VIETNAM TODAY

World powers raised $15 billion for Afghanistan on Wednesday to fund the country over the next four years, while the European Union said it won support to revive a stalled peace process after almost 40 years of conflict.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on October 5 started a three-day State-level visit to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Tran Dai Quang.

Members of the Standing Committee of the 14th National Assembly (NA) discussed a report on the NA’s supervision over the national target programme on new-style rural area building during their meeting on October 5.

Nearly 200 Vietnamese and international artists and musicians will join the second Asia–Europe New Music Festival and the 34th Festival and Conference of the Asia–Pacific Composers’ League, which will be held in Hanoi and Vinh Yen City in Vinh

As many as 100 car models by 13 domestic automobile makers like Chevrolet, Ford, Honda and Toyota went on display at the Vietnam Motor Show (VMS) 2016 that opened on October 5 in Hanoi.

A trio of European scientists has won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for developing molecular machines that could one day be injected to fight cancer or used to make new types of materials and energy storage devices.

Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung has directed several ministries to help Vietnam National Coal - Mineral Industries Holding Corporation deal with its losses and other difficulties.

Vietnam is participating in the fifty-sixth series of meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland, from October 3-11.

Vietnam Airlines opened a new modern domestic business Lotus Lounge at Noi Bai International Airport on October 4.

A diver has died after being stung in the chest by a stingray at a Singapore aquarium, the aquarium's owner said on Wednesday.

The water pipeline carrying fresh water from Đà River to Hanoi is facing issues again this week, forcing thousands of households to survive without fresh water for several days.

Many state-owned firms are being slow or avoiding their responsibility to publish their business results.

The death toll from two landslides last week in southeastern China following a major typhoon has risen to 16, with searchers finding the bodies of more people reported missing.

The inclusion of China’s yuan into the International Monetary Fund’s basket of reserve currencies last Saturday will impact finance across the globe, and Vietnam is no exception.

The Hanoi Municipal Emulation and Reward Council has just released the list of nine residents to receive the title of outstanding citizens this year.

Along with massive investment in newly-registered horseracing projects, numerous existing projects have yet to reach the construction phase-some are even facing the risk of being revoked due to long delays in construction.

A mother in Hanoi is in need of help to treat her daughter from plastic anaemia, a deficiency of all types of blood cells caused by failed bone marrow development.

Nearly 1,000 people from different forces and agencies have been mobilised to clean the West Lake following the death of up to 200 tonnes of fish.

Dozens of people have died of rabies since the beginning of the year, mostly due to low vaccination rates in dogs and cats.