and next year.

An electric fence has been put up at Dak Lak Elephant Conservation Centre to protect two wild elephants

Another cold spell will arrive in the northern region from November 8, with Hanoi's temperature set to fall to 17-20 Celsius.

Lobster farmers in the south-central province of Phu Yen are suffering huge financial losses after their stock died in the recent floods.

Vietnam plans to export chicken to Japan from next year and expand chicken export markets to other Asian countries in 2018, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has suggested the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam closely coordinate with relevant Vietnamese agencies to prepare for the upcoming visit to the Southeast Asian nation by Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has released a national land use rights plan for cities and provinces, the Ministry of National Defense, and the Ministry of Public Security.

Afghan Taliban militants have strengthened their grip on lucrative illegal mining operations in the north of the country, as security forces focus most of their efforts on battling the insurgency in the volatile south, officials said.

Trần Viết Bảo, a Vietnamese student studying at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, has won third prize in the under 25-year category at the Roma International Piano Competition.