VIETNAM TODAY

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a new partnership strategy for Vietnam to support the country’s recently launched Socio-Economic Development Plan for 2016-2020 by fostering more inclusive and environmentally sustainable growth.

Vietnam is the 11th biggest remittance recipient worldwide and third in the Asia in 2015, according to the World Bank.

The mosquito-borne virus has been detected in 70 countries worldwide including at least 19 countries in the Asia Pacific region, said WHO director for health security and emergencies Li Ailan.

Lý Hoàng Nam jumped 18 spots to world No 683 in the latest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) men’s singles rankings, announced yesterday.

Police in Thailand on Tuesday said they have increased security at major landmarks in the capital Bangkok, at airports and in surrounding provinces following reports of bomb plots just weeks after deadly attacks rocked the country's south.

The water levels of Cuu Long and Sai Gon rivers are forecasted to rise sharply in the coming days, which may cause yet more serious flooding for HCM City.

A taxi firm in the southern province of Kien Giang’s Rach Gia City has co-operated with local restaurants to take their drunken customers home for free.

The central city of Da Nang has opposed China’s organisation of an election for the so-called Sansha city in the East Sea.

Lý Sơn Island is becoming an attractive destination for domestic and foreign visitors because of its unique natural landscape.

With the gearing-up of investments by large property developers on Phu Quoc Island this year, coupled with the expected entering of global hotels and resorts brands, the "paradise pearl island" will promote the development of the resort property market

Director Dang Nhat Minh, former chairman of the Vietnam Cinema Association, Doctor Nguyen Quang Tuan, director of the Hanoi Heart Hospital, Ta Thi Ngoc Thanh, vice chairwoman of the Dich Vong Hau Ward's Association for Encouraging Study in Cau

British-born Oliver Hart and Finland's Bengt Holmstrom won the Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for work that addresses a host of questions from how best to reward executives to whether schools and prisons should be privately owned.

A series of multi-storey buildings built by local villagers and packed with migrant workers collapsed in China on Monday, killing at least 17 people, the government and reports said.

Vietnam wants to further the traditional friendship and cooperation with Sri Lanka, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam told Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on their sideline meeting at the second Asia Cooperation Dialogue Summit that commenced in Bangkok

DTiNews readers have donated over VND82m (USD3,700) to help a mother in Hai Duong Province whose sons are both severely injured following traffic accidents.

More than 500 households living along the banks of the Bồ River in central Thừa Thiên-Huế have been threatened by serious landslides.

Vietnamese gymnasts scored resounding victories at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup 2016 in Hungary securing two gold medals in the men’s vault and parallel bars disciplines, and one bronze in the men’s rings event.

The Vietnam Electricity Group has just asked the National Power Transmission Corporation to stop work on a monument project which was intended to commemorate 250 workers who died while constructing the North-South 500kV transmission line.

As many as 173 Chinese steel enterprises were found to have violated the country's environmental rules during recent nationwide investigations into the industry, the environment ministry said on Monday.