VIETNAM TODAY

Information technology has the highest competitive salary in Vietnam according to the latest report from jobs website VietnamWorks.

Three British-born scientists won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for revealing unusual states of matter, leading to advances in electronics that could aid researchers trying to develop quantum computers.

Soon after the Ministry of Education and Training proposed that Chinese and Russian be taught as first foreign languages from next year, a controversial discussion followed.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requested all-out efforts to achieve 6.3-6.5 percent growth this year during a monthly Government meeting in Hanoi on October 3.

A Malaysian military helicopter crashed into a school Tuesday in a rural area on Borneo island, injuring at least 23 people including students, authorities said.

A large bomb has just been found by a family in the central highlands province of Lam Dong when constructing the foundation of their house.

This month’s first tropical low-pressure system, forming over the southern part of the Hoàng Sa (Paracel) Archipelago, is predicted to bring strong winds, torrential rainfall and whirlwinds from the sea.

Over 200 tonnes of dead fish have been recovered from West Lake. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged Hanoi authorities to find out the cause of the incident.

A major fire razed a one-floor house on Nguyễn Văn Quá Street in HCM City’s District 12 and killed three members of a family at about 3am this morning.

Vietnam’s total import–export revenue has been estimated at US$253.65 billion for the first nine months of the year, according to statistics from the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

A series of trucks have been dumping waste mud into the Red River in Hanoi.

Growing trees under Cat Linh-Ha Dong elevated metro line in Hanoi has raised public concern that it could affect the railway and traffic.

Investigators have found a suicide note from the passenger in the taxi that exploded in Quang Ninh Province, revealing the cause for the explosion that killed two people on October 3.

The Prime Minister has approved the general master plan for the development for the Sapa National Tourism Area in northern Lao Cai province to 2030, with a goal of developing unique and high-quality tourism products and attracting 5.2 million visitors.

Namibia and Zimbabwe failed on Monday to convince a U.N. body that they should be allowed to export elephant ivory, while Swaziland lost a bid to sell rhino horn - moves they all argued would protect the animals rather

China’s election of deputies to the People’s Congress in the so-called Sansha city illegally built by the country and the illegal patrol in the Paracel archipelago area is a serious violation of Vietnam’s sovereignty, an official said.

Japanese biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discovering and elucidating a key mechanism in our body’s defense system that involves degrading and recycling parts of cells.

A series of policies on people’s welfare shall come into effect in September such as responsibilities of ministers, rewards for sports athletes with high records, and higher allowance for former soldiers.

The Việt Nam Mountain Bike Marathon, the country’s toughest mountain bike stage race, is scheduled to kick off on November 4-6 in Sa Pa in northern mountainous Lào Cai Province.