VIETNAM TODAY

The average life-span of Vietnamese people has reached 75.6 which is the second highest in Southeast Asia according to the latest survey by the World Economic Forum.

Big cities like Hanoi and HCM City and localities home to many industrial production activities such as Viet Tri still face high air pollution.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan joined other ASEAN parliamentarians at the executive committee meeting of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) in Nay Pyi Taw on September 30.

DTiNews has transferred nearly VND385m (USD17,500) donated by readers to help a father from the San Chi ethnic group in Bac Giang Province who only has VND40,000 left to admit his son to hospital.

More than 1.16 million people were unemployed in the third quarter of this year, 40,000 more than those in the second quarter, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO).

Vietnam's GDP growth rate in the first nine months recorded a 5.93% growth and upward trajectory. However, this rate is still lower than the 6.53% of last year due to mass fish deaths in the central region.

Chinese police on Thursday arrested a suspect in a killing spree that left 19 people dead in a village in the southwestern province of Yunnan, authorities said.

Scientists and environmentalists have highly rated the microbiological method of the Republic of Korea to detoxify soil contaminated with Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin sprayed by the US during the war in Vietnam.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has allocated compensation levels for the four central provinces hit by the recent mass fish deaths caused by pollution from the Formosa Ha Tinh plant.

Two bears which were illegally held in captivity in An Giang Province have been sent to a rescue centre, making An Giang the next locality in Vietnam to officially put an end to bear farming.

Work on the Forgotten Land sand statue park has begun in Phan Thiet city in Binh Thuan Province, aiming to offer a new tourism product.

As Vietnam’s property market attracts increased international attention, more foreign property portals are being set up to fill in a gap.

Vo Van Hoan, chief of office at the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has confirmed that the foul odour affecting several districts since late August comes from the Da Phuoc Waste Treatment Complex.

There have been 2,919 road accidents in HCM City this year in which 607 died and 2,377 others were injured, the Department of Transport reported.

A couple in Kien Giang Province is facing various difficulties in raising their grandchildren and treating ill daughter.

U.S. health officials are advising pregnant women to postpone travel to 11 countries in Southeast Asia because of Zika outbreaks in the region.

An international seminar on the development of eco-industrial zones in Vietnam was held by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MoPI), in collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), in Hoi An City, the central province of

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called on Vietnam and the Philippines to tap their potential for trade and investment ties to match with the strategic partnership.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte affirmed that his country attaches importance to strengthening the all-round relations and expects to further deepen the strategic partnership with Vietnam.