VIETNAM TODAY

The waters of Hue’s iconic Huong River have become very muddy due to landslides caused by the most recent storm.

Vietnam's total beer output is expected to reach 4.1 billion litres by 2020, up 3.4 billion litres in 2015, according to the country's beer alcohol and beverage planning by 2025.

A recent regulation by Hanoi authorities that would ban motorbikes from other provinces entering the city to solve the traffic crisis has received opposition.

Pollution in HCM City canals is worsening as large quantities of household and industrial wastewater, as well as rubbish, are being discharged or dumped into city canals, according to the city’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

Ho Chi Minh City encourages all businesses and residents to apply high technologies so as to help turn it into a smart city, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Tran Vinh Tuyen said on September 20.

Border guards of the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai and Honghe county in China’s Yunnan province organised an exercise on cross border terrorism prevention on September 20.

Việt Nam Social Security (VSS) will provide data as evidence for labour unions to sue enterprises that tried to avoid paying insurance for their employees.

The coastal province of Bà Rịa -Vũng Tàu’s People’s Committee will host its annual International Kite Festival from December 6-12.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) yesterday confirmed it did not grant Hưng Nghiệp Formosa Hà Tĩnh Steel Corporation permission for importing “bauxite mud” from China.

The Vietnamese Government is building a master plan for realising the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, and hopes to receive more assistance from international organisations, especially WHO, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said.

Hai Phong City is committed to providing the best investment environment possible to investors by improving its infrastructure and adopting clearer administrative procedures, city leaders told the Conference on Investment Promotion in Hai Phong.

There is a rising number of blue number plate designate cars used by government officials seen violating traffic laws.

The Ministry of Health has just warned people to avoid eating some seafood caught from the four central provinces which recently saw a mass fish deaths caused by waste water discharge from Hung Nghiep Formosa Company in Ha Tinh Province.

Budget carrier VietJet Air will soon operate two international routes from Vietnam’s northern port city of Hai Phong to Seoul, the Republic of Korea and Bangkok, Thailand, bringing the total flights departing from Hai Phong to nine.

Vietnam’s famous model Ha Anh, Miss Global 2005 Natalie Glebova, Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri and world’s renowned Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao have been invited to serve as judges at the final round of Miss Global 2016 on September

HCM City’s health authorities have implemented a number of measures to control Zika virus following a German woman, who lives in District 2, was diagnosed with the virus while traveling in Japan.

Hundreds of pupils in Tien Giang Province are risking their lives to cross a deteriorating wooden bridge in order to go to school each day.

Hanoi's authorities want to see 20 high-class hotels on prime locations developed in the city centre.

Tourist arrivals to Thailand are expected to rise 17.8 percent in the last quarter of 2016 year-on-year, the Tourism Council said on Monday, driven mostly by an increase in Chinese visitors.