VIETNAM TODAY

HCM City Police is investigating into two smuggling cases of over two tonnes of ivory from Africa to Cat Lai Port.

A train crashed into a car early this morning in Hanoi’s Thuong Tin District, causing six deaths.

A sparkling page was written in the history of Vietnamese football when the country’s U-19 team slipped past Bahrain 1-0 on the night of October 23, making its way through to the semifinals of the 2016 AFC U-19 Championship,

HCM City has begun the second phase of an environmental sanitation project at a cost of more than US$524 million, city authorities announced.

Deputy PM Truong Hoa Binh has just asked the Ministry of Public Security and authorities in Dak Nong Province to investigate a shooting which killed three forest rangers in the area on Sunday.

The most senior U.S. diplomat for Asia has arrived in the Philippines and will meet the country's foreign minister on Monday amid confusion over the status of ties between the two long-time allies, said the U.S. embassy in Manila.

An exchange programme was held in the northern city of Hai Phong on October 22 to mark 55th anniversary of the opening of the Ho Chi Minh Sea Trail (October 23, 1961-2016).

A range of activities have been organised at the exhibition house No. 45 Trang Tien street, Hanoi, from October 22-25 to raise funds for Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh on Sunday inspected the National Convention Center – the venue for upcoming regional summits scheduled take place in Hanoi from October 24-26.

Up to 27 projects of seven State corporations are listed in the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s directive as being liable to cause environmental pollution.

Most farmers in the country will enjoy either full exemptions or a 50-per cent reduction in annual agricultural land use tax from 2017, according to a draft proposal on agriculture land use tax.

The ASEAN Football Federation has announced that the 13th ASEAN Futsal Championship will be cancelled as no suitable host country is found.

Apple is battling to gain a foothold in Indonesia after nationalistic regulations hit the US tech giant's efforts to compete in the booming emerging market against Samsung and other rivals.

The government is planning to remove tuition fees for ethnic minority preschoolers and secondary school students, the annual government conference held recently heard.

The BRG Group and Sanrio Wave Hong Kong, which owns the world famous Hello Kitty character, has signed a memorandum of understanding to develop the Hello Kitty Park in Hanoi, the first internationally-branded park in Vietnam.

The 2016 Japanese Film Festival is scheduled to take place from October 28 to November 27 in Hanoi, Danang and Ho Chi Minh City, featuring eight films of different genres.

HCM City police must crack down on gangs using deadly weapons and street robbery, Senior Lieutenant General Tô Lâm, Member of the Politburo and Minister of Public Security said.

Domestic software developers are expecting that North America will become the second market for Vietnamese outsourcing companies, after Japan.

UN peacekeeping operations play an important role in preserving international peace and security, helping create a peaceful and stable environment for development, affirmed the head of the Vietnam Mission to the United Nations.