VIETNAM TODAY

Hà Tĩnh Province’s People’s Committee has received the certificate recognising Phúc Giang School’s woodblocks as a UNESCO Documentary Heritage by Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific.

The Justice Department on Monday unsealed criminal charges against a China-based company and four of its executives for conspiring to evade U.S. economic sanctions that target North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles programs.

Vietnam was one of the most vulnerable countries to rising sea levels, said former prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines announced it will change schedules of 20 flights between Vietnam and Taiwan (China) on September 26 afternoon and September 27 due to typhoon Megi.

The 2016 Kawasaki Vietnam International Series is scheduled to kick off on September 28 in the northern province of Bac Ninh with the participation of nearly 200 badminton players from fifteen countries and territories around the world.

The IVS Boarding School is the first centre in Ho Chi Minh City to teenagers and those with gaming or internet addictions.

The Government of Viet Nam will create favorable conditions for the Ministries of Public Security to further cooperate, contributing to enhancing the two countries' Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership, said PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc at his reception for Chinese Minister

Prince William has announced he will visit Vietnam this November to attend a series of engagements close to his heart – wildlife conservation.

So far this year the State Bank of Vietnam has bought over 10 billion USD in foreign exchange, increasing the country’s reserves to a record high of more than 40 billion USD.

Many people have been complaining about the inconvenience of smart public toilets in the southern central coastal city of Nha Trang.

A farmer living near the Ho Citadel in Thanh Hoa Province unearthed a bronze drum estimated to be up to 2,500 years old while digging foundations for his house.

A family from Ha Nam Province are calling for help to prolong the father's life who is facing imminent death because of leukaemia.

The Philippines on Monday reported its first known case of a pregnant woman infected with the Zika virus that threatens unborn babies, as authorities warned people to avoid mosquitos.

It is very easy to see vehicles that carry bulky loads of goods, causing traffic chaos and potential dangers for people, particularly in big cities like Hanoi and HCM City.

The central city of Da Nang plans to decorate a 1.5km concrete sea dyke wall with paintings and ceramic mosaics from 2016-17, creating an art space and tourist attraction.

Vietnam's top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam was crowned champion at the men's singles event of the 2016 Vietnam F5 Men’s Futures tournament, after beating his Japanese rival Masato Shiga 2-0, in the final in the southern province of

The defence ministry and the Sông Thu Shipyard Corporation launched a multi-purpose vessel, CBS 8005, for the Vietnam Coast Guard Force at a ceremony yesterday.

Foreign arrivals to Vietnam reached 813,007 in September, bringing the total foreign travelers during the first nine months to 7,265,380 up 25.7% against last year’s corresponding period, reports the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO).

South Korean prosecutors have requested an arrest warrant for Lotte Group chairman Shin Dong-bin, the retail-to-chemicals group said on Monday, the latest twist in a broad criminal probe into the country's fifth-largest conglomerate.